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DRASTIC POWERS REQUESTED
MOSCOW AFFAIR SEQUEL
London, April 3. Reater understands that the | Government's,"draft bill affecting commercial relations with Russia confers. drastic powers on the President of the Board of Trade. It is believed that the B authorises him to issue orders
country.
PUSHING THE BILL.
It was proposed to pass the Bill) through all its stages on Wednes» | day with a view to its passage into Law at the earliest possible moment.
The Opposition Leader. Mr. George Lansbury asked whether, in order that the House might be seized of the facts of the case, the
correspondence and conversations
between the British Ambassador and M. Litvinoff and between "the Russian Ambassador and the Bri-i tish Government would be present- ed in a White Paper."
The Prime Minister said the fullest possible information would be imparted to the House in a statement on the second reading of the Bill.
AGREEMENT LAPSING.
AUTOMATIC
TRAFFIC
CONTROL
NEW TRAFALGAR SQUARE SYSTEM
·MOST ELABORATE.
IN WORLD
London, Apr. 3. What is probably the most elaborate example of auto- matic traffic control in the world was inaugurated in Trafalgar Square, London, | to-day.
affecting specific categories of In any event, the trade agree Russian goods or to prohibit the ment with Russia would lapse on importations altogether..
April 17th and something must The Government is conferring be done to set up a system of Traffic control by light signals with the Dominions on the subject. trade.
is rapidly extending In London, Regarding the diplomatic con- where every week about twelve GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE.versations which had taken place, new systems are installed, but Sir Esmond Ovey, the British it would be improper and unusual owing to the large number of Ambassador in Moscow, who ar- in the middle of the negotiations, streets converging on Trafalgar
to publish statements.
Square and the fact that it is The Bill was purely an enabling traversed by about 65,000 vehicles bill. ·
daily, the new system is the most: Sir Herbert Samuel, the Liberal ambitious yet undertaken. The leader, also asked for a White unique feature of the new system Paper, but the Prime Minister is that the traffic actually con- said that it would not be in the trols itself according to its need interests of the accused for aby means of a detection system statement to be made at that mo-laid in the roadway."
rived in London. on Sunday at- tended a meeting of the Ministers who have been engaged in, dealing with the position in Russia arising out of the arrests of six British subjects.
Sir Robert Vansittart, Permanent Secretary, also attended.
The subject was raised this after-ment. It might be to-morrow. noon in Parliamentary questions In The Bill would be in the hands The system which cost £2,347 the House of Commons when the or members on Tuesday. It was to install will replace the sixteen Prime Minister announced that a necessary that it should be passed policemen hitherto engaged on Bill will be presented to-morrow to before the Easter Recess point duty In Trafalgar Square. take powers to deal with the im-British Wireless.
-British Wireless.
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