BRITISH POLITICS.
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HOME RULE AND FBEE TRADE. Received 3,11.31 p.m. London, January 2. Lord James of Hereford, in a letter to the "Free Trade League," says the 'House of Lords rejected Home Rule by ten to one, and it will again be decisively rejected unless the vote of the electorates is specifically taken, which is not now the case. He adds: —l foaght for the maintenance of the Union, and will continu« to fight, but I protest against the present sham battle ery being unfair. Wo see the Unionist flag high aloft, and beneath it is the Protectionist flag. It is forced on me that the Free Traders are entitled to nay:—" These are not oar friends. We fight on their side, but our true faith bids us us fight against them."
ELECTION ADDRESSES. Received 3.11.57 p.m. London, January 3. Mr Balfour, in his election address vindicated the Unionist policy with regard to domestic, foreign, and colonial affairs. The new: Government, lie said, was known to, the electorates chiefly as critics, who' criticised sometimes in an unscrupulous way, and sometimes in a prcvetse manner. He denounces the programme of Home Rule as destruction and spoliation, and he emphasises the differences dividing the confederacy of pirties whereon the Cabinet depends. Lord Welby. in hit address as president of the Cobden Club, emphasises the dangers attaching to any return to a system of intricate and provocative tariffs. He recommends a sweeping free-trade majority,; leA the protectionist agitation shfcld distract the Nation's counsels for years. Mr Lloyd George; speaking at Carnarvon, said he had Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman's luthority to announce disestablishment in Wales, a measure he had advocated since 1888, and was still an essential part of the Liberal programme. Mr Chamberlain, tddressing his constituents, said that norc had been done for social reform during the past decade than in any previous period. As regards the main issues at the election there were two sides of the Unionist policy. The negative side was resistance to Home Rule. A Liberal majority would mean that the Government were wholly at Mr Redmond's mercy. The positive side was fiscal reform. ile advocated a duly on luxuries and imported manufactures, but not raw material. Bcceivcd 4, 1.3 a.m. London, January 3. Mr Augustive Birrell (President of the Board of Education), speaking at North Bristol, said there could be no settlement of the education question nntil every publie elementary school was under complete popular control. _.-TCarl Percy, in his election address, denounces the promise of a stealthy attempt to attain Home Rul6, which had twice been refisod when urged by ;Mr Gladstone's candour and courage.
•THE DANGER OF HOME RULE. ■ Bcccived, i 1.3 a.m. Lojdox, January 3. The Uuke of Abercorn, (ex-Yicerov of Ireland) presiding at a great demonstration at Belfast, said that Home Rule was the danger which was most imminent. Tkey were determined, come what (might, not to lire trader the yoke of Home Rule. The Unionists of Ireland" were unable; and did not dare to eiitrwt their liberties to the present Government, as the latter might put an'eneray iiito eTcry ■commanding positioi, undermine every ■defensive work, sllckcu administra- \ tife control, and rcdice the country-to i a cosdition wherein ike refusal of the larger policy could le represented a» having became tantimount to a civil war. J
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8019, 4 January 1906, Page 3
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559BRITISH POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8019, 4 January 1906, Page 3
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