LABOUR IS FOR EMPIRE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 697, 24 June 1929, Page 9

LABOUR IS FOR EMPIRE

SUSPICION DISPELLED BY CABINET CLOSEST CO-OPERATION (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Sunday. The “Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent says that members o£ the Cabinet are anxious to dispel the suspicion that the Labour Government must necessarily be indifferent and even hostile to the idea of Empire. They have decided to promote and emphasise in every levant sphere the closest consultation and co-operation between the Home and Dominion Governments. An exchange of views is at present in progress for the purpose of securing a common agreement for signing an optional clause in the World Court statutes, when Mr. MacDonald attends the League Assembly in September. The agreement is being sought and would deal with framing essential reservations. “MIDNIGHT CONVERTS” MR. COOK BITTER ABOUT LABOUR APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT WARNED (A ustration and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) LONDON, Sunday. Mr. A. J. Cook, general secretary of the Miners’ Federation, in a speech at Bromwich, said neither the glory of office nor journalistic emoluments would seduce him from the principles for which the Socialist movement fought. It was the height of folly to think the Labour movement could sleep because a Labour Government had assumed office. He warned the Government not to imitate the methods of the other parties. The Government’s policy must not be "save our offices,” but “save the workers.” If he was unduly apprehensive It was because he was a Socialist, who had been broken and thrown on the scrap-heap after building up the movement, while men who had been converted at midnight had been given positions of power and affluence. The Government, must honour its pledge to repeal the Miners’ Light Hour Act. JOWITT’S RESIGNATION PRESTON LIBERALS ASK HIM TO RECONSIDER NO PART IN CRITICiSM British Official Wireless Reed. 11.15 a.m. RUGBY, Sunday. Following the decision of Sir William A. Jowitt, the. Attorney-Genera!, to resign his seat for Preston, where he was recently elected as a Liberal, and seek re-election as a Labour candidate, the Preston Liberal Council last night resolved to ask him to reconsider his resignation, and disassociated itself from the criticism made by a section of the Liberals on his acceptance of office in the Labour Government. It is stated that Sir William had expressed his willingness to resign a fortnight ago, but that lie had at the time been dissuaded from doing so by local Liberal leaders. When the House of Commons meets on Tuesday, the re-election of Captain Fitzroy as Speaker will he proposed by Mr. G. M. Gillett, Labour member for Finsbury, and seconded by Lord Hugh Cecil.