Labour's Unsuccessful Attenipt to Interfere London, Mar. 11. The House of Commons. to~ rejected a Labour motion requiring that no international treaties or undlerstandings should be concluded without the consent of Parliament.
In the course of the debate, Mr. Ponsonby (Labour) accused ' Mr. Austen Chamberlain, the Foreign Secretary, of "impetioud and arvogunt Imperialism."
Mr. Ronald MeNeill, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, declared that the motion would merely' delay many extremely beneficial international arrangements, and added that there were no secret treaties, Inv. Ranisay Macdonald knew.
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