TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1925.
TARIFF DEBATE.
LABOUR MEMBER'S CANDID SPEECH. MACDONALD'S NEW POLICY. "Liberalism Tinged With Pink."
The most notable feature of the tariff debate in the House of Commons yesterday was a singularly cutspoken speech by a Labour member who voted for the Government.
SOCIAL PROBLEM.
(Reuter's Service,)
Pondon, February 16.
in the House of Commons the #lebate on the Government's policy of safeguarding industries was initinted by. Mr. Ramsay MaeDonnid, former Labour Pre- mier, moving the Labour amend
ment:
"Mr MacDonald, accused the „Government of deliberately de- riving the House of the right to discuss the details,
Mr. Rameng MacDonald.
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factures were 25 per cent, less than in 1913, while the "Imports were four per cent, greater.
Mr. MacDonald's motion was rejected by 385 to 146 votes."..
"TERRIFIED OLD WOMEN
1.
London, February 16,
This was the mildest Free Trade versus Protection debate for many years. Mr. Mac- Donald's attack was not backed by any of the usual vocal signs of the Party feeling and enthusiasm.
Mr. Philip Snowden, former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, raised loud, laughter when he referred to the last elec- tion when "hundreds of thou- sands of terrified old women poll ed for the first time."
The main point at issue in a very good-tempered debate was justification of the Government's procedure as to the re-establish- Fing of Parliament's control rather
than weakening it."
There will clearly be no fierce battle between the Parties now till the Budget or later, when the details of individual industries can be attacked.
The Liberal motion falls to the ground and will not be discussed.
Labour and Liberals last week both tabled motions against The Government's safeguarding of kabosar did not believe that free industries. The former, in the trale itself was able to solve the names of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald social problem but was convinced and Mr. Snowden, declared that that with a policy of internal the. Government's policy as dis- construction free trade was pre-closed in a White Paper must lead femble to tariff reform.
to a system of general tariffs The Government Wanted to which would not enlarge the erect a wall against sweated volume of trade nor safeguard the goods, yet it refused to help to interests of the workers as re- eliminate sweated goods by carry gards employment and wages con- ing out the Washington Labourditions. The Liberal motion, in
Convention.
introduce Protection.
THE KING ILL
DOWN WITH FEVERISH COLD.
ENGAGEMENTS CANCELLED..
(Reuter's Service.).
London, February 16.
His Majesty the King is suffer ing from a feverish cold and he is unable to fulfil his engagements for, a few days.
This photograph of
His
the name of Sir John Simon and Mr. Baldwin, the Premier, re- Mr. Lloyd George, disapproved of plying, said the Government the Government's policy as open- intended to carry out the lettering the way to an unlimited series and spirit of their election pledge of protective duties involving a to safeguard industries but not to method of inquiry by a committee Majesty was "snapped" at last
over which the House of Com-byear's Derby. When Protection came to Eng-mons would not have control, thus ob- Lard it would not come by the creating uncertainty and back door, although it might structing the development of eume from Labour. (Loud Con- many important trades, whilst servative chaers),
(not giving un adequate oppor- unity of securing the interests of cunsumers and of the poor.]
Mr. Baldwin denied there was an important departure in the methods of taxation in the Gov- ernment's procedure under which the enquiries would be held, the result of whieli would be referred to the decision of the Cabinet. This would save Parliament's time and re-establish the con- stitutional position of Parliament in matters of taxation.
The ultimate decision would rest with Parliament when a pár- ticular duty came up in the Finance Bit.
"SERIOUS DEPÄRTURE.".. Mr. Lloyd George complained of the vagueness of the Govern- mentis "serious departure.”
He cited figures purporting to prove that no case existed for creating a fresh element of inter- national uncertainty when trade was slowly recovering. He men- tioned that the imports of wool had increased £5,000,000 since before the war and the exports had increased £32,000,000. Cotton' imports had risen £100,000 and cotton exports £73,000,000. Mr. Lloyd George said in conclusion that the Government's motives were not industrial but political.
BETTER THAN NOTHING.
A felsorofthe debate was the speech by the Labour member, Dr. Haden Goest, Chairman of the Labour Commonwealth Group. who announced his intention to vote for the Government..
AT ALL COSTS,"
FRANCE AND THE GOLD.
STANDARD.
. BRITAIN'S EXAMPLE V
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GERMAN SCANDALS, ANOTHER HAVE STARTED.
(Router's Service.)
