AIMS OF THE LIBERALS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 269, 21 December 1909, Page 2

AIMS OF THE LIBERALS

A LORD'S DENUNCIATION. by CaUe.—Press AMoemtion.—Oopyngnt London, December 19. Lord Durham, in the course of a / letter, said Sir. Ed**rd Grey"* profession of faith in Home Rule was signal proof of the complex and conflicting issues awaitingiGe electors, u was grievous that a Minister, enjoying Sir lidward Grey's reputation, should weaken his authority abroad and the confidence in him at home, by declaring the Gei vernment incompetent to rule the United Kingdom. The painful truth was that Ministers were only united in one resolve—by hook or by crook to cajole the electors to return them to power. But it was becoming evident that the old Liberal 'banner had been trampled in the mud and that the red flag_had been hoisted in its place. Radicals were harnessing themselves to the Socialist car in which Mr. Uoyd-George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) held the reins and Mr. Winston Churchill (President of the Board of Trade) craeksd the whip; IRISH SELF-GOVERNMENT.

London, December 19. Mr. J. M. F. Fuller, Liberal Whip, speaking at a meeting at Wiltshire, stated In reply to Mr. Walter Long's qu stion: "I do not favor Home Rule as propounded by Mr. Redmond, although much might-be said in favor of Mr. Birrell's self-government." LORD CROMER'S ADVICE. London, December 19. Lord Cromer, speaking at Sheffield, advised thc Unionist Free-traders te vote for the Unionist candidates in all circumstances. SOLUTION OF UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM. London, December 18. Mr. Winston Churchill (President of

the Board of Trade), speaking at Warrington, said "any man claiming to have a solution of the unemployed prob. lem is a rogue. The Development Act will feel the way towards the machinery Tor handling the problem, and the Government, if returned, will introduce 8 scheme of insurance again*.' unemployment." , ACTIVITY OF TH4i PARTIES. ' Received 20, 10.15 p.m. London, December 20. The Unionist Party have secured candidates for every eonsltuency in Britain except Kircaldy. The Liberals lack 10 candidates. The Labor Party aro contesting 78 setts. 9 THE BURDENS OF LAND. CAPITALISTS' APPREHENSIONS. Received 20, 10.15 p.m. London, December 20. The Duke of Portsmouth, in a letter, •ays he sold much of his land and invested the money in American securities, upon which there was no unearned increment charged. "No one well advised," be states, "will now invest in English undertakings. The only diier- ' ence in real and personal estate is that land is already weighted with obllgalions, flnaneial and otherwise, that money ana stock would not carry." The Duke sees no reason for the Liberal and socialistic doctrine .of unearned increment and expects it win destroy the landed interests. THE SPECTATOR'S LUCUBRATIONS. Received 20, 10.15 p.m. London, December 20. The Spectator saysi "Utterly as we dislike and mistrust Tariff Reform, we are still more fearful of the disruntive processes of Gladstonian home rule and government by a single chamber, whioh wn." 11 ?, V h Hy * au(!Uß or oligarchy. With all the force at our conunand, therefore, we beg every voter to save the union and democracy at one and £™ %%?*?■& T otln ß a K iiMt «>e «- turn of the Liberals to power." "NAUSEATING CANT." THE LORDS' CONSIDERATION FOR THE PEOPLE. Received 20. 10.15 p.m. t ,„. i London, December 20. Lord Richard Cavondisn, in a speech at Ulyerston, said the nl™ J th " Lords that they were referring the Budget to the people was nauseating cam. The Lords rejected the Budget because they knew t would be the death blow to tariff reform, which was a disease comparable with smallpox. He apne»lLiße° 1 moderate P eo P le *<> wpporfthe