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LABOUR AND POLAND.

[COL. WARD DEFENDS THE PRIME MINISTER.

A feature of the resumed an-

Paland.

wondered whether in the event of QUAKER OPPOSITION TO WAR. the Polish people having allowed the Red armies to sweep over their country and destroy theri State the Labour inovement in this country would have raised a

INTERNATIONAL CONFER-

ENCE OF FRIENDS. Over a thousand delegates are

nual Conference of the National/single tinger in defence of them. attending the international con- Federation of General War-ers He was disgusted to bear the erecce of the Society of Friends fat Oxford recently was a debatemarkable denunciatioes of Polish which opened recent y at Devon-I

people now that they had beenshire House. Bishopsgate, Lan on the Bussian-Polish

Crisis,

constituted A Colonel John Wand defón led the

again. nation British Labour coubi apparently many nationalities, coming from don. The delegates represented aims and intentions of the Prime and no good in them, and was India, China, Japan, Jamaica, Minister and advanced arguments in justification of the actions of hop wishing that they Danmark.

Norway, Austria, their France, Australia, New Zealand, Mr. James O'Grady, by destroyal by

And South Africa. M.P. who acted for the Govern caelies (es of "Sonsense,"

The largest and uproar.) mentin negotiating with Litvino

delegations were from America for the exchange of prisogers

DEFENCE OF WE LLOYD GEORGE. and Ireland: It is stated that with Russia. gave to the Colonel Ward said he refurned this is the first time in the history Conference what he termed a from Russia with certain definite of the Society that such a confer- piece of secret diplomacy, throw- | views, and saw the Prime Minis‹ [enro has been held. ling some light on events preced- | tor several times. "Allow me to The first subject discussed was ing the Polish offensive. Mr. J. | tell you,” he said. that a year the basis of the Quaker opposition R. Clynes presided.

ngo, and long before this agitation | to war. The subject was intro- of the Council of Action was duced by Misa Joan M. Fry. heard of. the Prime Minister/daughter of the late Sir Edward fought every attempt in his Fry, and by Dr. Rufus M. Jones, Cabinet to revive militarism of Haverion College, Pennsylva and any further interference in mix.

Mr. Ben Tillett. M.P.. mored for the Dock, Whari, Riverside, land General Workers' Union a resolution DA Poland in the following terms:-

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This Conterence records its Russian affairs or with the Soviet The speakers reaffirmed the emphatic protest against the ex-system. I confess I tried to per- historic Quaker position that the port of arms to Poland and other shade him in one case to take way of life revealed 65 Christ border States, which enables the the opposite view. I tell you that is entirely inconsistent with the Junkers of those countries frankly, and am prepared to re-

method of war and is the only to set the peoples at war înceive your coademaation. Dono: hope for the international the interest of their financial belittle a man merely because he peace and ordered life of paymasters. 1: congratulates is your political opponent. The kind. The ideal of peace, it was London members on refusing to Prime Minister even then was

stated, is integral to the religions have their Labon: prostituted for utterly opposed to war or to any position of the Society. There this purpose, and calls upon the further use of military power or are great moral and spiritual whole of the movement to pre- a single soldier'in any part of the praciples of the universe which vent their labour being used to world if it could be avoided. are, it was contended, as vital to perpetuate these wicked ventures and unless there was absolute the life of mankind as are the defend | laws of the physical world. Faith

1 We Mither demand the abolition i necessity for 1

of secre: diplomacy on the ground that it will be impossible to maintain the peace of the world while differences of the Ipeople are deal with behind closed doors and decisions bind. ing peoples are arrived at without their knowledge and consent."

