IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 58, 26 July 1912, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE LAND POLICY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 24. The Times compares the situation of the Liberals with that of the Unionists in 1903, when Mr. Chamberlain resignod in order to campaign the country, with Mr. Balfour's sanction. The question is whether Mr. Lloyd George will resign in order to try to win the election on the land policy. Mr. Lloyd George, in a letter to Mr. Murphy, Liberal candidate for Crewe, expressed the hope that the election will encourage the Government to the further task of freeing the land from the system of bondage to monopoly and privilege.

Sir C. S. Henry, Liberal member, speaking at Wellington, Shropshire, said he regarded the land taxation propounded by a certain group of Liberals as fantastical and unlikely to receive the support of the majority.

HITTING SHYLOCK UP. London, July 24. Mr. Dawes, Liheral member for Walworth, has introduced a Bill providing heavy penalties for money-lenders lending to employed persons, without the knowledge of their employers, and for circularising or writing to people when not solicited. THE LAND POLICY. INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS BILL. Received 25, 10.45 p.m. London, July 25. Viscount Haldane, in the House of Lords, gave a non-committal reply to the Earl of Oamperdown when asked whether Mr. Lloyd George would undertake a land campaign in the autumn. He declared that Mr. Outhwaite had no authority to speak for the Government. The Government was unlikely to introduce the single tax. The Master of Elibank, in an interview, denied that Mr. Lloyd George at any time raised the question of resignation with a view to an independent campaign.

The Labor Party's Industrial Agreements Bill provides for the registration by the Board of Trade of agreements between masters and workmen, and makes the terms regularly enforceable.

Lord Lansdowne, at a meeting of the Rural League, outlined the Unionists' future land policy. He favored Stateaided land purchase when the conditions and opportunities were favorable, advocated rural banks, the improvement of housing, and effective agricultural education.