BERLIN, February 16. The question of payments by the Government to the Ruhr industrial magnates during the period of Inflation has been at- tracting considerable attention in Germany along with other financial scandals.
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A memorandum submitted to the Reichstag by the Government Paris, February 16.
points out that these payments were Addressing the Chamber of in the nature of compensation to Deputies on the subject of the certain industrial firms in, the stability of the frane which has Ruhr and other occupied territories shown a disquieting falling, M.o account of deliveries in kind
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Dr. Guest regretted the absence of an alternative constructive proposals in Mr. MacDonald's motion. He deprecated what was apparently a new. Labour policy of Liberalism tinged with pink." Herriot, the Premier, said that, in Dr. Guest declared there were spite of unemployment and the alternatives to the safeguarding industrial crisis, Britain was re-j of industries, for example, a turning to the gold standard and wigorous policy of developing the the franc must do the same, cost resources of the Empire and pay- what it might. ing mttention to the stand- ard of living for the workers ined appeal for the discarding of differen ndustries. But be sup-
M. Herriol made an impassion-
party differences and there-
ported the safeguards if that was establishment of the wartime the only alternative to doing "Union Sacree" in the interests of nothing.
priserving a healthy financial situation.
Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, Pre- sident of the Bourd of Trade, replying to the debate, said that
made by them to?" Micum," or the inter-Allied Commission of Control works, and mines on the cessation of passive resistance.
The memorandum. denies the Press allegations that 700,000,000 reichsmarks were repaid in December and says the agreement for immediate payment provided for a reduction of debts by "oyer 200,000,000 relchsmarks, and put of. the 220,000,000 reichsmarks pald in December only one half was in cash.
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The Government has decided for reasons of economy to pay the balance and now asks the Reichstag to sanction the payments already made.
'FLU AGAIN:
ITALY'S PREMIER A VICTIM,
(Reuter's Service:)
Rome, February 16. Signor Mussolini, Italy's Pre- mier, is a victim of influeriza.
THE CHINA' MAILA
ARMS AND OPIUM.
GENEVA SKATES OVER THIN ICE.
PEACE OF THE FAR EAST. "Impolite" to Inquire Into Poppy Growing.
Significant allusions to the peace of the Fur East" were made during yesterday's, opium conference debate at Geneva.
A RUMOUR DENIED.
(Reuter's Service.)
Geneva, February 18. At the opium conférence Sir Malcolm Delevingne (Britain) denied the rumour that the British delegation was responsible for the Finnish resolution with regard to the unlicensed importation of
armis.
He said there was some ground for assuming that the illicit trade in urms had some connection with the pultivation of the opium poppy There was enough prima facie evidence to show that the matter required investigation.
Drug Traffic Control.
Geneva, February 16.
In an atmosphere of. Inssitude the opium conference concluded the discussion on the chapter of the drug convention relating to the central board of control of the international traffic in narcotic drugs.
The conference adopted an Italian proposal that members of the board' shall be chosen by the League Council and the United States and Germany shall be in- vited to nominate an individual on the electoral body; in choosing members of the board the electoral body shall take into consideration the necessity of including a just proportion of persons of the manu- facturing, producing and consum-
consist of eight members.
Sir Malcolm Delevingne quoted Viscount "Cecil's statement that the British Government woulding countries; and the Board shall take all steps to prevent the illicit traffic, in arms. He contended there was no necessity to press the resolution. and the wisest (course'would be to withdraw it.
M. Toivola (Finland), the author of the resolution, declared that he acted in good faith. He announced that he withdrew the resolution.
"Impolite."
Mr. Sugimura (Japan), sym- pathetically referred to China. He said that China, possessed numerous, arsenals, bút compari- son of the position in China with the position in other countries would be unjust, and in view of the retirement of the Chinese delegation from the conference it would be impolite to revert to the question of the recrudescence of the cultivation of the poppy.
Certainly Japan could not associate herself, with such a course. The peace of the Far East reposed on mutual confidence, and we must be careful not to disturb that situation. Therefore Japan would be unable to support the Finnish resolution."
M. Toivola pointed out that Mr Sugimura must not associate China with the resolution. His object rather was to assist China.
BACK TO GOLD.
