A "STAMPEDE ELECTION."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 7

A "STAMPEDE ELECTION."

DENUNCIATION BY MR. LYTTELTON. (Roc. November 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 2G. Mr. Lyttelton, speaking at Goolo, Yorkshire, denounced tho "stampede election" to prevent tho peoplo from fully apprehending tho disastrous consequences of a wrong decision. Mr. Redmond's money from foreigners was being used to impose upon tho English people a revolution they did not want. A DEMOCRATIC SAFEGUARD. MR. A. CHAMBERLAIN'S VIEW OF THE PEERS. (Rec. November 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 26. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of tho Exchequer in the Balfour Cabinet of 1905, in addressing tho Glasgow Unionist Council, said tho moro democratic the country the greater securities were needed, lest those arrogating to themselves the right to speak in the people's name should betray the people's cause. '. UNIONIST JEWS. RALLIED BY LORD ROTHSCHILD. London, November 25. Lord Rothschild, in a letter to Manchester Jews, urges them to vote for tho Unionists. . Personally, he says, ho accepts Mr. Balfour's asrurauco that food trill not cost more under tariff reform, apart from the fact that thocoloJiies and India are in a position to provide nearly all that is required by Britain. BLUE-BLOOD OR. BL'UE-FUNK? 'A , LIBERAL'S CONUNDRUM; London, November 25.

At tho National Liberal Conferences, Mr. Ellis Griffiths, M.P. for Anglesey, in moving a resolution denouncing tio Lords' own proposed reforms as a sham, said the move was due to panic: Tho Lords not only represented blue-blood, but blue-funk. ELECTORAL REFORM. 'A DEMOCRATIC NECESSITY. London, November 25. Lord Courtney, speaking in tho Houso of Lords, said electoral reform of tho House of Lords ivas necessary, to securo proper representation and the carrying out of tho will of the nation. Many Liberals hesitated, in tho absence of this reform, to accept the Parliament Bill. Ho approved of tho referendum as a democratic institution. A SOCIALIST'S PROPOSAL. CONFISCATION OF B.IG INCOMES. London, November 25. Mr. 6. Laushury (Labour candidato), who stood , for the Bow (Tower Hamlets) seat at .tho general election in January last, in an election address says:— "Wo should tax aud secure for the use of tho people all socially-created land values as well as tho wealth now subject for super-income tax." The "Daily Mail" points out' that Mr. Lansbury says in effect that all incomea over £5000—namely, over a Minister's salary, should bo confiscated to tho State.. . HOUSE SITS TWO MINUTES. PEERS CALCULATIONS' UPSET. London, November 25. The House of Commons has adjourned until Monday. (Rec. November 27,- 5.5 p.m.) London, November 26. Tho Houso of Commons sat for two ininuteß. ■'■

The brevity upset the Peers' calculations, and when tho Clerk appeared with Lord Lansdowne's resolutions ho found that the House of Commons had risen. The Lords' communication will duly appear in the House- of Commons' journals. UNIONISTS IN COUNCIL. TARIFF REFORM URGED. London, November 25. Tho Liberal Unionist Council, in session at Glasgow, adopted Mr. Austen Chamberlain's resolution expressing satisfaction at tho action of tho House of 1 Lords in promoting its own reform, also • a resolution urging the immediate development of preferential arrangements with tho oversea Dominions. A SUFFRAGETTE VICTIM. MR. BIRRELL IN BED. London, November 25. The doctors have ordered Mr. Birrell (Chief Secretary for Ireland), who was recently assaulted by Suffragettes, three weeks' rest in bed. He is dictating speeches to his constituents. A LESSON NEEDED. DEFENCE OF FREE-TRADE. (Rec. November 28, 0.40 a.m.) London, November 27. Mr. C. E. Hobhousc, Liberal member for Bristol, in an election address says that, cowed by the Liberal triumph at the poHs, tlio Peers passed the Budget they had previously denounced, but they declared their submission referred to the Budget alone. Lot tho country now teach them that their day was over. That was the principal work, but tho country must also maintain Free-trade, on which its commercial supremacy and political liberties depended for their freedom from financial and even political trusts.