BRITISH POLITICS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9171, 15 June 1908, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE LOSS OF SELF-RELANOE. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. ;London, Jane 14. Lord Roseberry in a speech as Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, said that everything was being done politically to swamp selfreliance and make it superfluous and ridiculous. Scotchmen had thriven by self-reliance. Their motto was a “level up” creed; modern civilisation's motto was “level down. ’ * They let the Government have a finger in every pis, probing, propping, and disturbing. The result was that the nation was being taken into custody by the State. He pleaded for the maintenance of the sterling national qualities which had meant so much to Scotland in the past. At the Scottish Liberal Club’s ban- ; quet, ’Mr Carmichael proposing the health of Lord Rosebery, extolled his services to Scottish Liberalism.

THE REFORM OF PRISONERS.: The Prevention of Crimes Bill, extending the Borstal reformatory system, has been read a second time by 138 to 11. Mr Gladstone stated that the Government would provide the machinery necessary for bringing every kind of good influence to bear on prisoners, teach them trades, show them what fools they had been, and equip them for a new start in'life. SPEECH BY MR ASQUITH.

Mr Asquith, speaking at the National Club, affirmed that the internal condition of the party was wholesome and sound. There were no differences requiring periodical plastering by some artificially contrived and ambiguous formula. Still, the Liberals must aim each year at larger concentration of effort and a smaller number of hills.’ The pensions scheme, Mr Asquith said, was not hostile to the existing thrift agencies, or to the subsequent grafting upon it of a State-aided contributory plan. He was opposed to inquisitorial examination into character and exclusion on that account. Poor law relief was temporary and was awaiting the early adjustment of the poor law system. CHINESE SEAMEN. Received Juno 15, 8.20 a.m. Loudon, June 14. “ Mr Churchill, replying to a seamen’s deputation, said that lie intend,. to stop the increase of Chinese ftjamen in United Kingdom ports. He had prepared a circular imposing a language test, and if that was unsuccessful he would lock to other methods.