BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9550, 24 July 1909, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE BUDGET SPEECH.

POSTPONED FOR A FORTNIGHT.

United l J ress Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright, Received July 23, 10.45 p.m. LONDON, July 23. The Hon. H. H. Asquith (Prime ■ Minister) announced in the House of 1 Commons that the Budget debate would be postponed probably for a 1 fortnight. The newspapers surmise that allnight sittings have been a severe strain on Mr Lloyd-George, and the delay will give him an opportunity to recast some of the clauses. Onlynine clauses out of 74 will be discussed by the traditional date of the closing of the session. LONDON, July 23. I During the discussion on the Foreign Office vote, Mr Arthur Henderson, Labour M.P., criticised Sir E. Grey's policy with regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina, believing that Britain's protest against the annexation was too strong. Sir E. Grey replied and justified his action in correction with the Nearer East Crete and the Congo. His statement that the internal condition of Russia was no affair of Britain's aroused loud protests from the Irish and Labour Benches. p Britain, continued Sir Edward, woulu' never have brooked Russian interior ence in South Africa - He questioned the accuracy of the-prisort statistics <ju ,oted - and said tbat *» any case theKu' ssian Terrorists themselves had kiW 6 > ooo P ersoDS - «*» wounded 6,800 & urin S tbe **m& period. Messrs Keir-Hardie," \l H « Rutherford, A. Ponsonby and J. D>l ,lon * delivered impassioned denunciation* 18 o{ the Czar. Mr J. G. S. MacNeill (Nationalist) declared that the largest Dreadnought could easily be floated in tbe innocent blood shed in Russia. Mr V. Grayson (Socialist) said that as bad as Britain is in her treatment of her poor, she was toa good to have her traditions besmirched by coming in contact with this exceptional monster. A motion to reduce Sir Edward Grey's salary was lost by 187 votes to 79.