§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the speeches and writings of Messrs. Smillie and Williams, of the Miners' Federation and the Transport Federation, respectively, openly urging the workers of this country to emulate the example of the Russian Bolshevists and to bring about a revolution, and, if so, what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. SHORTTMy attention has been called to the speeches mentioned, but the question whether proceedings should be taken in respect of particular speeches of a revolutionary character is not one which it is desirable to discuss by means of question and answer in Parliament.