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LABOUR'S WORLD PEACE POLICY.

GIVING EUROPE SECURITY,

SOME FIRST STEPS. REPARATIONS SETTLEMENT ESSENTIAL.

GERMANY IN THE LEAGUE.- WORLD DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE NEEDED (Reuter's General Service,)

LONDON, March 27

Mr. H. H. Asquith in the House of Commons asked for information concerning the situation in West Europe, especially regarding the reports that French organisations are energetically perfecting a system of local agree ments which will conver, the occupied territories into a special reparations

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LONDON, March 27, Amid Labour cries of "Oh!” Vich DB position cheers, Lord Curzon asked whether the emergency committee of Ministers whose establishment Mr, MacDonald foreshadowed, yesterday had made any proposals to mitigate the hardships resulting from the tram and bus strike in London, what the Government proposed to do to protect the public If the strike extended, as threatened, to other essential services and, whether the Government would fully protect those prepared to malatalu these services.

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The Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald replied that the commitee bad formulated proposals. He by methods hoped that in the public interest the rest of the question would be postponed as he had arranged: which will practically to see all the interests concerned to-night to ruin the industries.com negotiate a certain offer

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LONDON, March 27:

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, speaking in the House of Commons, announced thu resumption of negatia- ions in the traffic dispute to-night. The conference had adjourned until to-morrow. He had found both sides very desirous of effecting a settlement.

The Premier bewalled the fact that since the beginning of the year a whole scries of Industrial disputes maturing for months and even years had come to a head. Bran

cerned and seriously Impair Germany's power to stabilise her currency Mr. Asquith expressed disquietuds lest the ad- ministration in the Saar- should be exercising arbitrary powers unknown ja democratic countries FRANGE'S RUHR POLICY. The Premier, Mr., Ramsay MacDonald, replying, The Government would do-its best to meet the said the British Government, after investigation public convenience while the dispiste lasted and in had concluded that the agreements so far conclud. | the event of its spreading. The first step would be ed 'between Franch and Belgian industrial to issue a proclamation of a state of emergency. organisations in the Ruhr and Rhineland and Every hospital would be provided with facilities German industrialists had not confilcted with the Peace Treaty or the reparations settlement).

There had been indeed attempts to make these

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for bringing and taking away patients. Larger. public service must be maintained, and the Govern ment must protect those engaged in their legal oc-

agreements in occasion for redistribution of the cupations.phasised that the Government would not

Government bad hitherto successfully protested and would continue to protest.

act merely as a strike-breaking organisation, THE ONLY RULE, A

The British Government had insisted that, the Mr. MacDonald, after referring to various out- commissions and .committees established under the side suggestions to cope with the strike, Including Treaty of Versailles, should strictly confine them-flooding the streets with soldiers and commandeor selves to their constitutional functions, including particularly those in the Saar and Palatinat

SPECIAL PACTS USELESS, Mr. MacDonald said that the difficulties In the Palatinate were of especially great account as "the Separatist movements are supported not merely from inside." (Liberal cheers.)

Passing to the question of security, Mr. MacDonald emphasised his conviction that France would never get security by special pacts,

The British Government aimed at securing the moral guarantee of a body like the League of Nations but certain things must first be done.

The question of reparations must be settled. The problem of security in the event of a full agreement on reparations presented very slight difficulties but it would be very grave if it were merely an agreement between the Allies and a sulky Germany.

WORLD PEACE NO MERE DREAM.

Continuing, Mr. MacDonald said the Alfies must make up their minds thaf Germany was bound to enter the League of Nations (Ministeria cheers). *If the difficulties due to the occupation of the Rubr.were cleared up then he would like to see an invitation signed by France America, aly and Britain to all the nations of the world to consider the whole question of disarmament. E

ing employers property and material, declared the only rale the Government would adopt was the rule of practical conveniencas. That was quiet, calea action that told in the end, and the Government? would do nothing to broader or deepen existing divisions.

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Leader of the Opposition, entirely approved the Government's foresight in making the proclamation. HARA

He hope: later on the Government and the House would consider what was possibly the most serious question the country bad to face, namely, how to get some kind of even temporary peace in industry that would give the country a chance of recovering

Mr. Lloyd George supported the suggestion regards commandeering if there was sufficient voluntary assistance: The Premier need not imagine this was the extreme proposal from which any section of the House would shrink if it was necessary.

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MELBOURNE, March 27

That was no mere dream, because there was a stronger body of men in responsible positions In the House of Representativer, the Premier throughout the world than ever before who wore Mr. S. M. Bruce reviewed the work of the Imperial. anxious to support a government which was work-Conferences and emphasised Australia's determina- ing to that end.

tion to have a voice in framing foreign policy while remaining within the Empires at vi d

Mr. MacDonald concluded by dechtring that he was very anxious to have the question of Jubaland and Dodecanese settled in order to remove the cause of Auglo-Italian irritation.

LLOYD GEORGE SCHPTICAL Mr. Lloyd George complained of the vagueness of Mr. MacDonald's statements He drew attention to M. Poincare's declara. tion that French troops would remain In the Rhine land until the reparations were discharged and declared that if the experts recommended a reduc- tion in the assessment against Germany an abate- ment should be made all round

He concluded by saying that no people on earth gave away less for sentiment than the French MERR UNITED STATES OVERTURES

He considered it incomprehensible that some members should regard the Singapore base as unnecessary. He himself was convinced that the abandonment of the base would seriously prejudice peace and that its construction would strengthen the League of Nations,

Haswas confident the House of Commons would ultimately give a decision based on the needs of the whole Empire, 12 SPALOM

The Government, however did not intend to take any alterative action towards the provision of a naval base although if Mr. Macdonald's and the Government's views were modified it would be necessary for the Australian Govenment to con sidor action to provide what they believed to be an absolutely vital essential: ATL we cannot look to Britain wo must look to

ourselves."

(Reuter's American Service. 7sser JA NERAKAN WASHINGTON, March

Senator Borah has lodged a resolution in the Senate calling on the President to invite such nations as it is deemed wise to a combined economic and disarmament conference at Washington, espe cially to consider the limitation of the size of subma rines to 10,000 tonas BigNTANT Mi Mr.Ponsonby, Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, referring to the proposal to chain later national disarmament conference, said the Govern winent had such in view, but it did not dignify much whether the conference was called by long or two Powers, of by the League

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