BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

THE ASQUITH MINISTRY • < ONE OP ITS QUALITIES* London, April SO. Lord Hugh Cecil writes to the Tom as follows: "Wh'ile the present Ministry ia hot indispensable, it has a quality which may rightly 'be so called, namely, the Confl*. dence of the main body of Liberal opinion. Thanks to Mr. Asquith's lead" ership, Liberal opinion unanimously supports the war, notwithstanding'the. Art* ditional Liberal dislike for war. It to, therefore, indispensable that this attiv tude of Liberalism should continue. .

"If Mr. Lloyd George forms a Govern* ment with Sir E. Carson's and Lord Milner's assistance, thero would ' wise a tendency among Liberals to drift frpm approval of the war and adopt a pacifist position. This would be a national disaster." " i

Lord Hugh Cecil doubts whether a Ministry without Mr. Asquith will com* mand confidence.

COMMERCIAL CONFERENCE.

SUGGESTED ARRANGEMENTS, • Paris, April 30. The Commercial Conference l)as pM»?d resolutions favoring preferential postal and telegraphic rateo to Allied countries, the establishment of a permanent body controlling the transport of merchandise, so as to avoid delays, between the Allies, the reduction of freight rates, the requisition of merchantmen H nece*eary, with indemnification, in otder -to assist the victory of the Allies.

TIME-EXPIRED MEN. London, April 30. The Daily Chronicle says that .tintexpired men have been leaving the amy ; at the rate of 8000 a month since August last. RUSSIANS IN ENGLAND, i London, April 30. Official: Lord Kitchener insp«eled in the quadrangle of the War Office * party of Russian officers and soldier*, some of whom have come in connection with munition Work. OPPOSED TO CONSCRII London, Aprn B?. After an animated debate, the Scofc tiah Trades Congress, at Glasgow, by GO votes to 4(1, declared its opposition to compulsory service, and summoned the Labor Party, press, and Government to reepal the Military Service Ac*

PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE. Paris, April 30, The general tone of the Parliamentary Conference was in favor of early economic action, and not deferring It until after the war 1