BRITISH POLITICS.
,MR OHAtMBERLAIiN ON THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
United Press Association.—Copyright,
Received November 5, 10.0 a.in
LONDON, November 4
Mr Ohiaimlberlain, speaking at Birmingham, "said whatever the result of the election, it would enable the party to sihiake off >tihe apatihy born of. tlimorous counsels and hialf-hearted convictions. Personally, he was" well content with the progress of tariff reform. They had shaken the idol of free imports to its 'base, and 'they rnightdiaye done better if the party had been thoroughly united ■and if same had shown more courage and played less for safety. Though Lord Rosebery declared the reformers' case was pulverized, Mr Asquitih admitted tlhat the fiscal reform question had regained its position as the predominating issue. Although Mr Asquith emphasised the exceptional trade prosperity, the proportion of unemployed 'had risen 25 per cent., whjle the- standards of jswageshad,fallen, decreasing two million "last year. He would infinitely prefer a powerful party minority to an ■impotent majority. *
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12646, 6 November 1905, Page 5
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