BRITISH POLITICS
W ELSH DISESTABLISHMENT BILL. AN ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE. (Received LahL Night, 10.45 o'clock.) LONDON, December 18. At the eighteenth clause of the Welsh .Disestablishment Bill, dealing -with Church money prior to 1662, an acrimonious debate ensued. Lord Robert Cecil declared that often, a man with a touch of hell-fire on his brow gave money to the church. He objected to the contention that the bulk of the money came from men who felt that they had -sinned. Mr John Ward, Labour member for Stoke-on-Trent, objected to the Government's hard bargain, was opposed to the secularisation of religious funds. Mr Reginald McKonun, Home Secretary, intimated that he was prepared to accept two Liberal amendments, leaving Queen Anne's bounty intact. This concession, involving £15,000, influenced the Welsh Radicals, who subsequently decided to vote against the proposal. ; Lord Robert Cecil's amendment to appoint a committee of jurists to decide what were the private benefactions prior to 1662 was negatived.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 19 December 1912, Page 5
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157BRITISH POLITICS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 19 December 1912, Page 5
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