BRITISH LABOR PARTY.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1918, Page 4

BRITISH LABOR PARTY.

SOUND ON THE WAR ADDRESS BY M. ■ KERENSKY, deceived June-27,"--2.lJr pan. "'nn?'*™ London, Juno 28. ae British Labor Party Conference: has opened, under the presidency of Mr. , J l ;, P^ ldy - ****& delegates {b* elude M. Branding (Sweden), M. Albert Thomas (France), and MM. Vandervelde and Huysmans (Belgium), Mr. Pnrdy urged the desirability <# allying the & duetrialwing of the Labor movement to the political wing, but said thty must not forget that all plana of recon-i struotion and hopes of the building of! a better social and industrial life after the war depended on the cardinal fact of Winning tfce war. Labor tile world over had everything to gain bj crashing the domination of militarism. The Russian and Roumanian peace terms showed what terms the Central Powers would impose if they were vfctariota. "We could not and would not accept- such' terms," he said.

Mr. (Furdy added tHttheMVßMum»of the trade unions end Labor movwnent represent what we are fighting for, nolj what we are negotiating for, fit orde? to secure those aims national unity waS essential National necessities most 14 made the measure of mutual loyalty? in 1 face of common dangers. M. Kerensky received a Batbaiag?ff& caption, which be said he appr*ssat4dUaa an expression ,of sympathy for ttai Russian democracy, who were fighting for ideals common to them aH. Hht duty as a statesman and Socialist was' to tell the conference and the people of the whole world that the Russia people and Russian democracy wera fighttagi against tyranny. M. Kerensky concluded: Too Jnay, break the Russian people, but you can* not exterminate them.. I am certain the Russian people will shortly join yon in fighting for the .great cause of freedom."

Disorder and interruption foUoweaViri the course of whieh » delegate, who objected to the presence of M. Kerenufcyi was expelled. Mr. Henderson said that when Mr.' Lloyd George's Government came into office the Labor Party was asked to sign a fresh truce, but refused. There-' fore, no truce existed with the present Government. He would not be a party to changing the Government during the war. If the executive felt the time had come to withdraw its members from the Government, it should boldly face the conference with such a resolution.

The conference, by to 950,000, resolved to dissolve the political true*e=* Aus. NX Cable Assoc, and Renter. KERENSKS AT IMIBOK OONjEER* ENCE. s KecsrrettOTane'27, HUO'-piuv London, June SO. M. -Kerensky ftaa beeen invited to address the Labor Conference at grjtjbg length^e-moirow.—Renter. »