SIR E. SHACKLETON.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 5

SIR E. SHACKLETON.

, HONOUitED BY KAISER. ;. WILL NOT EMBARRASS SCOTT. By Teleeraiih—Press Association—Copyright. London f January 16. ... ..Sir Ernest; Shackleton deuies the report.'thiit ilie'', lias formulated another Antarctic expedition. Ho declares that he will. do iiothilig, to embarrass Oaptain 'Sdotfs expedition; - ' . .- ". .TM, Kaiser ; attended.a locturi) <is.' livored by' ; Sir- Ernest Sltackleton ;,at Dorburgh Villa,- Gnino Wald, near - Berlins :■ i. " ' [The cabled re'portrefErrrcd. to stated that Sir. Ernest Shackleton wonld begin preparations ; for another . Autaretio ;ex;poditioii when the ,book of his .last one 'is' completed, In a. footnote published at the time; Sir E. ShacHeton'g oirii statement, inade in August,'- .was quoted*' in which' he says:;."Soon ; after 'ray arrival from tho south iCaptivih Seott told, me ithat.he. proposed to make a 'trip .and I .assured him that;.l -wduld;. await iiis . return before I made., ii fresh effort."] . .

the Lancashire barometer

■UNIONISTS'GAIN. THREE, AND' LOSE OND e l.Priorjo; tKe>diWutioh,: the 'tTniohists: , had \l6B''members.; in ;,aVHous'e- 'of J;.(i7o;. Therefore,• to' have • "aii. absolute, majority m the new HpuSe,. they •. must • double ; themselves; ;that 'is; : must win : 168 extra .'table..'"ire ptiblifili j t6-day Shows the; extent, of. theirgains: 60 far. It has: been' argued that the verdict of 'Lahcashire iijV.the verdict of the : tions; ;. Certainly, both'' sides have' made stronuofis efforts;; the Liberals ; to. . H w Unionists tb gain,r;Lahcashire.' 'At time' of'whHn», :■ the results' of- the following. 14 - Lancashire 1 Irordughs '• (15 Sbats) I ;^ e ;™ sSowihg that'the Unionists,, Sri,s. ... £?% of.■'those; sfats; lost ; . oti ? (Manchester North-west),liiifc gained three lie«V ones—two froni LaljoUr (Burnley aid Man&festef South-west) and' .#» from the r Liberals (Stalybridgej.v ' ■ Lvne, one of the two Bolton seats; Bury, Manchester North; Manchester . South; ; . S'X'hdaJe,; Salford. North, " Salford. West. - The Liberals win , back .'North-West Man^. chostor . from . the : ' Unionists,: and " lose . 'Stalybridge to; :the"Unionists and' M&h'. Chester ,Eart;, to Labour,(the latter pt ; ol> ably by arrangement).' : '' Eotiihef'. 8, Gained; 1; Loist 2. , That \is," the Liberals ( retain nine out of the'tei.seats they had: , ' , The Unionists win Burnley and Handles South-west ' from Labour; and .the Lifetals.v , Gained- 3/; . Labour- retains one of the ttfo Bolton seats, ; and .Manchester; Northeast, Labour. loses to : the : Unionists,, Btirnley and Manchester' South-west. ~-' Labour-, also gains Manchester Hast from the Liberals, •but this was ;alflibst : certainly by ' ar-' rahg;erii<!nt, ; the-Literal candidate ,retire : itig j■ still,; the sea.t, iiiiist be classed', as a ;Laboiirc gain;;, stained % ; Gained i. Lose 2. Total held to date, ?. ■Mr. Maddisoii, wfib .beldngs t6 .tWtrado .union branbh pi Labouii-his ah 61d feud ifith ;the : Socialist, bratioh, the latt&, cbhsidermg him too- old-fashioned.His Bufnlfcy 'scat. , was, won\by ' hiiri. in 1908 against ,Mr.' Arbuthhot CUhibhist), desjiito I the fact, .that Mr.'; Hyndinan;stood; as, a vbte-splitting, Socialist candidate;',; the .figures being f—Maddison. i>2%. Arbuthnot' 1 4964, Hyndiilah 4932. This time thelsame' thfee-cbriiered contest haS .allowed ..the I .Unionist .to get, in' by,;6nlj 95 votes 'ik'i I heavy poll. . '. .. . .The Liberals iron baclt only, ono of tho LanoasMro boroughs, and;.that iB the oris (Manchester. North-West) which Mr,. JoynSon-Hibks, Unionist arid Tariff B«fbrmer;; wrested from. them iii i litenioftbte b'y'-elfcfitio.ri .in .1908; whiit time Mi-..Winston Churchill,' iiewlv promoted' to the Cabinet as President of the Board j pf Trade, sought reaction: : Mahchester NbrthjWKt preferred. Mf.: JoyaJ6n=HickS; nhd Mr,; Ohurbhill ; liid s to atictit Scbtoh hospitality at DtindW. Now: fe Wing (Libefiil) otifefS Mr.; Jdyiisoh^lTidkA. : . 'MahftheSter is a .seat -with a somewhat , similar historio ' interest, ■ for, in 1906;' : it Vejc-lted Mr, Balfour,' Who llad'to. Seek, -the hospitality bf. London City. ;.Th6 Liberal who .defeated Mr;i Bftlfodr, Mr. Hoffidge,- .did , n6t feek fe-61e6tion, ,' ; and just , bsfore the* poll . th® .Liberal candidate, Mr. ZMmerihan,- re'tiredr Unionist' Jiapi'rs to haM. by . the ' hiail r forested feiich. a step,, it .being suggested, 'that-, the Liberals were comprbmising lrith L'abbiir, and would allow ii .Labom rain to; hold the fort at Manchester East. The new Labour member is Mr; Sutton: ' 1

