BRITISH POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1736, 30 April 1906, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE EDUCATION BILL. By telegraph, Press Aas’n, Copyright London, April 27. Archbishop Bouroe, before the Oatholio Truth Sooiety, read a manifesto signed by himself and the bishops of the provinces, declaring Me Birrell’s Bill was fundamentally nnjust. He announced that the bishops heartily approved of the declara- ( j tion of the Catholic Edoeation Oounoil favor of resisting the measnre at every stage. Biehop Bourne added that he was able to oouot on the fullest co-operation of the Episoopacy in Ireland, and he had a well founded confidence in the unwaverinr_, support of the members of the House -ei Commons representing Catbolie Ireland. The Bishops oonnted on the united support of all Catholics without exception. Tno Standard says it is difficult to see how Lord Ripon can remain in office. The Government have employed .every artifice to buy over and make a bargain with Catholics behind the back of the Church of England. The authors of a shabby trick have now beon publioly discomfited.

SPEECH BY MR MORLEY.

DEFENCE OF BILL.

By telegraph, Presa Ass’n, Copyright Reoeived 443 p.m., April 29. . London, April 28. Mr Morley, in a speech at the Eighty Club, warmly denied that Mr Birrell’s Education Bill was a piece of Non-con* formist reprisal against the Ohurob. Thera was not a man in the Cabinet, inoludibg Anglioans, Catholics, and Agnostios. but honestly desired to make a pacific, orderly, aDd enduting settlement based on. the principle to which all hßd been sworn et the elections. The expenditure of pablio funds involved public oontrol. This was the taproot of the whole thing, and what 'he Government, with an overwhelming m-j 'rity, bad to do was to carry out this principle. The Biehop of Worcester had most unjustly charged the Government with establishing a new religion. Every argument egunet simple Bible teaohing was an a-gument in favor of seoular in* etruotion. He predicted that Mr Birrell f would be fet a d as the pilot of 1906 who 4S bad weathered tbe storm. He oounsellrd Lberala on other questions not to isafraid of the democracy, nor run away from it. Mr Birrell, who presided, said he was glad to tbiDk he had on tho Edoeation Bill tbe support of every member of the Cabinet and the loyal support of the whole party, HOSTILE MOTION. : By telegraph, Press Aas’n, Copyright Reoeived 4,57 p.m , April 29. London, April 28. Lord Robert Cecil moves in ths House of Commons that no measnre dealing with elementary sohoola will be aooeptable if it does not reoognise parents' right to ohoose their children's religious education,