A MOMENTOUS ISSUE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 242, 18 November 1909, Page 2

A MOMENTOUS ISSUE

WHO IS TO RULE! LORDS OU THE PEOPLE. MOTION FOR THE BUDGET'S IUiJLCTMENT. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyrigin Received November 17, 10.5 p.m. Loudon, November 17. In the House of Lords, Lord Lansdowne gave notice of the following amendment to the forthcoming uioli >n for the second reading of the Budget,— That the House is not justilied in giving its consent to the Bill until it has been submitted to the judgment of the country.

MR. CHURCHILL'S MANIFESTO. THE LORDS' RIGHTS. Received November 17, 10.5 p.in. London, November 17. Mr. Winston Churchill has issued a column manifesto against tariff reform in relation to Lancashire industries. Referring to the House ul Lord», lie usks, Why should a small cluster of title I persons be set up tj rule all the rest of us! If the Lords establish the right of control of finance they will hinder all Liberal legislation and allow Conservative protection, conscription, coercion, schemes of war and conquest, to pass unchallenged." A "REVOLUTIONARY ACT." Received November 17, 10.5 p.m. London, November 17. The Daily Chronicle declares that tlie Lords' decision to destroy the Budget is a war on representative principles, a revolutionary act which must have revolutionary consequences. EFFECTS OF REJECTION OF THE BUDGET. London, November 1(1. Mr, Rufus Isaacs, K.C., spca kill" at Reading, said the Lords' rejection of the Budget would cause a, se.'ious financial chaos, nevertheless the Govonmwnt would not seek a party advnntago hut would strive its utmost to meet the situation.