BRITISH POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1430, 14 April 1905, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

SPEECH BY MR CHAMBERLAIN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 10.11 p.m., April 13. London, April 13. Mr Chamberlain, at the annual meeting of the Liberal Union Club, advooatod a mutual defensive alliance between Britain and Japan. Ho still regarded Homo Rule as a serious danger. Germany’s commercial troatios were iikoly to be injurious to Great Britain, who was weaponless and unablo to protest. The necessity of meeting tho wishes of the colonies was" daily more evident. If wo refused to disouss matters of great interest, the colonies, discouraged, would turn to other suitors who wore loss pedantic and superstitious. The meeting, belioving tho time had come to completely reform the fisoal system, approved of Mr Balfour’s Manchester speeoh of January 26th. A MOTION OF CENSURE. By Telegraph—Press Assooiation—Copyright Received 10.2 p.m., April 13. London, April 13. The Times says that Sir Frederick Pollock’s proposals raise a question on the margin of practical politics. An Advisory Counoil of the Empire’s notables, with an Imperial secretariat and intelligence department, might be a great success. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman gave notice of a motion of censure designed to split Ministerialists on Mao Donnell and Wyndham’s soheme of devolution.