PRAYERS FOR RUSSIANS
BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S MILITARY BAN PRIME MINISTER EXPLAINS British Official Wireless Reed. 9.5 a.m. RUGBY, Tuesday. The Leader of the Opposition. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in the House of Commons today raised the question of the instructions issued by the Government, to the effect that it was undesirable that intercessory prayers for Russian subjects should be said at religious services in connection with the Army, Navy and Air Force. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in replying, said the orders issued made it clear that what was intended was that there should be no compulsion on persons under military orders to attend the services of intercession, but they were free to attend voluntarily any service they wished to attend. Mr. MacDonald made an offer to every religious body interested to meet him for an examination of the question. He pledged himself that every attempt would be made to allow full spiritual liberty in this matter, but no service of intercession must be held which would be of the nature of an official military exercise. On the suggestion of Mr. Baldwin, the Prime Minister agreed that the leaders of the three parties in the House should discuss the matter.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 914, 6 March 1930, Page 11
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