BRITISH POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1383, 18 February 1905, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

IMPERIAL t; By Telegraph —Copyrlg! , Received 9Feb jj -London, Feb ljjj Ur AEquiihV y /e-jdiieut wu3 negatm by 311 to Joseph Cbamberlfl said he personally thought the boooe-j | dissolution the bci t er.VHe »'"den4ed.:a right o', minority ia uirJMfcnd ft'dissOj tion for ehildish," fautastW lljaßons WK if in office they v±dm!~ later rcoogft themselves. Bo hopi i ■' AEjhJoytsjpF™ would never abandon 'tn(7fnfi!tußt hcclj tho Opposition desired office. It new doctrine to ask for a diesolii because tbo unofficial proposals of a' vato member bud been fully disgust. On no point of principle did bo differ ft Mr Balfour; The colonial conference tr meet without restraint. He was'eoufid the colonies had a great deal to qffer.'j never pretended to offer concessions up in return for reciprocal treatment. Received 9.30 p.m., Feb 17, Id,'speaking to the amendment 1 Hugh Cecil said he was comNgrced natio)i wouid never aecept a prefere arrangement with the colonies baser, the taxation of food. The very idn bargaining with the colonies wouhl bel ruptive. The Government’s railure disclose their whole mind was assistin'! drive the freetraders from Parlianj. We do not believe the present a favo&' time to suggest that the coloniAjsb! make great commercial and financial \ cessions to the Motherland, or the’( way to promote Imperial unity. | trade was not threatened by tb</'coni auce of the .Government in offisßywl iU . trado defence had been oesaful and he thought that if the* jje:l merit spent another sossionltsbirk ylev l opportunity for Parliamentary dsjC' j n a.i trade would cot suffer. ' e- - - jU c C GOVERNMENT SAFE.FOR l^ESsj By Telegraph—Press Association— Oopy] Reoeived 10.42 pim., Fora 17. ' 3* Five Unionists voted against vomment. Four abstained, inelti Lord Cecil and Mr. Goret. ; Sixtyq Nationalists voted with the Ministry, j opinion in the lobbies ih that the Gov: ment is safe for tho sossion. . \ , :j