BRITISH POLITICS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 206, 13 June 1931, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

MR LLOYD GEORGE’S CHALLENGE

EFFORT TO ESCAPE DEADLOCK

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LONDON, June 12. Despite Mr Lloyd George’s challenge in connection with the land tax P 1 ?' posals in the Finance Bill, which is featured in the newspapers, however, there are suggestions in several quarters that there will be many conferences during the week-end m an attempt to find a way out of the deadlock. Commentators agree that neither the Liberals nor the Government desire an early election upon a taxation question that does not opeiate until 1933. , f A meeting of the Liberal members of the House "of Commons spent several hours on Thursday in discussing possible modifications of the proposed amendment, but the final wording vi not he adopted until the full party meeting is held on Monday. Both the Liberal and the Laboui Press direct attention to Mr lJojci George’s declaration in an article in a Scottish Labour paper this week: An election now might mean another jne years of Tory rule, with reaction reigning at home and abroad, which uould be a calamity.” , ... . , The “Daily Herald,” in an editorial. says; “The Government cannot and will not accept an amendment which will reduce the expected land tax revenue of £5,000,000 by more than half, and nullify all the provisions for the valuation of improved, hudt-on land, aiming at the future rating of iutuie la The Va ‘Daily Herald” (Labour) suggests that the Liberals will not daie force an election in which they will enter the campaign bearing the odium of having destroyed the land tax.

CONFERENCE OF THE LEADERS. A CRISIS MAY BE AVOIDED. (Received This Day, 11 a.in.) LONDON, June 12. The leaders of the Liberal and Labour Parties met to explore the situation that Iras arisen over the Liberal Party’s amendment to an important clause in the land taxation proposals in the Government’s Finance Bill, rhe deliberations will probably be continued during the week-end. The newspapers express the beliet that accommodation is likely_ to be found, and that the crisis anticipated by Mr Lloyd George in his Ednibuigi speech mav he avoided. . In to-day’s conversations, the 1 rime Minister was accompanied by Mr 1 lulip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer) who is in charge of the Finance Bill, and Mr Llovd George and bn* H. Samuel, attended on behalf of the Liberals. A full meeting of the Liberal Party will be held on Monday finally to decide the action to he taken on the amendment which was tabled lor consideration by the House of Commons on Tuesday.— British Official Mireless.