BRITISH POLITICAL CRISIS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 271, 22 December 1909, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICAL CRISIS

TRIANGULAR CONTESTS. By Cauic—Press Auociation.--Guyyrlg.lt Loudon, December 20. Triangular' contests are threatened in respect of'fifty-four seats unless the Labor Party Conference, now sitting ut Manchester, decides to withdraw' candidates. ' "CONFISCATORY LEGISLATION." London, December 20. The Middle Class Defence Organisation and the Imperial Maritime Leag'ie have issued a joint manifesto against the growth ol confiscatory legteTatiin and the inadequate provision (or defence. SUPPORT WITHDRAWN FROM THE , . GOVERNMENT.

London, December 20.

Owing to the Budget and the Home Rule question, Mr. Edward Johnson Ferguson (chairman of the Liberals n Dumfrieshire), Mr. Joseph Jonas (chairman of the Attercliffe Division), M-. Ifobson (chairman of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce), and Sir John Swinburne (of Northumberland) have withdrawn their support from the Government. UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES. London, December 20. The only unopposed candidates arei IS Conservatives or Unionist*, one Liberal and one Laborite. IF HOME RULE IS GIVEN. BELFAST AS A GERMAN DOCKYARD.

London, December 20. The Earl of Cawdor, speaking at Leeds, said if they had Irish Home Rule, only war would prevent the German ileet from occupying Belfast The people of England, Se declared, were not blind enough to allow Belfast to become a German dockyard for the German fleet. Mr. Mulllncr, the head of a Coventry firm of shipbuilders, was a man of high standing, whose stateincuts demanded an explanation from the Government. Referring to Tariff Reform, he said if Britain did not meet them there was a chance of their seeing the colonies entering into preferential arrangements with America, Germany snl other countries.

AN ADMIRER OF WINSTON CHURCHILL. 2 Received 21, B.SB p.m. London, December 21. Mr. CKird, o Dundee jule manufacturer, has given the Rudget Leavue £IOOOO n« a token of gratitude for Mr. Winston Churchill's recent speeches.