CABLE NEWS BRITISH BUDGET.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 April 1910, Page 3

CABLE NEWS BRITISH BUDGET.

INCITING SCi-'.N!OS AT WKST-

MINSTIiI!

AN IRISH LEADER ANGRY. A TTACK OX TIIE CHANCELLOR. Iltv ELKCTIMC rKI.EaitAPH--COrVUIOnT.j [I'Kll I'HKSS ASSOCIATION.] . LONDON, April 19. Tlieie was a crowded and excited Hi,use (the Prince of Wales and many peers were present), when Mr William O'Brien reiterated the details of interviews between himself, .Mr Ilcaly, and Mr Llo.vU George (Chancellor ol the Exchequer). Mr Lloyd-George, replying, admitted that there luid been a. second interview, but lie had told Mr O'llrieii that he was not in a position to m.akc promises. BUDGET CARRIED. fn tlio House of Commons the Budget resolution was carried, by Ml"* to alter an a.nimated debate ami some, storiny incidents. Mr O'Brien, in a vehement speech, said "it was perhaps umvise to trust nivself alone >at a. .secniul conference with Mr Lloyd-George. I made insiilficie.n-t allowance lor the sinuousities of the Ministerial conscience." Mr Lloyd-George .justified a Minister's conlideiitial interviews with members of all parties. He accused Mr O'Brien of publishing the part which .suited liini because ho had a quarrel with his Irish friends. CONCESSIONS TO THE HIERARCHY. (Received This Daw 10.0 a.m.) LONDON, April 1!). Mr As(|iiith is inserting in the Budget an amendment relating to agricultural land, which is intended to conciliate the Nationalists. Another concession to Ireland related to tenancies in connection with the death duties. A third conces-smii effecting the I' o i ted Kingdom exempts from stump duties transfers of property held upon trust, even where the trust is secret. Til is largely beneliis ecclesiastical trusts in Ireland. The .Morning Pest (Conservative) publishes n statement in regard to the prevailing feeling in the Centimes. It says that the general opinion among British members of all parti s is that Mr Lloyd-George has di.-'pesed el' Mr O'Brien's allegations, but that Mr O'Brien's attack on tlie Redniendites w.as severe and well delivered. The 'journal adds that Mr Lloyd-George made no impj.'rtant concesWrnus in the emit reversal parts of the Budget.