BRITISH POLITICS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10153, 25 November 1910, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS

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THE COMING FIGHT. IRISH LEAGUE iVi AiNH FESTO. (Received November 21, 9 a.m.) LONDON, November 23. Lord George Hamilton (Unionist), speaking at Acton, said he, like Lord Cromer and others, felt that they must obliterate all fiscal differences, and throw their whole energy against the forces of unrest, disquietude, and revolution. The Irish League lias issued a manifesto, which attacks Lord Lansdowne and other Lords in connection with their relation with Ireland. It recalls Mr Asquith's Albert Hall statement that the Liberal Party's policy was full self-government for Ireland, and adds: "Victory at this election will he a final, decisive victory for Home Rule." MR ASQUITH'S POLICY. (Received November 24. 10 a.m.) LONDON", November 23. The Daily News (Liberal) says:— "Though the principle of Mr Asquith's policy is clear, its actual \alue as a solution of the. problem is largely dependent on the way in which it is applied. Many and various solutions adequate and inadequate—might be fixed within Mr Asquith's framework of principle, but it will be in the power of the Labour Party to secure details, which will be what it is entitled to expect. The Party can count on the sympathy of all good Liberals.''

MR BALFOUR SPEAKS, (Received November 24, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 23. - The Leader of the Opposition, Mr A. J. Balfour, speaking before the City of London Conservative Association, said:—"When a mail makes a speech setting the citizens against each other, he is no democrat, but a traitor to democracy." ' He added that the Irish Party liad thrown in its lot with the Radicals. That was the very essence of the present situation the knot of the whole problem. The House of Lords was to be destroyed because a section of the electors wanted Home Rule. i IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD LANSDOWNE'S RESOLUTIONS. 'STARTLING NOVELTIES." (Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.)' LONDON, November 24. Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Lansdowne said the idea of a joint sitting was eminently rational and reasonable, instead of one House putting its foot down on the other and keeping it there. It was desirable that the referendum. should be used besides, in the case of a grave difference, as a check jupon legislation. Even when both Houses agreed, it was sometimes desirable that the country should declare its voice, without the trouble and expense of an election. One difficulty was in regard to representation at the joint sittings. The resolutions were so drafted that that' question' ■would be left open for future consideration. Loi\d Crewe described the resolutions as startling novelties. The referendum, which was now the favourite child of the Lords, would be difficult and costly. The tariff question ought to be foremost in a referendum, but it seemed as if only Liberal measures were to be subjected thereto. '

HON. D. LLOYD-CEORCE. WILL HAVE NONE OF LORD LANSDOWNE. (Receive I Last Night, 10.40 o'clock.) LONDON, November 24. The Right Hon. D. Lloyd-George, speaking at St. Pancras, asked Mr Balfour, if lie was calling himself a Democrat, to explain why he and Lord Lansdowne were placing hurdles, ditches, and wire entanglements in the path of the Government, by which the people must travel. The referendum meant that the Party which was backed by wealth and vested interests could crush the democracy with the sheer weight of gold. For the leisured men, voting was a recreation. It was otherwise for the workman. The Liberals would have none of LordLansdowne's devices. They demanded equal treatment, not merely between parties, but between the ideas of government. Continuing, Mr Lloyd-George said that Germany, tired *.of tariff reform, had swallowed Socialism, and had'felt the bad effects. JLord Lansdowne was endeavouring to keep the Democracy at the end of a long pole, to prevent it biting. THE BUDGET PASSED. DISSOLUTION ON MONDAY. Received This Morning, 12.10 o'clock LONDON, November- 24. The third reading of the Budget was carried in the House of Commons without a division. _ The prorogation and dissolution of the House will take place on Monday. A "TOE-THE-LINE" government. A CREW OF DEPREDATORS. Received This Morning, 12.10 o'clock LONDON, November 24, .. Mr F. Smith, M.P., speaking at Highbury, said ,that if the present. ' 'toe-the-line'' Government" was'; returned, the electors would never have another chance upon ? liome7 Rule.. He appealed to them to sweep away the "crew of depredators, Socialists and traitors" who

I alone to-day supported the Govcrnl ment in England.

A VIGOROUS PROTEST. , (Received Last Night, 10.30 o'clock.) .LONDON, November 24. In the House of Lords, Lord Weardale vigorously protested against the Government's policy. Such mov mentous changes in the constitution ' should have been debated by both Houses. The Liberals' strong case would then have been reflected throughout the country, and they might arrive at a settlement satisfactory to all parties. (Opposition cheers.) The country should not be bustled. Ho added that if Lord Crewe a:id his oih''r coilvagites allowed the IJili to bo regarded as an unchangeable ultimatum, they would throw thousands of electors into the ranks of the Opposition. APPEAL TO MODERATE MEN. (Received Latt Night, 10.10 o'clock.) LONDON, November 24. Lords Cromer, George Hamilton, Goschen, Hugh Cecil, Balfour of Burleigh, and Avebury, on behalf of the Constitutional Freetrade Association, have issued an appeal to all "moderate men, in view of the threatened Single Chamber constitution, to throw their we.ght. of influence against tlio Government's dangerous policy, by supporting Unionist candidates in every constituency.