BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? SUSPENSION OF PRIVATE ~ TELEGRAMS j Received Oct. 2, 12.20 a.m. ' London, Oct. 1. Private telegrams from England and France to all neutral countries have I beat mspcOded for forty-eight hours.

BUDGET DEBATE. tXBCCSSION ON IMPORT DUTIES. London, Sept. 90. In tile House of Commons Mr. McSenna defended the import duties on the ground that they would favoraUy •Sect exchange, which was now against us. He repudiated the contention that the duties would prejudice free trade. The whole case of the Government was tll*t while the free trade policy was the best in normal times there might be conditions in war when we could not retain free trade. The Government as j a whole had no intention of adopting or discarding one theory or the other. Mr. Bonar Law repudiated the impres-! •ion that the import duties were the result of pressure on the Government by the Unionist members of the Cabinet. What Would happen to the tariff after the war no one could say, but the change Would not affect the fiscal controversy. Mr. McKenna promised to exclude motor tyres, chassis and parts used for .trade purposes. The House adopted the sugar duty. HATS AND GLASS EXEMPTED. Received Oct. 1, 5.6 p.m. London, Sept. 30. Mr McKenna has withdrawn the taxes pn hats and plate, glass. COMMONS ADJOURNED. Received Oct. 1, 9.35 p.m. London, Oct. 1. The House of Commons has adjourned until October 12, when the Finance Bill, embodying the Budget changes, will be taken up. TO FILL THE GAPS. LORD KITCHENER'S PLAN. Received Oct. 1, 8.16 p.m. London, Oct. 1. * The Manchester Guardian says that Lord Kitchener, when addressing the Labor Conference on September 28, stated that he preferred the voluntary system, but the present rate of recruiting was inadequate. It was not a question of raising an arnn of the required Bize; lhat was done already. The problem was to fill the gapj. His own plan, which was not v<-t submitted to Cabinet, was that oi a militia ballot, whereby every district would furnish its quota, voluntarily if possible, but otherwise by ballot. After hearing Mr. Asquith tin- confernce decided to organise a purely Labor mpaign for recruiting. RECRUITING CAMPAIGN. LABOR'S HELP. i'.ivei\ej <Ki. I. .j p.m. London, Sept. ;i'i. Vlic I'roas Bureau states llihi Mr. Arthur Henderson announced that, having heard Lord Kitchener'' and Mr. ' A«tjoith's st/Heim-ms oi the military position on Tuesday, n joint Labor conference with tiic- Parliamentary Labor l'arty to-day di'chircd its belie! that recruits lor the army, navy, Slid factories call he obtained by voluntary method-. The conference pledged itself to assist the Government, and decided to organise a special Labor recruiting campaign throughout the United Kingdom. The conference suggested that recruiting would be more satisfactory if the Government would announce the results achieved in future. The Government must also insist that employers shall not prevent workers from enlisting.