KING AND PEERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 7

KING AND PEERS.

A DISTINCTION. HEREDITARY REIGN BUT NOT RULE. CHURCHILL ON MILNER. (Rec. December 7, 9.45 p.m.) London, Docombor 7. Tho President of tho Board of Trade, Mr. Churchill, Bpeaking at Southport, said lie ' thought it right that oarly in the fight they i should differentiate between an hereditary ' monarchy ond horcditary peers. Tho sovereign reignpd and did not govern j his powers were exercised on thi advico of, Ministers. Tho monnroh had no interests divergent from those of the people Mr. Churchill laid stress on tho fact that tho Transvaal and tho Orange River Colony had been given great constitutions by letters patent undor tho Crown, without submitting them to the House of Lords. Had they been so -submitted, they would havo been mutilated and mauled under the influonco of such an evil counsellor as Lord Milner (formerly High Commissioner for South Africa). Tho whole movement of the world was against the Lords' greedy intrusion in legislation. Ho asked why GOO titled persons should govern us, and their children govern ours, forever. If an unreformed, partisan House of Lords continued, then tho reign of the two great parties v/ould he closed forever, and parties would be grouped on violent lines when brute force and class hatred, instead of forbearance and public spirit, became characteristics of British political life. , a constitution in writing. minister's remedy tor financial chaos: (Rec. December 7, 10.10 p.m.) London, December 7. Lientenant-Colonel Seely, Under-Secretary for the Colonics, speaking at Liverpool, said that if tho Liberals wero returned to power they would make financial chaos impossible in the future by establishing the Constitution firmly and in writing. THE LORDS AS REBELS. London, December 6. ,Lord Lyvedon, a Liberal Peer, speaking at Boston, said the Teors prided themselves on their loyalty, yet they took out of the King's hands tho .right to dissolve Parliament, and thus played the part of rebels against Crown and Constitution. <

THJ3 FINANCIAL INTERREGNUM. London, December 6. The "Daily, Notvs" has assorted that, despite the offioial arrangement, tobacco, and spirits are being cleared without payment of ineroased duty, and that, though the tea merchants are generally abiding by the Tea Buyers' Association's decision to'pay duty, somo are arranging for the wholesale clearance of duty-free tea The chairman of the Board of Customs (Mr' Laurenco N. Guillemard) domes that there ii any chaos in Tegard to bulk clearances owing to tho higher rates imposed by the Budget. He adds that tho tea trade has decided to continue ag if nothing had happened, The Treasury has given notice that'it is prepared to accept either the old or tho new death duties (the latter were estimated to produce an additional per annum) on the understanding that the rate will be reotißed after tho oleotion. ' -

ANTI.SOCIAIKT,EFFORT AMONG ' ' ' „, ~,* WORKERS., „,, , ,„, ' " London, December 6 ihe shilling fund promoted by tho AatiSociahs, Union of Great Britain-which apMis to the public to subscribe a' million shillings "in order 'to extond the .work of ohtaming fair representation of woiking men ui Parliament"—has received 190,000 shillings [The Anti-Socialist Union and the Unionist party are both trying to wean tha werk/rfrom bpoinlism. Jn.Ootobcr. the "Standard" opened a public subscription for defraying the,election expenses of Un.opist working m,g and it was announced on November 20 that, by utilising thw fund, the expenses had bein woyided lor three worker candidates to congest three Labour or liberal soats-Clitheroc, Leicester, and Swansea.] ' PLEDQE-BINDING. / LABOUR PARTY EXEMPTS TWO OLD MEMBERS. .. _, ' Londop, December 0. Messrs, Thomas Burt (M.P. for Morpoth) and Chas, Fonwick (M.P, for Wansbeck), who have been Labour members (minors) for thirtyfive years and twenty-four years respectively, will be allowed by tho Labour party to stand, as tho party's Parliamentary candidates without signing tho party's pledge. JTheannoUncemont was ma d° m September that the Labour party would not accept the T?£ *" flV r , rßfusal to s 'Pi tho parly's plei go. .To-day's message, indicates that the party has changed its mind, and will accept the two veteran-miner members plodgelcss. Writes "The • 'limes" ;-"Both gentlemen aro generally regarded as sound Labour members c£„i see theirv-way, it , s stood, to bo bound entirely by tho constitution ot the Labour Representation Committee, with which tho Miners' Federation, including tho .Northumberland miners, is now affiliated. I Iho difficulty was foreseen directly tho Miners' , ledoration threw in its lot with tho Labour Kepresontation Committee, the constitution of which neta forth that candidates must appear before their constituents, under tho title D f i Labour candidates only,' they must 'abstain strictly from identifying themselves with or promoting' the interests of any Parliamentary party:. not affiliated, cwdidat™?-3 .must .not; oppose-any candidate recognised bv .5 h ;;??n9nal/exw^«Yo , >tvthe..party/.-:X , andf:dates'musf.furtbermore undertake to. join the Parliamentary Labour party if elected,■ It is s °pestp d : .thatva .reaspnable way .out' of the difficulty would >,' having regard to the long and valued; services of .Mr; Burt arid Mr. Fenwick in the House of Commons,' to allow'both rtembors the have hitherto had until the.end. of their Parliamentary careers "]