THE PRIME MINISTER.
MANIFESTO TO SCOTLAND. VETO THE ONLY ISSUE. LONDON, December 1. Mr Asquith, in a manifesto to Scotland, declares that the tardy and wholly delusive proposals for the reform of the House of Lords, and the panic-stricken avoidance of the burden of tariff reform on the part of the Unionist leaders, must not be allowed to obscure the paramount issue, which is to bring to an end the obstruction of the House of Lords.
CABLE NEWS.
Lord Crewe, speaking at Devonport, deprecated raising a naval loan, which would endanger the peace of Europe. Lord Cromer, in a lcfter to free traders, trusts that Mr Balfour's welcome declaration will remove all hesitation. Mr Birrell, speaking at Bristol, declared that the referendum was a delusive and dangerous proposal, calculated to destroy free and representative Government, whereby businessmen were elected to convert great principles into practical legislation.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13905, 2 December 1910, Page 7
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