ENDUTH OF WAR AND

REVOLUTION.

wer:

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human liberty and the ind pend. ence 0: peoples who in danger of being crashed by a bigger neighbour. For heaven's sake, when a man dues right, even when be is Llord Gere, give him credis for it" L'oloar! Warallel that he was afraid the Red diplomats were much too clever for the Labour diplomate, Mr Tillet said it was not for of thi- country, and he was afraid them to concentrate their venomthey were using the opposition on Mr Winston Churchill, who of the Labour movement to the appeared to be the Little Jack principles of war for their own Horner of the Cabinet. They advantage. He feard Labour's must tell their

and resentment pastors

retusal to assist Poland might be masters that WAR mus: censa Everybody was saying we wanted taken as an indication by Lenin production. but

of the and his diplomats that even if stateschen told them the real they were to swallow Poland and I Fact that production was impas destroy her nationhood again sible while Europe remained in its this great free democracy of ours present state of chaos. The time would not even reveat such a pad Vome for the industrial conclusion to the present cam classes of this country to give apaign. If they

true, it lead to those of other nationa. would be a disgrace, but he did (Cheers) We wanted trade begot believe it was the opinion of

Bone

against War and

were

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in the efficacy of moral and spiritual forces should be widely spread. Those who have seen the vision of a world without war! must seek to make the world as it is conform to the world as it should be.

Saturday's discussion was on war and liberty, and was opened by Frank Gollard of the National Peace Council, and Walter C. Woodward, editor of the Ameri can Friend

The antithesis be- tween war and liberty was strongly emphasised. The speak- ers contended that the individual should be left free to express his yalty to the spirit of truth that was in his heart.

The subject of building up society of nations was discussed.

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did not buy commodities. Olaf it is not.") mother earth must be allowed to "BIT OF SECRET DIPLOMACY."additional salary have her chance again. Labour Mr. James O'Grady, M.P., must fight even America and her said the cold logic of facts upset financiers, and some of our own all Colonel Ward's arguments financiers who were promoting There could be no doubt about wars and revolutions. (Cheers.) Labour's attitude towards Poland. Mr. W. L. Godfrey, National They had lodged protest after Union of Vehicle Workers, in protest. The independence of seconding the resolution, said Poland was never in danger. The on the frontier, where the Poles Labour bad made one of the Government knew that the offer had arrived, would crash the greatest moves in history in the of free national independence for Polish forces, and drive them last ten days in determining that Poland was made many months back, and enter Warsaw. He there should be an end of war.ago. The Polish Government endeavoured to secure the ac- (Cheers.) Mr. Lloyd George and with its ideas of Imperialism ceptance of the mediation of the the Government and financiers absolutely jockeyed would find that the sledge-ham-commanders to Great Britain

military League of Nations. but nothing mer of Labour would crash and France into the belief that SINISTER INFLUENCE" out the life of the monster they could smash the Bolshevist Mr Neil M'Lean, M.P., said called war. (Cheers.)

forces and destroy the Soviet | that if the policy of the Govern- 15 JUSTIFICATION OF POLAND, Government of Russia.

ment was that of the open door, Colonel John Ward, Public Colonel Ward (interrupting) why did it need the Council of Works Operatives' Union, said he said the British Government Action to compel them, to state must utter a word in justification protested against the Polish Army specifically and clearly that they of Poland. No nation had been moving into Russia at all.

did not intend to go to war so terribly crushed and destroy- Mr O'Grady said he would give against Soviet Russia? The ed. As a result of the war, them a bit of secret diplomacy, Council of Action bad compelled Poland received her nominal When the Polish offensive started, the Cabinet of Reaction to climb independence. There was not the | he went to the Government with down. The Prime Minister was slightest doubt Russia was deter- certain information. He sug-in the grip of a certain section minded to reassert her sway in gested that representatives off of the Cabinet, and for some hid- some form or another over these Soviet authorities here, while not den and unknown reason had to people who had secured their prepared to accept the interven-yield to inster influences. liberty. It was stupid for the tion of the League of Nations, The resolution was carried workers in this country to blind would accept the mediation ofnem.com. their eyes to the fact that efforts the Lezgus, and the duty

The Conference also passed a were made to organias a formid-of the British and French resolutico expressing belief in able attack on this new State Governments WAS to

the principle of the League of before it had hardly got into the rest to the Polest then that Nations. saddle. To's certain exteut he mediation should be accepted. Mr. Clynes said the great need excused the Polish people for that had been done at that of the moment was to secure the having taken the ball by the time, thousands of lives would f admission to the League of Gør- horns, and attempted, by attack have been saved. He told the many and Russia. That would ing first, to remove the dadger. HeGovernment that the Red forces go far to bring in America

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