BRITISH POLITICS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9126, 22 April 1908, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

Press Association—Copyright. Received April 21, 10.47 p.m. London, April 21

Mr Churchill, speaking at Manchester, said ho was convinced that a national settlement of the Irish difficulties was indispensable to any harmonious conception of Liberalism. He had Mr Asquith’s concurrence in saying that if Parliament was dissolved, the Party would claim full authority and a free hand to deal with the problem of Irish selfgovernment, without-being restricted to mere measures of devolution like the abandoned Irish Council Bill.

At the Independent Labour Party’s Conference at Huddersfield, Mr Ramsay Macdonald, presiding, agreed to Mr Yictor Grayson’s offer to join the Party without signing the constitution. MR REDMOND IN A QUANDARY. Received April 22, 8.8 a;.m. London, April 31. Mr Redmond is considering Mr Churchill’s statement as to Home Rule before finally advising the electors. The Times says that the Dublin Nationalist Party arrived at a decision some days ago. The majority, including most of the younger and abler members, took definite sides with Mr Churchill and with the aid ofjjthe League’s Standing Committees will doubtless contrive to save Mr Redmond’s face. Mr Redmond was under a serious misconception regarding his Party’s views when he spoke against Mr Churchill’s candidature. BY-ELECTION. Received April 21, 84.0 a.m. London, April 21. Mr James Fitzalan Hope, Unionist, has been elected member for Central Sheffield, unopposed, to succeed the late Sir Howard Vincent, deceased.