BRITISH POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1683, 26 February 1906, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

DEBATE IN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

SOME ANGRY TALK.

By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright London, F b; 23 Speaking on Mr Fursii»iaN»ioM3£i'dujent, Mr Wyndnam declared ,'he ton cf elavery was truih”i=Jir l Cburchtll'a unberoio, half hearted palliatives were wbnlly insufficient. The Government were courting di-aster in South Africa. Mr Ma'cbam said it was impossible to wo'k tbe mines with white labor, even if wages were reduced 50 per centum. The debate was adjourned. In the House of Lords, the Duke of Devonshire raised a fiscal debate. He declared that tbe Balfour and Chamberlain correspondence showed a groat advance. Unionists were entitled to know what had brought about the agreement. Personally he declined responsibility for tbe policy embodied in that correspondence. 1 Lord Lansdowne said our trade was losing ground, both at Home and abroad. Our manufacturers were transferring their works abroad. Tbe Government nfueV fight for fair treatment. If it was refused>~ thoy must give a respectful bearing to the colonies, who desite to draw closer to the Motherland. Lord Gosohen urged a' cessation of the tariff reform propaganda, and appealed to tbe Government to examine Sir H. O. Bannermsn’s allegation that from 12 to 13 millions were on the verge of starvation. Then they might inquire if a change of tariff would improve tbe condition ofthis vast multitude. Lord Crewe, while not saying all was well, denied that trade was unsatisfactory.

Received 4.47 p.m., Feb. 25. London, Fob. 24. In the House of Commons Bir H. Campbell Bannerman, rfplying to Eatl Peroy, said : I only Baid Chinese labor was tainted with slavery. It has many characteristics of slavery. That I rrp.at. During the debate on Mr Forster's ameadmont, Mr Aeqnith s*id Government intended to terminate the system, hut were unablo forthwith to sponge ru' everything. He never said tne Chinese EU'i-t bedepo't‘>d whole-ale. He intended to warn tho Tra-’svsal that any legislation o ii iespoiidii g io tho exis ir g ordinance, and inconsistent vci.h best B ti-h uaditions, would be v,< toed Mr Cb»mbtrl*i/i declared tbv Govern mor t woo'd al no? tbe all-g-d sl-ve-y to petrr out, giving (freedom on tbe maia'ment system. H e -aid he wa« i r f>m- d that Govornmentibad been consulted on tbo mtnioe Ji-gcs-tes’ plans lef jre they were submit’ed iq Parliament. Sir H. Campbell Bannerman denied this. )

Mr Chamberlin reiterated the statemint with the addition of the magnates contained in the charges. Ho by demanding a judicial inquiry into ,‘tha systtm. - - ! ' The Daily Mai! states that the Labnri'es refused to vote for. the Government until they promised tbe’e «bo ill be no reindentures of Oninamen. Tn> Laboritesdeolared that thousands t£ B 'tisn workmen were available as miners on the Band at a pound a day.

R ceiv-H 4.45 o m., P H. 24. Couolodi'g the fboa' deb-t* in the House of L ird-, tb« Duke of D-vonabire said he did not quite understand the qualifications s-t forth in M- Bifoor’s letter to Mr Cnamberlain on the 14th. Lord Limdiwai resented the Duke of Devonshire’s uufairness.

Mr Balfour in his canvass of the city electorate complained of the Dike of Devonshire’s version of his loiter. Ha had deolarod that it showed noitber com. mon sense,- logic, or grammar. He had most unjustly eliminated all the ifs. When Government had climbed down on the Chinese question, and now declared as in Churchill's words, *' that to describe it as ‘slavery’ was torminologioal inexactitude,” Mr Balfour added that it could bettor be expressed in a word of three letters.

DISPUTE OVER UNION MATTERS.

Byj telegraph, Press 'Ass’n, Copyright Received 4.52 p.m., Feb. 24. London, Feb, 24. , Government are at variance with’ iBe“V Laborites over the most vital point of the Trades Disputo Bill, hemely, trados union* ists’ responsibility. Mr Keic Hardie declares he will not accept any compromise.