IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2473, 7 March 1893, Page 1

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

London, March 3

Lord Rosebery defended the extension of the Empire on the ground of the necessity of pegging out claims for the future, remembering that it was the aim of our race to mould the world according to Anglo-Saxon ideas. Lord Onslow thought that the necessity of union for common defence would ultimately bring about Imperial federation. Lord Kuutsford considered that as long as England continued to command the attachment and confidence of the colonies this would the best guarantee peace and increase of commerce. Mr T. W, Russell, member for Tyrone, moved the adjournment af the House in order to dl-cuss the remarks of Mr Justice O’RvicK, who declared at the Clare assizes that there was no security in the country for life or property. Mr Morley denounced the motion as spmioua, but admitted that Clare County was in a condition of hateful demoralisation and lawlessness ; although it was not in a worse state than it was under Mr Balfour’s regime. He undertook to send extra police in order to preserve better order. Mr Balfour censured the Government for abandoning the Crimes Act, and asserted that jurors in Clare were afraid to enter up convictions against the prisoners who were brought before them for trial. After a heated debate the motion for the adjournment of the House was rejected by a majority of 45. The desire to strongly resist the enforcement of the Home Rule scheme is increasing among the Loyalists throughout Ireland, At a great Orange meeting in Belfast, the speakers referred to the numerous assurances that had been received from military and police officers of, high rank, who were ready to assist in the defence of Ulster, which they declared was worth shedding blood for. The audience took a public oath on the Bible to resist the Horae Rule proposal even to the length of fighting. Mr Gladstone has be^ u burned in effigy at Belfast. The of Belfast have pledged to refuse the payment of taxes, and to resist the laws that may be passed by the Irish House of Commons. March 4. An angry debate took place in the House of Lords respecting the state of affairs in Clare, which also formed the subject of a heated debate in the House of Commons on Thursday. Justice Gibson, in the Queen’s Bench Division, Ireland, has severely commented />.) the difficulty of securing justice for the County of Limerick.

The Bishop of Chester has introduced a Bill into the House of Lords adopting the Gothenberg licensing system, including the local veto, and giving power to purchase public houses.