BRITISH POLITICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 87, 1 June 1911, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

CA UL la NEWS

By Kli-ctvie Telegraph—Copyright Foiled Press Association.

THE OSBORN E BILL. MINISTER -ATTACKS THE COURTS. London, May 31. fn .flu- House of Commons, the Osborne Bill was read a second time by 2 in to is. Mr. E. Smith said the Bill would satisfy nobody. Its protection for minorities was illusory. Mr. Ramsav Macdonald complained regarding the rights the Bill gives the minorities, hat believed it amendable. Mr. Churchill evoked a demonstration of disapproval by expressing the opinion that the courts wore biassed and doubtless were unconsciously dealing with questions involving class and party issues. The Government wore erecting a bulwark between th; courts and the unions. . j 1 . The Daily Chronicle draws attention to the danger Birknig behind H o Government's Oshorne Bill, and rt-ea-ls the fact that trade unions are not necessarily workmen’s combinations. Master) may be registered as a trade mum. if the principal object be the regulation oi the relations between masters and work men. The present Bill authorises tie master to raise, a political fund to pan candidates’ expenses. - --~-s?. -:i