BRITISH POLITICS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9679, 31 December 1909, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS

A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. GOVERNMENT OR THE LORDS? SIR EDWARD GREY AT SALISBURY. United Preas Association—Electric T-shgr-ip ft Copyright. Received December 30, 9 a.m. LONDON, December 29. ihe Secretary of State for Foreign i Affairs (Sir Edward Grev), speaking j at Salisbury, declared the people had ) before them a vote of confidence. They mint decide whether to give it to the Government or the Lords. Personally, he did not believe the democracy would confer upon the Lords greater power than they had ever claimed in recent years. LORD ROSEBERY'S COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS. Received December 30, 9 a.m. LONDON, December 29. In a speech at Cardiff, Lord Milner sujjassted the recommendations of Lord Rob-ebery's Committee for reform of the Lords as the Unionist programme. OUT OF THE FIGHT. LORD MILNER SPRAINS HIS KNEE. Received December 30, 9.10 p.m. LONDON, December 30. Lord Milner has badly sprained his knee, and has cancelled his political engagements MR CHAMBEKLAIN'S ELECTION! MANIFESTO. A PLEA FOR RECIPROCAL TKADE. j A MODERN TARIFF URGED. | Received December 20, 10.20 pm. j LONDON, Decembers.). i Mr Jjstpb Chamberlain, in a rrai festo to his constituents, in re- | gard to the Budget, says it tuxes unequally men with equal means, and thr .wa the whole burdei upn the t peopl of the Unitai K nglom with- , otr attempting to secure aiy con-j tribut n from foreigners. Secondly, , the time is ripe for a tariff repre sen tin? a method more suited to our circumstances than a system that is lep iaiat'3d by all foreign counties, who are at pres nt equal wi.th our oversea kinsmen. "Thirdly," says Mr Chamberlain, *'we now have an opportunity of securing mjre largely traie with sister Spates. It means reciprocity equally advantageous to them and to us. Dealing with Home Rule, he says, "if the Lin -rals are returned the danger to Britain is all the graver, xs we are now threatened Ijf foreign nations as never before. Mr Asquith's promise fjr the sake ot the Nationalist vote was not instigation frj a.ny English|party. The danger wan so £ r<?at and urgent that even if :it stood alone then everyone caring for the British name ought foi"the third time to render the con* spiracy impossible. The preparations for defence were no longer adequate to our need owing to the present Government's |neglect, It will be long before we shall occupy the place of security held four years ago, but r.oth'n? can justify leaving ourselves at present in an unguarded condition. Received December 30, 11.55 p.m: Mr Chamte.lain concluded:—"Yoi have now to decide whether wish to be goverred by <ne chamber or two, whether you wish to destroy or maintaiin the union, bet veen the other alternatives mentioned lam j confident that you in common with the majority of my countrymen will , choose the path of national progress j and Imperial union.