Home Government Defeated.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7879, 22 July 1905, Page 3

Home Government Defeated.

■ OVKR IHflrfH liAKD MMTEItS. I (Received July 21. 9.32 P">) ■ LONDON. July 21. m Jn Committee o< Supply o( the lfluuw of Comoioqs. alter the lion. W. 11. ■ Long. Chief Secretary for Ireland, ■ had explained l',il sth»nu' fur exixtfct- ■ jngtbc work ol Uw lristi Laud Couvmission, Mr Ra'doiond moved the ri~ H duction of the e*pen*-s of the H unse^on. The araeodflwot was carried 'O I 199 votes to 196 i ■ Sir Uenry Campbell-Uunnerinan H asked w, V»t *cre the Uovi-rommVa ■ intentionsMr Balfour replied it was imposfor Un U 3oy &t prew-nt. Doily Now# Bays tlw <!overnH merit must ttsigß or npfiaal 4* the country. I THE MAJORITY ACCIDENTAL. (Received July 21, 11.13 p m) ■ 1 LONDON. July 21. Mr Redmond said it was not he■lievable that the Government wiiuUi ■swallow such a humiliation after two years' incessant rebufls at ele» l">rMr Balfour replied he was unconof humiliation. Unless he wis liable to conduct the country's busi■aess with dignity, be would certainly ■not try. After consulting with his be would make an an- I cement on Monday. ■ The Times »ys the incident is nut ■ necessarily decisive, though unques- ■ tionaUy serious, since it was not a vote, although the majority was certainly accidental. The Standard says the contretemps due to accident and misapprehennot to any faltering of the majority's alliance. The Daily Telegraph considers it to suppose the Government will resign or dissolve on a side is-