BRITISH POLITICS.
o THE IRISH PARTY. London, February ij, Irish affairs were further discussed u the House of Commons. Mr. W. H. Long's proposed amendment to the Address-in-Reply, condemn, ing tlie (Government's policy for Ireland, was rejected by 414 votes to 115. Sir. E. Carson, Conservative member for Dublin University, said that if the Government considered serious 1 offences in Ireland were inevitable because there was not land enough for all, that was tantamount to preaching socialism puro and simple. Mr. Cherry insisted that the amount of crime in Ireland in 1907 was less by half than the average for the five years preceding. By trusting to the ordinary law the Government hoped to enlist the sympahties of the people on the side of the law and so to secure tranquility. LABOR DEPARTMENT WANTED. London, February 0. In the House of Commons, at the instance of the Labor Party, MiBarnes moved that the Ministerial portfolios should remain unaltered until it was ascertained how far the duties now assigned to the Home Department, the Board of Trade, and the local Government Department in relation to labor could be grouped under the control of a Minister of Labor. CLEMENCY. London, February 5. ' In the House of Commons, Sir E.
Grey, Foreign Secretary, in reply to Mr. Mncarness, said the Egyptian natives who had been imprisoned as the outcome of the Denshawi outrage, which resulted in the death of Captain Bull at Fantah, had been released on January 7th by the clemency of the Khedivo in co-operation with Britain.' A DEXIAL. AX AMEJJBJIKXT BEKKATED. Received Fell, (i, !l.:i."i |i.m. London, February (I. The Hon. Mr. Uirrell denied that Sir Anthony MueDouald had resigned. The Hon. Robert Cecil's amendment criticising the administration of the Education Department, was defeated bv 27» to 77. . s
A BYE-ELECTION. Received Feb. li. 0.35 p.m. Ixindon, February 0. Mr. Agar Robertees (Liberal) was returned for Mid-Cornwall unopposed in place of Mr. W. A. McArtlmr, resigned
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 41, 7 February 1908, Page 2
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