BRITISH POLITICS.
Press Association— CopyrightReceived Dec. 10, 0.58 p.m. London, Tuesday. Speaking at poif.enport, Mr Balfour said that the country oouAannjed the j Government's niisgoverument of iro.land, and dechuod that tho reason why Mr Birrell, Chief Secretary, was unable to obtain the conviction of cattle drivers was because ho refused to put tho Crimes Act into operation. Ministers had become the siavc3 of their own perorations. Thoy would rathe;: see the law flouted than their recent rasu spoechos. Mr Balfour addressed a mooting 0f"'7006 at Deyouport. Ho claimed that in a few months all sections ot tho Unionist Party would be unlteu on fiscal reform. It was distiu.ed to become not only an animating motive but a national conviction which would make the next Unionist administration memorable in history.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9024, 11 December 1907, Page 2
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129BRITISH POLITICS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9024, 11 December 1907, Page 2
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