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New York-February 16. A leader, in The Washington Post," contributed by Mr. George Harvey, celebrates Britain's re- turn to the gold standard, which he learns trustworthily will be effected not later than July 1, although he does not consider the time opportune to tell the full story. "It is the happy consum- mation of the greatest financial
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Mr. George Harvey,
transaction in history," he says, "inter-weaving many of the most vivid living personalities, Pre- sident, King, Premiers, British Lord Chancellor and American Chief Justice."
WEMBLEY'S LOSS.
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INDIA NOT GOING OFFICIALLY.
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DELHI, February 16-
The German delegate, Herr von Eckardt, in a statement said that "being one of the most important manufacturing countries Germany could not sign the convention un- less the absence of a German expert from the central board could be avoided." He added that as the draft convention's 'article in this respect made the exercise of the electoral right subject to previous ratification of the con- vention Germany would not exercise that right in the first election of members for the cen tral board.
Herr von Eckardt' concluded that the reservation would not, exist when the German expert was elected.
The conference adjourned until to-morrow in order to enable the drafting committee to put the final touches to the chapter dealing with the central board.
It is significant that out of 35 States attending the assembling conference in November only twenty voted to-day.".
Later,
The Finnish resolution was withdrawn.
[Last week the Finnish delegate moved a resolution in favour of recommending the Council of the League of Nations to consider the advisability of referring the ques- tion of the unlicensed importation of arms into Far Eastern tërri- cories to the forthcoming confer- ence on the traffic in arms and munitions in view of the fact that Chinese generals are compelling the local population to grow the opium poppy in order to secure the revenue, for the purpose of buying arms and munitione.]
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SPIES?
ARRESTED GERMAN
STUDENTS.
SOVIET CHARGES.
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Moscow, February 16. The Ivestia" has published a semi-official statement with regard to the three German students arrested here as alleged members of the German nationalist organisation.
The "Consul" states that the Government possesses clear proofs that, the students had come to Russia to carry on espionage and counter revolutionary propaganda against Soviet.
Attempts were also to be made on the lives of prominent members of the Communist hierarchy.
The students came to Moscow with false passports and letters of recommendation fron German professors and Liberal politicians invoking the aid of Russian men of letters, on behalf of an. |inaginary scientific mission.
HIS NEW POST-
(Reuter's American Service.)
"Washington, February 16.
The Senate has confirmed Mr.
Secretary of State.
In the Assembly during the d-Frank B. Kellogg's nomination as cussion of the Estimates," Sir Charles Innes, commerce mem- bor, said it was unlikely the Government of India would ticipate officially in the Empire Exhibition this year.
[Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, who is United States. Ambassador to Britain, has been appointed Secre- tory of State in succession to Mr. Hughes.]
He announced the abolition of the system of bordereau de before an industry could obtain coupons instituted last year which an enquiry it had to show not only was designed to check the evasion
London, February 16.-Reuter" London, February 16.--Pointing that in some countries wages of income tax payments on bearer
has been informed that the report out that the Lokal Anzeiger's" were lower but also that compati-securities, but which resulted in
to the effect that the British version of the Yellow Peril is pro- tion was exceptional and imports the export of capital owing to re-
Government is negotiating with any bably utterly false, the "Daily were abnormal.
sentment at what were considered His doctors have ordered him other power with regard to the News says it is one viewpoint There was no reason to suppose inquisitorial methods.
to bed.
Goneyn Protocol is untrue. The wherefrom the bure proposition may. that a certain number of duties M. Herriot enunciated a policy
British Coverrunent cannot define be regarded usefully by British would necessarily lead to a gen- of borrowing at the minimum and Shanghai, February 16,-In a
its policy until it knows the minda politicians. Those who are still eral tariff.
repaying at the maximum. He friendly game of billiards last of the Dominions, Any suggee fanatically obsessed by the strate Every single duty to be pro reiterated the rejection of the night, Mr. W. A. Pennell made a tions of the Committee of Imperial gical necessity for a base at Bings- posed would be under the direct capital levy and foreshadowed the break of 220, of which 207
defence must be transmitted over-pare have always failed to appreci control of the House of Commons punishment of fiscal fraud by wored all the red ball. This said the replies of the Dominate how stinging the provocation of frum start to finish by the full imprisonment."
believed to be a world's amatourn Governments received in the project will be to Japan. The procedure of the Finance Bill, M. Herriot sat down amid record for red ball play. The London. Meanwhile the British latest story suggests that Japan Sir Philip pointed out that in cheers from the Left and silence break constitutes a Shanghere. Government is not discussing the could retort with terrifying effect 1924 Britain's exports of manu-from the Right.
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