ELECTION BATTLE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 707, 5 January 1910, Page 5

ELECTION BATTLE.

MR. ASQUITH DEFENDS THE NAVY. MONET BETTER SPENT NOW. By Telegraph—Proas Assoclation-Oopyrleht. (Rdc. January 4, 10.40 p.m.) .London, January A In a speech at Haddington, the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, emphasised Mr. Balfour's silence, in his speech at Haddington, towards Mr. Haldano's reconstruction o£ tho Army. He predicted that if tho Tories woro returned, they would follow on Mr. Haldane's lines.

■ He affirmed/ regarding the defences, that no Government had given more time, or sustained; i thought thereto than the Liberals. ■' The. r Government had recognised to' tho full.the' increasing risks to which Britain's naval supremacy was exposed! and; did not -hesitate .to. call for large sacrifices -for' a' substantial, addition to naval expenditure; which,;was. one of the - principal causes:-of .the ■■ Budget. Mr. Asquith added: . [''■"-'.:^- r - :\, ■'■■'.

"This additional sum is being better and more fruitfully expended than if it had been spent earlier. Our position as regards tho Navy, now as well as in future v years—for which we as an Administration are responsible—is one , of unassailable superiority." ■ Adverting to economic questions, 'he declared that Free-trade was more than a benefit, it was a vital necessity. Ho did not protend that tho Liberal policy was a cure ior unemployment, but it could do much to mitigate it. The Liberal policy was constructive. The Lords had rejected tho Budget because it was a complete and effectual alternative to tariff reform, and by .that action they had exceeded their well-settled constitutional "function. " ,

"WE HAVE 1 NOT '.FALUEN.-BEHIND.' , ; P^ ■: ; '.-% t SIE EDWAIb:GEEY. : J ';[■■■ NAVAIi STJPSEiIACY.-iwiiili' NOT BE; '■i"O } a; C^T. ; : W- ';.: ■-;:::. >''"'.. ; .; AvW-i(E^o. ; 'janyary;;s,vo;2si;a.m,y;'-:';/ ■ ' ;"■ :■ :-'v;;V:;.. '•:..■?London, January , i. ■: '■'}. Addressing' his'..constituents. at .praster ; (Berwick-upon-Tweed,::::,Northumberlaiid), the-Secretary: of State 'for; Foreign: Affairs, Sir^Edward..■ Grey; vsaid: ,'i■; v v > : ; • r We ; .havev,keptithe.,;Nayy, up; mark; We':.'are\ i building.. : .mahy.|ship's,;be-, causo abroad, , especially /in :so, many riew..-/snipsi.are being .built.; .It is quite ;true ;that;;therb; ;is :cpmjetitipn,- in\ navarshipbuilding;.,but;it-is. untrue'that weVliave. : fallen behind./;-. .lf.'dp: ; not■ like, ■ this '. in 'A. naval, it must .be a burden, ptf tlie resqufces. of ■ any iountryrT-but the: Navy is essential to our. safety;.,'* , "■■■ [f:[ [ '■■ ''■ '■ - r -: ■:■■{', y-i^T-'A-''.

' ! ."^e.'cannot .afford to:'.;let ; other>:cpun-. tries get: up to us. , ,;TV» -have.beon:.Keeping; them,. and'if:'need'be--much as -:'l' may regret .it-—we i.will increase ; our' expenditure' on .arma'inonts, 'which, is already, so'..enormous ;here:andvin'.; other, countries.,.:. It isy ossontial; -.to Jus that; .we; .'should :be on.tlie safe, side;lwith..regard'.to ;the< ; Navy." v - ;sV;JA;-- V:^ '-^> ~^. -'A/ FREE^rRADErbHAMBERi-AiN.:!;';

DEPENDS'TEE BUDGET AND LAND - , TAXES. BEITAIN'S DUMPING GEOUND IS THE WOELD. , (Eeo. January i, 8.35 p.m.) London, January 4.

::j ill. i Arthur/ Chamberlain v (Mr.; Joseph | .Chamberlain's .Free-trade:';■ brother, ../who, is . head ■ of the-.Birmingham .ammunition firm;of Kyiooh's Ltd.)'in.a;.letter.:strong-j -lyildefends' ! the : spoial.'refdrm feature's''of. the Budgeti'-arid Free-trade; -.k '"■ ■'' k':,-. ; ;;r';' : ; j .'.''• '.-: ■'!■', ~.':■.: : .

