GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 701, 21 December 1909, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

London, Saturday. . Lord Cromer, speaking at Sheffield, advised the Unionist Free-traders to vote for Unionist candidates in all circumstances. Lord Durham, in a letter, says Sir Edward Grey’s profession of faith in Home Rule is a signal proof of the complex and conflicting issues awaiting the electors. It is grievous that a Minister enjoying Sir Edward Grey's reputation should weaken his authority abroad and the confidence in him at Home by declaring the United Kingdom to be incompetent to rule Ireland. The painful truth is that Ministers are only united by one resolve —by book or by crook to cajole the electorates to return them to power. It is becoming evident, however, that the old Liberal banner has been trampled in the mud and the red flag hoisted in its place. The Radicals are harnessing themselves to the Socialist car, whereof Mr LloydGeorge. holds reins and Mr Churchill cracks the whip. Mr Fuller, the Liberal Whip, at a meeting in Wiltshire, stated in reply to Mr Walter Long’s questions that he was in favour of Home Rule as propounded by Mr Redmond, although much might be said in favour of Mr Birrell’s local self-government. Mr Winston Churchill, speaking at Warrington, said any man claiming to have a solution of the unemployment problem was a rogue. The Development Act would feel .the way towards the machinery for handling the problem, and the Government, if returned, would introduce insurance against unemployment. Sydney, December 20, The strike position is unchanged. The Western miners are ready to start. A mass meeting assembled at Lithgow to hear the delegates report, but owing to the presence of the police a scene of disorder occurred and the meeting adjourned till to-day. The Southern Miners’ Association endorsed the Strike Congress’s disapproval of a general strike. The suburban train services have been restored to normal. New York, December 20. President Zelaya has telegraphed to President Taft announcing that he has resigned to avoid harm to the country and to enable the renewal of friendly relations with the United States. President Zelaya’s nominee at Madrid is unacceptable as his successor either to the revolutionaries or the United States. New York, December 19. The United States cruiser Buffalo has been ordered to Corinto, Nicaragua. The commander of the cruiser Des Moines has notified Nicaragua that no fighting will be permitted at Bluefields owing to the danger to Ame rican lives and property.