1.728.000 card votes to 802,- 009, the Labour Party conference here to-day rejected. the applica: tion of the Communist Party for Allation with the Labour Party.
The vote was preceded by a considerable uproar and. heated protests when the chairman ruled that discussion of the application should be much curtailed, Tt was necessary to save time,
two envoys sent by" the Spanish ati in order 0, cable the Government to address. the conference this afternoon,—Reuter. lank cheque, he declared, that did of mean they said no arms were required, Mr. Bevin moved that the vote be taken to-morrow to enable him to consult the delegates from his union, ut the motion for adjournment of the vote was defeated by a show of hands by the narrow margin. of The resolution, which was passed bby 1,738,000 votes to 657,000, declared that," in view of the threatening attitude of dictatorships which are refusing to ce-operate In the orgon~ ization of peace, the armed strength of countries loyal to the League of Nations must be conditioned by the farined strength of a potential Tt reaffirmed w polley of maintain-ug defence forces consistent with the country's responsibilities os a mnem~ ber of the League, with the preservation of " people's rights and Mberties, with "the continuance democratic institutions and with the observance of internauwnal Lave.
The statement also condemned the Government's recording foreign Much Plain Speaking Much plain speaking was heard during the debate.
In introducing the resolution, Dr. Hugh Dalton, MP. for the Bishop Auckland division of Durham, said that the central brute (act in Europe was German armaments, If a Labour Government came Into power to-morrow, he stated, it would be compelled' to provide increased British armaments, "The time has passed for vague, humbugging. phrases," he declared, say to the Fascist slates. far and no.
Herbert Morrison, former of the National Labour Party, declared that the executive of the 'Parliamentary Labour Party considered that, in the absence of a policy of collective security, the Government's re-armament policy' was a purely competitive national armaments policy. "We cannot vote for it in the Commons," he added.
Sir Stafford Cripps, in moving his motion, said that the time was past for compromise resolutions clearly admitting two completely divergent views, as represented by the interpretation of the executive's resolution by Dr. Dalton and Mr. Morrison.
"The problem we have to settle at this conference," he declared, "ts whether we are to seek the support of the British Imperialist government ally against aggression, and possibly Fascist Germany.
'Tight-rope Walking'
Mr, Ernest Bevin, spokesman of the Trade Union Congress, said that Mr. Morrison's speech was one of the worst pieces of tight-rope walking ever seen at the Congress. He culled for fearless leadership in the matter of armaments, and denounced, Herr Hiller and Signor Mussolini.
The Labour movement, he proceeded, should say to Hitler: "it you are going to rely on force, we stand four square to it"
"That, he added, would be the best check that could be made for peace.
Mr. Bevin declared in conclusion that they should vote for armaments
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