IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 177, 13 December 1912, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

HOME RULE AMENDMENTS.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright,

London, December 11. On the Home Rule Bill, Sir Rufus Isaacs moved to omit the section fixing the meeting of the first Parliament in September, 1913, and substitute that it meet eight months after the Royal assent, with the reservation of empowering the Government to fix the date seven months earlier or later. The motion was carried,

The Government has conceded to the Irish Constabulary the right of voluntary retirement on pension for those unwilling to serve under the Irish Government.

THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. Received 12, fi.s p.m. London, December 12. Mr. A.squith, replying to a deputation from the United 'Kingdom Alliance, stated that it was dishonest if it had been said that there* was a reasonable ' prospect of a large temperance measure being put through in the 1913 session. It must be short; otherwise the Parliamentary machinery, would break down. Irogrcss must be made within the limits ot human endurance. TARIFF REFORM. Received 12, 5.5 p.m. London, December 12. Iho Liverpool Courier makes an urgent _ appeal to Lord Lansdowne to reconsider his decision and renew the pledge to submit the question of tariff reform to a referendum. This was the only way to save Yorkshire and Lancashire from the Unionists. The latter desire a speedy dissolution, but feared that the Government's' escape meant an irrelevant free food cry.