. He'deolares that ,'the:rest,of. the.\world. ■is., a-dumping? ground'for : British. manu- ! faotuieV.v.4.- ■%'■''"■':'.■'' :

•';■.■ [Mr.* ArthurChamberlam, { . of i Binning-' 1 ham; ..younger■'• brother?, ;:of; ■.; ''the" -4 Mr;. Chamberlain, is '■■■ a•; keen:\temperance;.reformer and'Free-trader;V 'Hβ.is,head :-.of* Kynboh's, : Ltd.; ; and-four';"other;ilargei trading v concerns..';;:" Hβ.' pays :.;his.'.workr ; men : between the' i ages;of •>2l ,' and■: GO: a' minimum'wage of , 225., 'and adopts' % the' : ;48hours'-rvreek in'most.; departments.]; ; y:

IRISH MAY HAVE BALANCE OF POWER. LIBERALS AND HOME RULE.' (Ree. January i, 9.35 p.m.) London, January i. In a letter to Mr. Hamar Greenwood (Liberal member for York), the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Churchill, says, that even if tho Tories, as they anticipated, gain 100 seats in tho elections, the balance of power will be in the Jiands of the Irish Nationalists. His view is that the Liberal policy should bo a generous 'settlement with Ireland, and tho solidarity of the Empire.

: J: [Mr; Hamar v Greenwood/ is.•private.' sec-'; rotary,-to Mr.■.Churchill;■■'York las'.tiTo. seats, and 'in v 1900 ; ,the''Unionists held them, 'unopposed, • but } in- .1906; Mr;;:. Greenwood took -top ■position; : being Sl9.'votes ahead ■ of •.■ his .fellow..'' member, ■ Mr!', Faber; (Unionist).:: Tne\contest for -York : should' therefore i be keen. ■'..- "Mr, Hamar■ Greenyood ■ (says .a' Unionist J oritie) vTras,' born in 1870 at W.hitby,' on: the Canadian '.shore: of; Lake Ontario, i His father was English by; birth)', but ■ practised ; as a,, barrister in'.:the' Dominion,>and his mother 'was descended from 'United '- States;■ settlers : who i crossed- the .frontier., at .the time: of the'.Declaration .of,-'lndependence,', and-, elected to .stay: under/.the 'flag.: Young;. Hamar-:was. .■educated .'■at: the" Toronto..Publio ; .School,.took his B.A. at the ; local university,' made ■' his name, in the:' cricket■; field and:-'the'.' debating; clubs, and has been,talking over-sinco. Joined, tho j Canadian -Militia, : and •: qualified for a commission.in it:atf-the Royal Military School,' learning incidentally: how to :ride and' shoot. In tlus" same, connection, he , ista founder of,: and., a" captain.' in,. the •King's'.yplonials'(Yeomanry). .He tor;, a■, time.'in, the. Dominion', Department of .Agriculture,::and then; came over to. England. in,r1895; to ;qualify for the, Bar; enter./journalism, ;,and- wake, tilings .'up Kenerally. iHe.is .a :mbmber of 'Gray's Inn, a Freemason,'and preadent of the . Canadian/ Society in London; also' he' is 6ft; ; high; -broadly , built, and "a' vbreezy. speaker. -He says England wants 'Canadianising.';"] ,;'. " : /: 1;, ; ' .■, .

■UNEMPLOYMENT: TARIFFS NO ■;,;;■ [■'■:':,[ ; CURE. , ■;. .. ;.::;■" .-■ ■:■!::';;-. ; ; . London, January,-3.,, : Mr.' Winston ; Churchill, in. a letter,, . says, the . lesson ■ to, bo ..drawn both . from th"e';German and the American; tariffs is that,-however high,- they are unable =to prevent severe. and widespread . chronic .unemployment .among the, industrial population. Mr. Churchill. adds.:—;■ ; £.'..'

;' "As far as -Britain.- is concerned, trade' and employment are now being provided; so /quickly that- the, present;-pinch -is nearly, over. We must make, good pro', parations against a return' of. the : evil. -The' best guarantee that this will bo done will'.bo a strong Liberal and progressive majority in tlie next. Parliament." -~■:

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