Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-22
LABOR PARTY SPLITS
INTO TWO FACTIONS
Conscription the Chief Bone of
Contention in Aus
tralia.

Correspondence Of The Associated Press. ,
MELBOURNE. Australia. Jan. 1s.-
william VI. Hughes. the federal primo
minister, was oustod from leadership
OF the federal Labor party at the re
cent party caucus. Whereupon he left
The. meotinr followed by % supporters
with whom he formed new labor
party Tho cicctm,nt Of Mr. Hugho,,
We're results Of the bitter cleavage IN
thc labor ranks in Australia caused hv
hi' championing conscription for tho
prosecution Of the war and his pro
Iosals being defeated I'm the rcfcren-
uum.
Not only lid Mr.. Hughes form a
new party buc he formed a now gov
crniucut from among the % mcuhers
a. the federal parliament who had
elected 10 stand bv him in the crisig
ana these new ministers were forth
with sworn I'm hy the governor general
g. tNe commonwealth. Sir Ronald
Munro Ferguson.
During the campaign over conscrip-
ton Representative W. q. Higgs.
commonwealth treasurer. Representa-
tive Frank q. Tudor. minister for
trade ana customs, and Senators
Gardiner and Russell. assistant min
after Mr.. Hughes had been depose0
9s party leader Representative King
t'Malcv and Representative Hugh
Mahon, minister for home affairs and
minister for external affairs rcspcc-
lively likewise resigned their port
iollos. The personnel of the latest
Hughes government IL:
The New Personnel.
Representative william VI. Hughes.
prime minister and attorney-gen"ral
senator George T.. Pcarce, minister for
dcl"hSe; Representative i. A. Jensen.
minister for the navy; representative
" \. Webster. postmaster general;
representative \. Poynton, treasurer:
representative W. \. Archibald. min
lister for trade and customs Represen-
tailve r. w. Iiamford. minister for
home affairs; Senator T. j. Lynch. |
minister for public works: Represeu-
ttive W. g. Spence, vice president Of
thc executive council; Senator T.. j.
Russell and Representative Laird |
Smith, assistant ministers.
The faction of the parliamentary !
Labor partv which refused to ac- |
knowledge Mr. Hughes leadership |
elected Mr. Tudor date Mr.. Hughes |
colleague In the cabinet as minister |
Tor trade and customs) its leader and |
proceeded TO style Itself the official |
Federal Parliamentary party. IL also |
issued a statement TO the press in |
which II said that among other reasons
WHY motion Of no confidence in Mr.
Hughes as the party leader was auopt-
cd was because he had branded those
advocating no conscription as traitors
III the pay Of Germany. as enemies OF
their country and as being responsible
Tor the policy Of the J. W. w" in the
commonwealth. These charges. tho
statemcn declared. were unfoundcl
and showed Mr.. Hughes unfitness
FOR leadership Of the majority Of the
party"
There are thus two labor parties In
parliament. each claiming to repre-
sent the industrial element in the
rountry. The one-that headed by
Mr iluches, who Is Vet prime minis
tcr-may be said TO be made MP not
alone Of the proconscriptionists but
TIVE modcrates; and the other-that I
headed 10y Mr.. Tudor-composed OF
militant trades-unionists. The port
folio of minister for external affairs
was abolished bv Mr.. Ilughes when
he formed his government and the
work which had attached to that dc
partmcut he divided between himself
and !he new mir!stcr for home affairs.
Mr. Ramford Tho only men, bcrs Of
the old government besides Mr.
Hughes who are I'm the new one are
Nlessrs. Peace. Jensen. Webster and
Russell.