IMPERIAL POLITICS.
CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT. MR. BALFOUR AT DUMFRIES. United Press Association. Copyright LONDON, October 7. Air. Balfour, speaking at Dumfries, referring to the reform of tlio House of Lords, said that he was dismayed at the idea of tho establishment of an elective chamber co-equal to the House of Commons. \ The country would not tolerate the possession, by tho House of Commons of power to pass without discussion measures of the utmost importance unless they were reviewed by some second chamber. Air. Balfour condemned tho Government’s reckless, irresponsible schemes of social reform. He censured Air. Lloyd-George’s disastrous attacks on the propertied . classes, which were calculated to destroy confidence, which was the root of -all enterprise. AVliilo he himself pronounced belief in fiscal reform as- a means of promoting unity of the Empire, stability of trade, and the growth of national industries, he did not pretend to believe* that alterations of affluence and the depression of feverish over-production and melancholy under-production, could be cured by any system of fiscal reform.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2317, 9 October 1908, Page 3
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171IMPERIAL POLITICS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2317, 9 October 1908, Page 3
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