IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 200, 13 January 1913, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE DISESTAISLISIIMENT BILL. \ INCUMRENTS' INTERESTS. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 12. 5.5 p.m. London, January 10. On clause 14. safeguarding ineumbenl.s' life interests, Mr. Gladstone moved to include the right of commutation in order to immediately sever the Church and I the SUite. Mr. McKciuia said that the acceptance of the amendment would mean materia', financial alterations. The reason why the Government did not include commutation was that incumbent* should retain life interests wherever they wcrj living. He agreed that the coram ita- ] tion principle was wise, and would therefore submit a new clause at the report stage. The amendment was negatived. The Welsh members strongly opposed Mr. McKentia's acceptance of it. GOVERNMENT'S NARROW VICTORY. Received 12. 3.3 p.m. Loudon. January 11. On the Welsh Disestablishment Bill Mr. E. A. GouMing moved an amendment to allow consideration of the c'laims of SUI assistant curates for compensation. Mr. McKenna strenuously opposed the amendment, which was negatived by 230 to 190. But for the Nationalists the Government would have been in a minority of thirty. Many Radicals abstained from voting. Messrs. Barnes, Walsh, Keir Hardie and three colleagues voted with the Conservatives. i THE LAND QUESTION. IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. SPEECH BY VISCOUNT HALDANE. i Received 12, 5.5 p.m. I London, January 11. ' Viscount Haldane, Secretary for War, speaking at Manchester, said that the land question required much treatment and great caution. It was still in the enquiry stage at the moment. The making of some suggestion had not yet been arrived at by the Government. After consultation, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Pease have decided that education is the most urgent of the great social reforms. Elementary, secondary and higher education are in a chaotic state. A great step forward must be taken. He was authorised to announce that Mr. Lloyd George is ready to throw himself into the question with wholeheavtedness. It has been shown that the insurance outlay is cosfiy but productive. What has been done for coming generations must not be at the expense of the ratepayer. A national system must be one entire and whole, starting from the ■standpoint that the child must be made fit to receive education. The Government had been busy with experts for some time, and saw the path along which it was going in a colossal undertaking.