Voluntary System Not Yet Failed, Says Resolution Civilian Protection London, May 31.
The Labour Party Conference, by a huge majority, today passed a resolution. proposed by the Executive, con-dernning the introduction: of conscript tion despite the Government's repeated pledges to uphold the voluntary system, The resolution declared that the voluntary system had not failed, and called for every effort to ensure its increasing success.
Another resolution endorsed the National Council of Labour's attitude regarding participation in all steps necessary to secure the proper protection of the civilian population in wartime.
A further resolution demanding the complete cessation of all further support of national service schemes, with the exception of Air Raid Pr. cautions, was defeated by a big majority.
Mr. Hugh Dalton, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the last Labour*Government, introducing a statement of policy on labour and defence, said that it was their proposal to set up a Ministry of Defence with much greater powers than those of the present Ministry for the Coordination of Defence,—Reuter. future, Most of the London newspapers this morning contained messages from their correspondents in Berlin, describing the arrangements for the reception of the volunteers.
They also gave summaries of extracts from, and comment upon, detailed accounts which appeared in yesterday's German newspapers of Germany's part in securing the vic-wry of the Insurgent forces in the Spanish Civil War.
It was made clear in these articles—which are stated to be the first admission in the German press of German intervention in' Spain—that assistance to General Franco, both in the form of men and materials, began almost immediately after the outbreak of the revolt against the Spanish Government.
As early as November, 1936, a force, of volunteers had been dispatcHed to Spain, it was stated, and ihe claim was made that the German air units participated in "every great action of the Civil War, and in the bombing of towns and villages."
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