BRITISH POLITICS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 817, 26 February 1910, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

London, February 23,

Forty members resolved to urge Mr Asquith to take energetic action with regard to the Lords' veto, but not to blend the veto question with that of reform of the Lords. The Times states that it is generally recognised that the political crisis will now simmer for some weeks, while financial business will be proceeded with. The Nationalists and Labour parties hope the Government will modify its plans to the extent of introducing a veto measure during the next two weeks, but this is impossible, because the members of the Government are not agreed upon their proposals. The Radicals, after Tuesday’s debate, were greatly depressed. They felt that the Government bad lost credit, and could hardly recover it.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, the High Sheriff, and the Dublin Central Council of the Irish League, commend Mr J. E. Redmond’s courageous action, and offer to supply funds if he forces a general election. Mr Balfour, speaking at a luncheon to Unionists who won seats at the late election, agrees with Mr Asquith that the King’s Government must be carried on. It was not, he said, the Unionists’ duty to make the Government’s task more difficult, and they did not intend to throw unnecessary difficulties in the way of dealing with impending problems ot finance ; but no compromise was possible regarding the Budget and the Lords.