MCDONALD'S CABINET

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 12, 15 January 1924, Page 5

MCDONALD'S CABINET

DIFFICULTY -OF SELECTION. EXTREMISTS DISCONTENTED. LACK OF ADMINISTRATORS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.! (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 14. It is reported that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is experiencing difficulty in satisfactorily forming a Cabinet owing to the lack of experienced administrators, and the possibility of appointments being made outside- the ranks of the Labourites, including Viscount Grey and Lord Parmoor, is causing discontent among the extremists.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) BISHOPS' MANIFESTO. CHANCE FOR THE CHURCH. POLITICS AND RELIGION. LONDON, January 14. A manifesto signed by the Bishops of Litchfield, Woolwich", Winchester, Chelmsford, Liverpool, Manchester, St. Albans, and Southampton on behalf of the Industrial Christian Fellowship formed in 1920 to bring religious influence to bear on industrial and social problems, states that it is no exaggeration to say that the Church is presented to-day with the greatest opportunity since the Pentecost if only it can effectively proclaim the Kingdom of God to statesmen, employers, controllers of combines, trades unionists, and labourers who are offering the key to the true relationship of man ,lo man and nation to nation. It is time that every pulpit reference to a public, question ceased to be called politics. The word is often used disparagingly of the purest and most elementary application of Christian ethics to affairs. Tlie Church should seek freedom from party polities, but every pulpit should resound with national politics. Avarice, unwillingness to work, and hard, selfish indifference to the sufferings of others lie at the root of political and economic evils. Against these ns well as dishonesty and intemperance the Church ought to warn men and declare the Gospel as the remedy.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) LIBERALS AND TORIES. NO UNION POSSIBLE. LONDON, January 14. Mr. H. H. Asquith, replying to a group of his constituents who urged unity of the Liberals and Conservatives, stated that he sees no reason for receding from his considered opinion expressed in his speech on December 18. Sir Donald Maclean, former leader of the Independent Liberals in the House of Commons, speaking at Plymouth, said he disagreed profoundly with Labour on many points, but he believed in fair play. He assured his timid friends they need not fear any violent revolutionary changes if Labour came into office. It would come in custodyl—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) LABOUR AND LEAGUE. SOME ANXIETY FELT. LONDON, January 14. The "Daily Telegraph's" Geneva correspondent states that the coming change of Government in Britain is causing anxiety in League of Nations circles. It is feared that should the Council of the League be composed of a majority of Socialists, the latter may take such drastic action in carrying out the Covenant as would kill the institution.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) SOVIET AND LABOUR. RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA. LONDON. January 14. Regarding the probability of a Labour Government in Britain formally recognising the Russian Soviet Government, the Moscow correspondent of the "Daily News" states that according to a declaration by M. Steklov the Soviet GovI ernment will reject all conditions. There I must be recognition first, then negotiations regarding Russia's debts to the i Allies and other outstanding questions. ! M. Krassin states that Russia is prej pared to grant concessions for the encouragement of trade, but he is opposed to the importation of cheap textiles, believing that manufactures should be increased in Russia in order to prevent the ruin of home industries. — ("Sun.")