ANOTHER ELECTION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 5

ANOTHER ELECTION.

LABOUR FORECAST.

MUST PREPARE FOR A RENEWAL OF : MR. BLATCHFORD DENOUNCED. By Tclc'i;raph-Press Aseociation-Oopyricnt. (Sec. February 8, 10.35 p.m.) London, February 8. .' Five thousand delegates of tho Labour party aro attending a conference at Newport, representing 1,481,368 members. The report of tho Executive states that if the law as set forth in the judgment ih the caso of Osborae v. tho Amalgamated i Society of Railway Servants (in which the judgment declared it invalid to pay the salaries of Labour members of Pailiament out of trade union funds) is .to stand, labour unionism will suffer a greater impediment than it did from the Taff Vale decision. Thb report regrets Mr. Robert Bl'atchiord's "absurd ' and wicked ;outbursts", against Germany. Further, it declares that tfie new Parliament is unlikely to have a long lease of. life, - and warns Labour, that it must prepare for .another contest shortly. '...',

extremists try to pull prime .'..• ;. ; ;.■■■•;' minister. .■■■, .', '■■-.'"' Iffil LLOYD-GEOEGE IN THE .'.;.■' ; : ; ■■■,- •■' ,'• ■, ■■ bivibea; : ; v • '■■■•- ■r. . .London, February 1. , ■ Mr. D! Lloyd-George; Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. C.'F. G. Masterman, Under-Secr'etary 'for the Home Office, who have been staying at Nice, in the.South of France,, haye had an interview, with' Mr. Asguith at Cannes, i'., .. ' . .-.'■■.' : . ...... Mr. Lloyd-George's presence in the Riviera has aroused much comment;; Unionists interpret it as an effort'of the Radioal t0... influenco. the Prime Minister's decision as to the.policy to bo adopted.regarding of Lords." ■" LABOUR;SUPPORT AGAINST THE :'.'■ ■■■• ■ / ■.; ; .: ; -;-'v;LORDS.; ; ;;v ; >..- -:;^v'> ".' IF BOTH VETOS _AEE KILLED,! ■'. .■■'■ ■;■■: , . .-:;.' .:■.'London, February 7. : Mr. G..H.. Roberts, M.P. for Norwich, ;and Whip of the.Labour.party," saye the party will, assist, the Government if it abolishes both the ilnan'oial and the le'gis-" ■lative.veto.of tho House:of Lords. "■■,' vAVLIBERAL /LABOUR BILLi ' "■. ' ALLEGED'. FAILURE OF THE. EIGHT ''~-.:.•;• ]./:<-: :: HOURS ACT. /;■ -;: ■/::' .■•':=.■■.■/ . : , , "■;London, February '7. : . ■ Sir. W.. J. ..8u11, Unionist member, for. Hammersmith,' in'a letter fo the newspapers, says the., working of' the Mines Eight Hours Act has caused all-round dieappointmont. The output'has been limit'ed, and the' cost has been inoreased by. from ls.Hols.Cd., a'ton, .;...:.. .■•':.■ '. -The workers, ; continues -the. writor, : are thoroughly .dissatisfied 'owing 'to the reutrictions ■an their ivage-earniag capacity, ■and also:with tho.friction resulting from the. rearranged: shifts.' ..;; ;'-. ~:■.. '-.' : ; : IRISH NATIONALISTS AND THE •.'.■,-■ ;,. MINISTRY. .-: -: : BISHOP FORBIDS ALLIANCE WITH' ■■:;.; ' >: SOCIALISTS.*:, '.■'.;:. ■~',' MR. WM. O'BRIEN'S ROD "FOR THE >■;.. : •.;■.;■■ .-.■.'■ redmondites.. .., v ■;; ■.. ; }■:.'■'■ [ \']'■: : '■.;. London, February, 7* ; < .. The: Right Rev.. Edward Ol)\vyer, ; Roman Catholic .Bishop. : o£ Limerick, in a Pastoral letter'countermands any alliance of Irish Roman Catholic members of the House of with ' : the 'English' ■parties, : because many. English; politicians weroavowed.atheists or ■Socialist's, es'jeoi■ally in theirviews on the education ques■tion.v .■;.■.'.'.;■,•■ • .■- .■'■. '■ ■•'.■■■•■',!■;■.■:.*;■,-'■.-.■» ■

:' ; Mr.-Williain, O'Brien,. Independent ? Na* ■tionalist . member ' for ' North-East' /Cork, states that , he has:re-entered politics because the. campaign of vengeance against twenty 'of his friends took: the 'form, of .packing,;tho'convcntiohr for; the selection ' of ■; candidates' \yith, delegates'* from flpeoially' manufaotared" branches of the XJmtod. Insh League; '.■'.,'.' .■ ■ . -< He , was ; Mr. ) '^ea. , j?r a Round. Table Conference to adjust .differencea, on condition that the Molly Maguires are removed from the mastery, of .the National: funds. 1 •'• ■

.nnf Z y 1 1I , agD T lr^: were; an; agrarian sooiely formed in-Ireland'in 18J3, to resist distraint for rent. .They took their name, - originally "Maguires/' 'from' OorneUns Maguire, a leader'in the Irish,rebellion of lGil, the word Molly being afterwards added, because" they usuallv dressed in women's clothes when engaged* in their raids, The same.-Danie was given: to an Irish secret society, which terrorised the mining , districts . of Pennsylvania from 1807 :to 1877. ! Its object was,'apparently, to control the State and municipal politics. .In', the' 'latter... year, owing'to informers, its, .leaders were discovered, and convicted, and .the! .society .was .broken up. - The term Round Table Conference dates from a series 'of meetings held in 1887, between .Sir ;George Trevelyan, .Mr. Chamberlain, Mr.'. John Morley, and•' Sir William Harcourt, \vith the pbjeot, if possible, of finding, a basis reunion of . the: .Liberal.''tJnioniste; and the Gladstoninns, who had been eplit/over the.Home Rule. Bill.- Noireeult was oil rived at:] ■' ."■" ' \ .; .:■■■■■ • ■■■:'■ ■ ■ '