BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 19 November 1907, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE UNIONIST PARTY. Received Nov. 18, 10.17 p.m. London, November 18. The Earl, of Plymouth describes Mr Balfour's speech as the turning point .in the p.irty's fortunes.

BALFOUR'S ACCEPTANCE OF f CHAMBERLAIN ISM. t THE LIBERALS' VIEWS. t h Receive,l Nov. 18, 11.19 p.m. a London, November 18. I Mr Asquith, speaking at Nuneaton, t suggested, as a little Birmingham eo- h medy, ''the salting of Mr. Balfour's tail." j r He added that when Mr Balfour rose to I ti speak, the bulk of his protectionist . ' hearers must, have asked themselves, jtl ''Shall we get him?" After the speech, a another question must have been asked " with varying degrees of anxiety and assurance, namely, 'Have we got him?"' "My disinterested verdict is that the bird had the best of it. It is now plain," he continued, "that the Tory party, as a party, has been captured by the protectionists, and the Liberal party I stood between the country and protec- *- tion. The return to protection has noie become a more substantial and more imminent danger than the shadowy spectre of socialism." The Liberals dutv wis to show thf-v were able to :ti combine the inestimable advantage of a their free trade policy with steady and i '1 continuous progress of social reform. s >