"BENDING" THE LORDS

FORMER LIBERAL PROPOSALS. Reference waS. made in yesterday's cablegrams.i.to/'the^absence .of tailed explonahoh of the Government's method of abolishing the: House of lords' veto, beyond the statement ihade by some' Liberal: spdittrsthat. Uie.'Hdusd ,of Lohls must pass the House: &f Commons' measures -vrithin the lifetiiino- of on.T Parliament"-

prindiple'- of 'passiig;:< a', dispute. "' measure within_the life-tinieof the. Par> •/ liument was aiTinned i.il tlio mo ,tion by. tho House^f-Commons'oir : : tho motion of the 'late Pnihi Minister, Sir .Henry Campbell ; B:ninerman ■ — ■-" tugirc effect to the .will /, of thb people, as eiprbsse'd b'j their elect. ; ed wpriisentatives;, ,'it'; iii'. iibressary'■ thai the power, of thi other'Hdiise to alter oi.v. reject Bills passed .by' this House/should 1 be,so restricted by law as] to secure,thai/; .jgJUA'w 'ft; single ■ Parliament' ; ,thß 'final decision of • the Commons shall -/ prevail;"-' .- • • , .. -The present Astjuitli: Govenunei.t pri* bably adlisre Jti. this eipresaon; ot, .priii-: ciplo, but .there are. indications they --. are as to the ''method' of st its : appliedtiou. Siiv Henry:/Caffibbell- "i Bahiiermßh Jiropos'ed a schtoe of i&iikit- / encesj• with •. compulsion in. r the'- bask- i ground. It- may be sunii&6<i iin Sa folldwii - First Coiiferente; . X (I) - la tdsu rf ..lietweeD . r .) the two Houses,. a' i conference, to ,tak«■ 1 -place between an- equal numberidf . nO- j • ihinated representatives of Lords and. : Commons. ' .>■!'' ; ' (2) The conference •; wilt, bb. "of small ■'/ : ■dimensionß"- :;: twelve : mohers and twelvo Peers. .It will sit viii private, and its bbjcct wjil bo to reek. fof a' "common measure' of lagrfeemeht."-,.' ; If a compromise is.'reached;.-the;parfr i : i ■ culaf Bill>that-is the/subject; of ,th«^' cdilferoiice will be saved. r/////v----(!1) In tlio event of continuous disagreement, the Bill m question would. .1)6 doomed—for. a season; But it is-pro-:/ : posed that tho. samb Bill may be re- '■ : introduced at the, discretion of tho Go- . vernnient "after . a substantial inter- - ] : vffl"—by which is meant a; minimum/ ■ ' Jlßriod. of t-;ix months.: - ' . ' /;'

Second Conference , . . (1) Th 6 reintroduced Bill would b« .'. passed through:,the. : Hbura-' i if;;' ■rapidly ■."tulder ; iimitations . of ..time adapted to tho requirements of tho It' would tb«n go to .the .Lords, ■ ■ who would have a fresh opportunity of ; \; considering it;':-'-.. ; ' ■' ; (2) Should the Lords be stall recalcitrant, there will be a second confferenc* / between hominated delegates from the ' two Houses • (3 In the ovont of the second .oonfer- ? . bnco proving abortive, the '.Bill ..vnll . •be rSintroduced into the House of Coiii/Msiis a third through all its stages in the form ItLst v.vcv: ftgi'osd upori. : (4)' After this it will .be sent to .the;. ;: "Lords the-inHmation:that;,tinleSi; passed in that • forili it will be carried ■ into law ,r over their heads" —that ls, it ■ Would btcome law by virtue of the. . >!'j; I, tioriv-and-withbut, the/assent/of.-fti-;h; i/ PderS. Third .ConftfepM. >.•; (1) To' avert tho necessity fdr resorting, - to ' this. SouraeV. -there;' will.vbe:; ojpor::'',.; third cdnffersiicßiiand..bnly on .its' failure./villi' tfiSV ; irifastlre• pass - withoiili the cbnc'iifrehiJe cf thfi Peers. ; drbitra^ :'acttpii., ; by.7;/}; - an [-ilete Governmcntj" it is Jroposld to .- ■ ; 'shorten';the;durdtion. of Parliaments;; .- makiiig their term-of-life fiffi ■ stead.of seven 'je^.' r ;-~