THINGS SAID.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 641, 19 October 1909, Page 8

THINGS SAID.

The following extracts from'recent'speeohes ey men of note representing various parts- of tfiejmpireare taken from tho' "Standard of Empire"iof Angust ; 6:— ■ ■•■•'■■ -.■■■■-• J^^f^'^ ,^ ' M "ii s te"r).-Themen.who SrifJ? s ; £ ■•? 'r*™ a S.o>gaged in fratricidal strife now -jot :<Wn, side ,by side round tie same conncil table,' ,and- in. cooperation one with another framed '.this Constitution' (South #$!*s•: although;liko/all-other Constitubons: it.may >.open' to\'criticism," is a magnificent monument of freedom 'and: con.Mr. Balfonr, (Leader of : the . Opposition)-■ 'A • r 5..',? , - , 5?' one who. does not recognise that .this Bill (South Africa, Bill) represents"™ of the most important events in. the history of the Empire. It is ono.of.the great landmarks ot imperial policy, ■. whose consequences mil. be IS■ ■■'??.?, n ! ter V no Boncration .which.assented to tms ■ BUI has passed awny and. is forgotten ' ; V ,?'?, Bl " is the • most, wonderful ■• issui out.of all tho controversies, battles, bloodshed 5?J ast Sv oa > „¥' tho horrors of war, and nil tho .peace. I do not think the' world shows anything Jife. -it in its'whole history. Colon|:Seply (Undersecretary of State for Great Bntam).-AH.-those who have loved boutn junca have • dreamedt of union as ! tho truo.solution of all. difaculties. Even-at tho tune.of the war union was not forgotten, and I ns soon as hostilities ceased the idea of union tound expression from one whose absence from the debates all of us equally deplore—namelv tin- momber for West Birmingham (Mr. Cham' berlnin). Those who bring forward this Bill . m .effect say. "We are. one people, under one King, let us have one Parliament." .' , ■ Lord Londonderry.—Socialism has' ndvahced \nth great strides during.tho past few montlis for.the_simple.reason that at the present moment the Socialists havo- the Government at their back. ,It is well, to-realiso this—to' see from. the. speeches' of some members of ■ tlio Government themselves and from the Budget' which wo know, from tho speeches of' Socialists' has.given them complete saHsfnction, that the' Government is not;a Liberal, but a EidicalBociaiiit Government :: . .. : ■' ."■';