THE CZAR'S VISIT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 153, 24 July 1909, Page 2

THE CZAR'S VISIT.

VIGOROUS PROTEST IX THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. "AX EXCEPTIONAL MONSTER." | By Cable.—Press Association.—Oopyngnt Received 23, )1 p.m. London, July 23. i>u:iii;r die discussion on the Foreign Ointt .-.., jir. Arthur Hen v.ivju protested «(,'...u<it the Czar's v,.-. . Sir Claries Dilku cni..U'. . Sir Edward iii'ey'n polic,, ..i -• ... nd Herzegovina, believing'that Ui,....si's protest ugainst the annexation was too strong. Sir Edward Grey replied justifying his action ia the Near East, Crete and the Congo. His statement that Russia's internal condition was no affair of Britain's aroused loud protests from the Irish and Labor henchos. Britain, be said, would never brook Russian interference, say in South Africa. He questioned the accuracy of the prison statistics quoted from a Russian authority. In any case, the Russian terrorists had themselves killed 8000 and wounded 800 during the same period. Messrs Kcir Hardic, Rutherford, Ponsonby and Dillon were responsible for impassioned denunciations of the Csar. Mr. MacNeill declared that the largest Dreadnought could easily be floated in the innocent blood that had been shed in Russia. Mr Victor Grayson said that bad as Britain was in the treatment of its poor, Britain was too good to have its traditions besmirched by contact with tun exceptional monster." A motion to reduce Sir Edward Grey s i salary was lost by 187 to 70.