IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 154, 16 November 1912, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

,- MR. McNeill apologises. BJr Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, November 14. ,;The House of Commons was crowded. After questions, the Speaker stated it was evident that the Prime Minister's proposals had aroused the strong feeling oi the Opposition, and if the House had more time, another solution might be found more in accordance with precedent. Mr.. Asquith accepted the suggestion, and the debate was adjourned till Monlay. Mr. R. McNeill, member for St. Augustine's, apologised for throwing a book at Mr. Churchill, and the apology was accepted. UNIONIST CONGRESS. REPEALING THE PARLIAMENT ACT. London, November 14. The Unionist Congress adopted Lord Selborne's motion, pledging themselves to repeal the Parliament Act and restore the second chamber on the lines of the overseas second chambers, also to accept a referendum to settle disputes between the tw« chambers. THE TRADE UNION BILL. MORE DISORDERLY SCENES. London, November 14. There was an uproar in the House of Commons in committee on the Trade Uniori""BiH, • the Unionists contending that Mr. Asquith had given a precedent to try to rescind the decisions alreadj reached. There were disorderly scenes. THE POLITICAL CRISIS. GREAT UNIONIST MEETING. SPEECH BY MR. BONAR LAW. Received 16, 12.20 a.m. London, November 15.

Mr. Bonar Law, at the Albert Hall, •fter fully concurring with Lord Lansdowne'a tariff reform as a first constructive plank, declared that the party's immediate duty was to get rid of the present Ministers, quoting Mr. Lacky's description of the Government as gamblers and adventurers. It was the worst posBible Government. If allowed to carry out its programme it would lead the country headlong to ruin. Its one constructive effort in Parliament was an. Act which was a machine for destruction, but would prove a boomerang, trounding its wielders. The Government was responsible for Wednesday's scene. He did not regret Wednesday's disturbance. Had the resolution been carried, the House of Commons would have been destroyed. Jhe Opposition would share the responsibility. The audience sprang to its feet and cheered, hooting the Prime Minister's name, some freely using the forbidden word, "traitor." Mr. Bonar Law added that he would be glad if, through the Speaker, a way out could be found enabling the resumption of the discussion, even under truncated Parliamentary forms, but that would not terminate the crisis. (Cheers.) The Unionists would try to wreck Home Rule in the House of Commons, but if it became law they would not try then; they were sure to wreck it. (Cheers.) The Unionists insisted that the Bill should be submitted to the electorates. They would thus try to avert a calamity greater than the degradation of the House of Commons, namely, civil war Trithin the United Kingdom.