IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 37, 24 May 1910, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

BRITISH POLITICAL SITUATION. COMPROMISE ADVISED. "A GENTLER SPIRIT." By Cable—Press Association —Copyright, Received May 23, 11.25 p.m. London, May 23. The Times endorses its correspondent s recommendation that as at Philadelphia in 1787, when the Constitution was hammered into shape, and also in South Africa in 190 D, a conference should be held between the leaders of both sides, behind closed doors, to adopt a working compromise which will gradually commend itself to the good sense of the nation. The Times remarks that every rightminded person would prefer at any time a pacific solution of political questions, for they are less important than a revolutionary change in an ancient Constitution. How much more so now that the Crown has just passed from the most popular and trusted of all sovereigns into the hands of a comparatively young and necessarily inexperienced successor. It is impossible to place a responsibility on King George's shoulders which King Edward might have borne. There are grounds for hoping that sane counsels will prevail. The Daily News says there is no need for anything to be done hastily. There is room on both sides at Last to exchange views. It adds that the interruption of the march of events was so sudden and mournful and came with so humanising an 'appeal that it cannot count for nothing. The Chronicle emphasises that there is a gentler spirit and a more conciliatory temper on both sides.