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“GOVERNMENT WILL RESIST WITH ALL ITS FORCES

ELOW AT DEMOCRACY.

LONDON, August 16.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Pemberton Billing drew attention to 's

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RIOTS IN IRELAND.

Lospoy, August 15th. Anti-Military disturbances occurred nå] were thrown off tram-cars and maltreated Dublin on Saturday evening. Soldiers faw were thrown into the Liffey, while military patrel of fifty men was fired upon. heads of its assailetrie The patrol fired

fired twenty rounds over tha Azister fact of the outbreak in that it reveals-á-now-anti-Military movement by civilians in Dublin. The latter, so far,

resclation (threatening a general strike in the event of military measures against Russia) passed at the Labour Conference last week which he described as the equivalent of creating what was tantamount to a Labour dictatorship under the name of "a council of action. He asked if the time has not come to terminate the organisation of industrial disturbance for -the purpose of achieving political ends.

Mr. Lloyd George said that the Government's policy appeared in no have 20s been actively antagonistic. The way to differ from the Labour Conference's (Laughter and cheers.) This new spirit is pregnant with alarming pos swing of the sledgehammer at an open door (Laughter) was only intend-sibilities. ed for a display. Any attempt to dictate the policy of the Government or Parlament by industrial action struck at the root of the democratic con- stitution of Great Britain and would be resisted by all the forces at the Government's disposal. (Loud cheers.) /?

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NO WAR WITHOUT COUNTRY SOLD FOR IT. The other part of our policy would only remain, if the Russians seek to impose unexpected conditions interfering with Polish independence M. Kameneff yesterday sent the Prime Minister a letter stating that the terms submitted to us would not be altered. In the event of à con. tingency arising, which he did not anticipate, the Government would take no action until the House of Commons had been convened and its approval obtained.

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Mr. Bonar Law concluded that the world's one need today was peace It was not our business to determine the form of government of any country except our own... It was solely with the object of having a peace conference | in London that the Prime Minister had tendered the Poles advice. He emphasised that the Government would not land Britain in any warlike operation except on grounds so plain and obvious that the whole country would be behind it...

"[A part of the message here is missing..

THREAT OF INSURRECTION,

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Lord Robert Cecil dissociated himself from the view that the Govern. ment negotiations" had been successfully conducted, but said that the threat of direct action was a threat of insurrection. Up to last Tuesday there was no danger of Britain being dragged into a sudden war, but. nevertheless, Labour uttered an ill-advised threat which would have had most unfortunate results in the future.

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In view of the widespread and serious} nature of the disorders, it is a surprising fset that there were no casualties reported.

LONDON, August Stone throwing and revolver firing

101 Lazeously occurred at Londonderry Amer

itating

the calling out of an armoured car. The Military dispersed the crowd by rifle fire sed a bayonet charge.

In the course of the riots six persons were held beaten and remored to hospital.

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Ketty, fouT ocustables weroĮ fred on; two wer

two were wogeded,

Tralee station was destroyed by incendiar- At midnight, a military stores wagons at ism, while the offices of three Tralee news papers were set on fire and gutted,

Considerable

in the streets was Sing

reported. On Saturday morning, a sensa tional affair took place near Banteer, Cork 4 military force guarding & damaged aero. Fierce fighting ensued. One of the soldiers plane was attacked by armed civilians. was killed and another wounded. It is be lieved that four of their assailants wera / killed and three wounded,

ont

that

LONDON, August 15th A communiqué issued from the Dublin Military

Headquarters declares assaults upon soldiers were evidently carried according to a pre-arranged and systematic pian Individual unarmed soldiers were knocked down and carried off One soldier who was thrust into the Liffey tram-cars and kicked when on the ground. was gallantly rescued by an ex-soldier.

CRISIS IN POLAND..

