THE PEACE CONFERENCE
ORGANISATION OF LABOUR
(Receiced May 18, 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, May 17. Mr Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., and Chairman of tbe Parliamentary _ Labour Party, speaking at the National Peace Conference, said that when the international orgajnisation of Labour was completed, a general strike would make war impossible. He intended to use all his influence to procure such an organisation. The Conference, by 89 votes to 47, refused to approve of the Independent Labour Party's strike proposal to avert war. The Conference approved a resolution recommending the use of the aero-, piano in. war, and urged that steps be taken i:n the direction of securing an international understanding.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10640, 20 May 1912, Page 5
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108THE PEACE CONFERENCE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10640, 20 May 1912, Page 5
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