BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7934, 6 January 1906, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. A UNIONIST SPEECH. Received January 5, 9.21 a.m. LONDON, January 4. The Right Hon. W. FI. Long, who was President of the Local Government Board in the Balfour Administration, speaking at a Unionist meeting at Dublin, said that when ho was appointed he found that many papers were never submitted to tho Chief Secretary and his first stop was to insist that all papers dealing with the general' condition of the country should bo submitted to him, |so that, in f act, equally as in law, he would bo responsible. Replying to Sir Edward Grey's Embleton speech regarding the governing of Ireland with the help of permanent officials, he said he doubted whether so eminent an authority as Mr James Bryce, would accept this novel conception of his duties. Mr Long described Mr Redmond as looking with contemptuous indifference on the Liberals'attempts at evasion and escape, he knowing that they were bound like prisoners to the deck of the Home Rule ship. CHINESE ON THE RAND. Recieved Janmuary 5, 8.43 a.m. LONDON, January 4. The Duke of Westminster presided at a meeting held at Chester to refute "the hideous calumny that Chinese slavery existed ou the Rand." MR GLADSTONE SPEAKS. Received January 5, 9.11 p.m. LONDON, January 5. Mr H. Gladstone, in his election address, replying tu the accusation that the Government intends to destroy the unity of the Parliament of the Empire by establishing a legislative Parliament in Ireland, says that no such proposal can be made. In the Parliament about to be elected every step for the better government of Ireland ought to be judged on its merits. OPPOSITION TO MR CHAMBERLAIN. Received January 5, 11.42 1 p.m.. LONDON, January 5. t Mr Chamberlain, speaking at Derby, received determined and continuous opposition from a section of the audience, and ultimately he abruptly ceased speaking on fiscal reform. AN EDUCATION ITEM. Reoeived January 5, 11.42 p.m. LONDON, January 5. Mr Augustine Birrell, President of the Board of Education, speaking at Bristol, said that any school property taken over from anybody would be paid for. MORE SPEECHES. Reoeived January 6, 12.5 a.m. LONDON, January 5. The Right Hon. H. Asauith, speaking at Sheffield, said that two pre-requisites for the reduction of taxation were reduction of the normal expenditure without weakening the national defences and strengthening the provision for the redemption of oapital liabilities of the State. He agreed with Sir Edward Grey's remarks that an attempt to utilise the majority obtained for free trade [to promote the passing of a Home Rule Bill would be a pie:e of political dishonesty. > Mr Winston Churchhill, SDeaking at Manchester, said it was the Government's duty to inform their colonial colleagues at the conference that we cannot arrange a preferential union involving protective taxation on food, but the colonials had full liberty to advance any proposal, appearing to promote the more intimate co-ordination and the closer union of the various parts of the Empire. Doubtless Drecise instructions would be given the colonial equally with the Motherland's representatives. j