FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 142, 8 February 1932, Page 5

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

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SIR JEL^AM-UEL QUTLINfcS ATTITUDE TOWARD TARIFFS ANXIOUS FOR UNITY

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R'ecd: Ffeb. 7, 5,5 i?.m. : ' ' LONDON, .Satiirday. ! " Sir Herbert Samuel's attack on i;he tarif^ poiicy contiiiues to be disfchssed. It is known that the conferbhbe which ehsu'ed, hptwe.en tjie Chanbbllor, Neville Chamberlain and Sir Herbert 'Samuel -resulted -in an bXplanation that Sir Herbert had no ilitention of embarking on a crusade against the Governn^ent's policy, and Would now content himself with voting against it. Probably othel' LiberaFMinisters will remain Silent. - The "Daily Telegraph" ■; polltibai ftbrr'espondent says-tliat the lead'ers afe genuinely ahxiohs not tb iiiipair the fiational'Uiiity1. ; ' .*« *4 Sir Herbert Samuel, iii a speech at Manchester, said. he hkd acbepted an ihyifation to rbmarn in fthe Cabitiet bh the understanding that he ehDbyed the liberty to speak ahd n'ot muihble. - . - * it? was essential for the House of Coniriidns and Ihe cbhritry to know the points and reasons for disagreehient. More'over, ifi sheiirifig ftedom tio 'vote on these matters, a service Was^iendbred tb a hbniber of Coiiservatives Whb, tjiroughoul; the' electibn, had'piedged thems'eivfes to' th'eir feotistituents to oppose a tax on food 'ahd raw iiiaterials.