ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 703, 31 December 1909, Page 5

ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

« - ' CHAMBERLAIN APPEAL. N THE NAME OF THE UNION AND , EMPIRE. (Rcc. December 30, 10 20 p.m.) a, iy Aesoclation-Oonyrlfrht > London, December 30. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, m a mamxto to his constituents, states t "Tho Budget tases unequally men of Bj qual means, and throws tho wholo buren upon tho people of the United Kingom without attempting to secure any ] ontnbution from foreigners. Secondly, j^ ( he time is npo for a briiT representing a lotted more suited to our circumstances Co han a ey&tem which has been repudiated .j y all foreign countries, equally with oui" m( versea kinemen. Thirdly, wo now have n opportunity of securing moro largely c . he trade of the sister States of tho Em- er lire by means of a reciprocity that will er io equally advantageous to them and to ?■"' is." tu ' The Danger of Home Rule. Dealing with Home Rule, Mr. Chamlerlam says. "If the Liberals ore rcurned, the danger of Britain is all the n traver, as wo are now threatened by for'ign nations as wo never wero boforo Hγ. Asqmth'B promise \rith regard to nsh eelf-governmont was given for tho fo ako of securing the Irish Nationalist ,ot«, and not at the instigation of any o f English parly. The danger is 6o great or md Urgent, even if it stood alone, that jjsveryono caring for tho British name m jught, for the third time, to ren- tr ior tho conspiracy against tho Union impossible (;] Imperial Defence. pi "The preparation for defence is no cs onger adequate to the Empiro's need, ti )wini{ to tho present Government's ne- ti ;lect it will be long before we occupy the tl alace of security we Jield four jears cc igo, but nothing can justify us in leav- m Jig ourselves at present unguarded." Mr, h Dhumberlain concluded cc "You havo to decide whether yon wish tc o be governed by ono Chamber or by n> wo, whether to destroy or to maintain b he Union, also between tho other alter- h latives mentioned. I am confident that w ?ou, in common with th 6 majority of ny colntrymen, will choose tbo path of ci national progress and Imperial uAion." «' THE POPULAR ISSUE. i ___ \ ACCORDING TO SIR EDWARD GREY. London, December 29. Tho Secretary for State for Foreign j Affairs, Sir Edward Grey, speaking at ' Salisbury, declared the people had be- t fore them a voto of confidence. They ' must decide whether to give it the j Government or tho Lords. Personally, j ho did not believe the democracy would I confer upon the Lords greater power " than' they had ever claimed in recfnt r years. STATEMENT BY IRISH-LIBERAL I. j HOME RULE "IN A FEW YEARS." 1 London, December 29 \ Mr Redmond Barry (formerly Solicitor- c Goneral for Ireland, who recently be- i camo Attorney-General for Ireland on ,1 Mr. Cherry's elevation "to the Bench} r says that if tho Liberals aro successful J at tho elections, Home Rule must be ( granted in a few years. £ —— i c ACCIDENT TO LORD .MH.NEB. i (Roc.i December 30, 9.10 p.m.) ' London, December SO. ' ' Lord Milner ha? badly iprained his ' knee, and has cancelled his political en- \ gagements. ' ' "■' * • ' REFORM Or THE MUDS. ] London, Decembor 29. i In a Bpecch at Cardiff, Lord Milner 1 suggested that the recommendations of ( Lord Roscbery's Committee for reform of tho Lords si ould be included in the ( Unionist programme. , ROSEDERY COMMITTEE'S PLAN. v ' If the recommendations of Lord Rosebery'«i Committee of Peers arc earned out, Uie Houso of Lords will 1 consist of.— Peers of tho blood royal 3 Peers elected by hereditary Peers 200 i Peers qualified \>j pubho service ISO Two Archbishops and 8 elected bishops io lords of Appeal (judges) 5 Life Peers, 4 per annum, with i maximum of 10 at any one time „ 4(( i Total ~3SB Tho Committee, thinks that official representatives of Canada, Australia, Ncn Zealand, and South Africa during their tonuio of office would be of great adlantago. Tho views of the colonial. Governments should bo asked on how to carry this arrangement out The pomls of tho schemo were summunsod in The Dominion of November 30. Somo Additional points arc— Peers who have never sat in the Houso of Lords may bo elected M P.'s. An M.P. wno succeeds to a peerage retains bis scat in tho Comm6ns for that Parliament, No Peer who has once sat in tho Lords should go back to the Commons. Restriction of tho creation of hereditary peerages is recommended. Tho Committee would welcome repiesontahves of tho other great Churches, but could not formulate recommendations. Tho party in power in the Commons should bo able ' to count upon a substantial following m the Lords." This could not be dono by flooding tho HOU6e With permanont or lifo peerages Some of tho Comraiwo desired elected representatives of :ounty and town councils, but the Committee was almost equally divided. But for thinking that it wa3 going bejond its instruction*, tho Committeo ■would havo consideied whethor a deadlock between tho tno Houses could bo solved by the Referendum.