Mr. Lloyd George deprecated the using of the League of Nations as a weapon to attack the Government. He pointed out that the League's

BERLIN, August 15th. existence was very largely due to British support and the Government had A Bilesian nepaper reports that Ger- stood by the League. The League could not be invoked hitherto as regards workmen held at a number of French Poland, as the action of the League depended upon the unanimity of its trains in the vicinity of Ratibor pro reeding to Upper Bilis, side-tracking members. It was useless, to attempt to conceal the fact that them and establishing guards and demand- the Allies differed as regards the Russo Polish situationing that during the Russo-Polish war Allied Consequently the League could not have done more to reach some measure men threaten to enforce their demands.

troop movements should cease. The work.

of agreement than the Supreme Council had done and was doing. Further more, Russia emphatically refused to have any intervention by the League. SUPREME COUNCIL AND PUBLICITY." Continuing, Mr. Lloyd George refuted the criticism as regards the secrecy of the Supreme Council meetings and declared that the meetings were given full publicity. He could not remember a single important decision which had not been published immediately.

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Another criticism of Mr. Clynes was that the Supreme Council should comprise larger numbers representing each country

Mr. Lloyd George on this question pointed out that the only way the League Itself could transact business was by getting one or two leading men from each country to come together when.. a crisis" arose and discuss it frankly, with a view to reaching conclusions: This was the only way of doing good, which was unobtainable by thetorical performances of a kind of international parlia ment. He suggested to Mr. Clynes that the Trade Unions transacted their business by small numbers and be had yet to learn that the proceedings of those. meetings were revealed to the public with the candour and openness which Mr. Clynes demanded of Government transactionë.

FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY.

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KOBE SCANDAL.

OFFICIALS BENT TO JAIL.

Juzigment was given in the Kobe District Court in connection with the notorious waterworks scandal case la which over förty leading officials of the city's waterworks section and several merchants who have been supplying steel pipes and other materials to the city were accused with either having received or given tribes.Chief Judge Sometani pre- sided over the hearing and Public Frocurator Muto conducted the pro- secution and depite the heat the court room was, packed to its fulf capacity. Mr. H. Midzuno, former chief of the waterworks section who is supposed to be a ringleader in the case, was punished with three months" imprisonment, but execution of his sentence was postponed for three years. Others were sentenced to - periods ranging from two months to eighteen months. Most of the ac cused will appeal. The case has been pending over a year but ît creat

Mr. Lloyd George' said that the dangerous part of Mr. Clynes' speech was his defence of a council of action." Mr. Clynes had claimed to be a democrat and constitutionalist. He was not. Mr. Clynes argued that the constitution was an unwritten one. That was, incorrect? When a new [-body was established and substituted for Parliament it was a dangerous doctrine. Labour had suddenly established a body of men who said we will formulate part of the constitution for ourselves. We will not submit it to Parliament because the elected representatives do not count Therefore We are going to declare by a resolution (carried after two or three hours', discussion) that henceforthed a sensation in the local Japanese the constitution shall include a committee of action sepresenting one section of the community. That was one of the most formidable challenges ever given to democracy-Loud cheers) and without hesitation every Government must accept challenges.

MOST PROLIFIC CAUSE OF WAR.

The Labour Party knew prefectly what was the policy of the Govern« ment and their action when no issue was involving the peril of the Comprtunity when "the Government had taken the responsibility in full accord with public opinion, was the most unjustifiable action ever undertaken by * responsible body this country.

A part of the message here is missbar, fo Such action roused deep fear and anxiety in the minds of millions. 4 to what it all meant and that fear was the most prolific cause of war. This fear was that the democratic institutions of the country were to be subverted to some tyrannical Idea imposed by force of arms? That disturbs the balance in the minds not only of statesmen but the people behind them,and-there was nothing more conducive to revolutionary wars than such fear, I ask them not to repeat that experiment," said the Premier, "If they do it will be difficult to preserve the atmosphere of calm judgment which is essential to the peace of the world.

Mr. Bonar Law's motion was adopted without a division and the House #djourned until October 19,

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