BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 157, 12 October 1910, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, October 10. Mr. John Ward, a Labor member, speaking at Cheadle, said the Osborne decision was the result of the spirit of intolerance which had swept over trades unionism after the formation of the Labor party. The insistence on the pledge at the Newcastle conference was a tremendous blunder. The reversal of the Osborne decision might take years. He advocated payment of members as a partial solution of the difficulty. Mr. Keir Hardie, speaking at Newmilnes, said that the only issue of the Osborne judgment was whether workers were free to have their own party if they pay for it or take what representation their betters were willing to allow them. MR. McDONALD'S OUTBURST. Received October 12, 12.55 a.m. London, October 11. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, Labor leader, speaking at Croydon, said the only question before the country was the reversal of the Osborne decision. Any misapprehension on the Government's part would be removed within twenty-four hours after the reassembling of Parliament. "We must," he said, "insist on the immediate reversal. The supreme question is whether it will be placed on the broad, ample and secure foundation provided by the constitution for labor representation. Nothing else is in the least significant to the Labor Party majority." DATE OF ELECTIONS UNCERTAIN. London, October 10. Mr. Haldane's statement that the election may come "as a thi.'f in the night," coupled with the Master of Elibank's letter stating, that the Liberals propose to break the political truce because the Unionist Whip initiated a series of attacks on Liberal constituencies, is interpreted in some quarters that the veto conference will be final. A BYE-ELECTION. London, October 10. At the bye-election at Walthamstow, which is necessary owing to the appointment of Mr. J. A. Simon, the sitting member, to the position of Solicitor-Gen-eral, Mr. J. S. Johnson, who was defeated at the general election, will again oppose Mr. Simon. THE CONFERENCE. WHAT WILL BE THE RESULTS? Received October 11, 10.5 p.m. London, October 11. Mr. J. A. Simon, M.P., speaking at Walthamstow, denied that the Liberals had broken the truce in relation to the conference. The result of the conference would soon be known—the sooner the better for the Liberals, who must wait patiently. <Mr. Scott-Dickson, Unionist M.P., during a speech at Hamilton, Lanarkshire, hoped, but would not say he expected, the conference would be productive of good results.