IMPERIAL POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 137, 1 December 1911, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

INSURANCE OF SERVANTS. GRfiAT DEMONSTRATIONS OF PROTEST. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 30, 11.20 p.m. London, November 30. Of twelve thousand mistresses and servants who assembled in the Albert Hall at the invitation of Countess Dcsart to discuss the Insurance Bill, ten thousand failed to gain admission. Countess Desart presided. The Countesses Brassey, Mayo and Portsmouth, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward were present. The meeting was lively, and the chorus of "Rule Britannia" was sung and Mr. Lloyd-George hissed. Speakers, including Miss Hilare Belloc, denounced the Bill. There were some dissentients, but it was resolved by an overwhelming majority, if the domestic service clauses were passed, to organise Ihe country to resist. Some of the executive who convened the meeting withdrew at the last moment owing to Mr. Lloyd-George's amendments giving a choice of benefits.

HOME RULE QUESTION. Received 30, 11.20 p.m. London, November 30. Mr. Devlin denies the Morning Post statement that the negotiations between the Government and the Nationalists had reached an impasse, Mr. Redmond declining to accept any Home Rule Bill which deprived Ireland of the right to impose Customs and excise duties, and that Mr. Devlin was leading an important section that was willing to accept the Government's proposals.