News from England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 203, 4 February 1915, Page 5

News from England

RE-ASCEMBLING A PARLIAMENT. No CONTENTIOUS MEASURES. London, February 2. j Mr Asquith, in the House of "Commons, laid he cordially welcomed the Opposition's criticisms and co-operation. He promised an early report from the committee inquiring into food prices. Lord Crewe, in the V.< use of Lords. said the Government di.! not intend to produce contentious busiprss. but would confine themselves t« prosecuting the tu. _ The select committee':' report on pensions and grants recommends 25s weekly to disabled fighters and increased allowance* to childen. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, February 2. The Time*, in a leader, referring to the re-assembling of Parliament, saysj the business is of the most momentous character known in the history of the country. The supervision should be correspondingly strict in the House of Commons. The sternest realities are to be' discussed, and the House is expected to discuss them with judgment and discretion, and without fear, favour or partiality. ————— .", AN IMPUDENT APPEAL. TO THE PEARLS OF THE PACIFIC. DOMINIONS URGED TO CLAIM INDEPENDENCE. A GBRMAN-AMERICAN EFFORT. Received 3, 11.30 p.m. London, February 3. Tk« Daily Mail gives prominence to •n article in the German-American weekly, "The Fatherland," headed "For English Colonies—Peace with Freedom." It appeals to Australia and New Zealandland, as "Jewels of Gracchi set in the Pacific," to yield to the inevitable, and declare for separation from Britain in order to avoid unhappy fortune when the late Mistress of the Seas baa surrendered her trident. The article adds: "The honors of naval war are yours. The capture of the Emden, which looms large and bright in a long aeries of Allied disasters, will not be held against you in the final reckoning with a generous adversary." The Journal appeals to Ireland and Canada to throw off the British yoke. The article admits that this advice is the counsel of perfection, and may be regarded as premature, and even impudent, but the truth of the counsel is incontrovertible. AUSTRALASIAN INSURANCES RISING. Received 3, 11 p.m. London, February 3. Owing to submarine activity, insurance rates to and from Australasia are 20s, riaiag on a full market to 30s. PARADE OF FIJIAN CONTINGENTS. THEIR PATRIOTISM PRAISED. Received 4, 12.45 p.m. London, February 3. The Fiji contingent paraded at th« War Office. The newspapers warmlj comment on their patriotism.