BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 233, 6 November 1909, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

Illi. fcu. i-i... .< aisu-u. MR. Afttjl nil ...\J lilK i IiLL Liu iiUllia. IJy Cable.—lMes» .atiuu.—Cupyrigll' j ijOinlcu, November -J. The National Council of Free L'hurclies ill u letter to Jlr. A«|uitli expressed itself disheartened and liitterly dtsappointed o\er the education question, and askeu lor an assurance of m=> inieiuio" in tiie piesent or the ne\L l'ailiameiil, if lie was returned to power, to carry the matter with a yet nton- delcnnincil eil'ort to decisive conclusion, at any sacrifice of political convenience. Mr. As'iuitli replied in tlie most sysapathetic terms, and blamed t«c action of the House of Lords in the lirst session, and pronounced hinwlf emphaticallv against allowing the present injustices and limitations or the absenci of popular control to continue I" defaci the educational system.

liti.SH LAND B.LL NATIONALISTS OPPOSE LORDS' AMENDMENT*. I'DUTY'S ATTITL'DE TOWAIIDS THE BUUUJiT. Received November 5. 'J.43 p.m.. London, November 5. At Mr. John Redmond's instance, the Irish Nationalists' ill the House of Commons resolved to call upon the ( lovei 11liient to reject the House of Lords' amendment to the Irish Land Bill, ine resolution adds: "We view an serious the situation which would immediately arise if the Bill were wrecked bv the action of the Lords, and we appeal to the benches of the Irish National Leagac to forthwith take steps to strengthen the organisation, to '"be prepared to promptly deal with the crisis." The meeting resolved, though not unanimously, to abstain from participating in divisions on the Budget. Nine supported Mr. Tim llealy's motion to vote against the Government as a protest, against the oppressive tnxatioH and wasteful niisgovernjnent of Irelaud,

THE BUDGET BATTLE. London. November -1 The Hon. J. A. l'euse states Unit the Lords reject the Budget an elect! will take place early in unu.irv.

THIIU) HEADING CARRIED. Received Nov. 10.115 p.m. London, Xovembi r 5. In the House of Commons, the Budget wa= read the third time by 370 to 140. Sistv-five Nationalists and four Liberals abstained from voting. Messrs. Beiiraiii, Whitehead, and Maurice tlealy voted against the Hill. I The concluding debate was animated. Mr. Lloyd-Georg"'s. Lord Cecil's, Mr.

Balfour's, and Mr. Asipiith's speeches were powerful and dignified, and dealt Willi its main principle, an.l prospective effects, and the financial and fiscal polici s of the Government and their Unionist opponents respectively; The newspapers agree now that this phase of the House of Commons' labor holing closed, the most absorbing chapter in the history of the Bill is still before the country.

Mr. W. fi. ('. Gladstone. speaking at Lnerpoo], said there was no need to go t'> ".Tulia's Bureau" to learn that his grandfather would have been On the people's side, not on the peers'.