BRITISH POLITICS.
i i iO.NOCXCEMEXT AGAINST SOCIALISM. London, January 21. Sir Henry Fowler, M.P., shaking to his constituents at Wolverhampton, made a strong pronouncement against .Socialism. Jt. was advueated, lie said, by wellmeaning men who had not thought the question out.
SPEECH BY MR. BIRRELU Received Jan. 22, 9.52 p.m. iiOndon, January 22. The Right Ilou. A. Birrell, President of the Hoard of Education, speaking at Reading, denied entering into treaties or negotiations witn either prelates the Nationalist i'arty. Referring to the Transvaal treatment of Indiaiw, lie ridiculed the vague platitudes about u glorious Umpire. The people Ought to consider how central authority could exercise contro? over the great self-governing communities. "We arc not in a position to dictate in such matters," lie said. "Besides, would lolty idealists like fifty thousand Indians seeking work in British collieries or shipyards?"
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 23 January 1908, Page 2
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139BRITISH POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 23 January 1908, Page 2
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