WORLD PEACE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 682, 7 November 1933, Page 5

WORLD PEACE

(Press Assn.—

LABOUR PARTY DISTURBED BY THE RECENT EVENTS DIVIDED -OPINIONS'

-By Telegraph — Copyright).

(Rec. 11 p.m.) London, Nov. 6. Sections of the Labonr Party are becoming still more divided over the question of the British policy in the event of Locarno or League of Nations commitments involving the country in a possible war. Mr. Citrine, at Peterborough, said: Trade unionists are gravely disturhed at recent happenings. A war atmosphere has been generated which threatens the peace of the world. It is no use assuming that the trade union movement can be used on any and every occasion when war breaks out in a remote part of the world. The present law of Britain makes a general strike illegal and it would be folly to resort to those methods in any way though it has been suggested in some quarters." Newspapers connect Mr. Citrine's speech with Sir Stafford Cripps' recent proposals for a general strike against war. Mr. Arthur Henderson and other controllers of the Labonr" P?arty machine are also at loggerheads with the leader of the party, Mr. George Lansbury, who is opposing the Locarno Treaty on the grounds that it contains a provision which is likely to drag Britain into war. ^ An editorial in the offieial journal of the Labour Party definitely states that Britain is pledged to uphold the mles of law in international affairs. The policy of the Labour Party is based on the conviction that the question of peace and war is the collective concern of all nations. The matter is particularly interesting in view of the big anti-Locarno vote given Labour in the recent byelection. Speaking at Perth, Mr. Lansbury said: "When the Socialists get into power with a mass of soldiers and sailors behind them, the Socialist Government will know wlrat to do with offieers who are treacherous in time of trial.