POLITICAL "PULLS."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 5

POLITICAL "PULLS."

— T —4— ; DEVELOPMENT FUND. MINISTRY ACCEPTS A SAFEGUARD. INDEPENDENT CONTROL. (Bj Telcgrapb.-l'rcßs Ansoe!ellon.-<3ot>rrlcliU (Rec. September 17, 10.50 p.m.) London, Soptember 17. When tho Development Bill—arising out '■ of tho Budget policy, and giving tho Treasury power to mako grants ,and loans for publ ; o works and development of natural resources ' —was being considered in Grand Committee, . an amendment was moved by Lord Robert Cecil (Unionist Freo-fooder) dealing with the control of tho expenditure of tho money. t Under tho Biilt the distribution of the j money was to be directed by an Advisory j Committee,'which, according to a promiso made by Mr. Lloyd-George in an earlier debate, would be "not composed of partisans, but would command the confidence of both , polittjj.l parties." Lord Robert Cecil—who : in the same debate had suggested political influence and had denounced the Bill as "a ' gigantic sohemo to bribe the electorates"— [ now moved an amendment, substituting for ! the Advisory Committee a permanent Comi mission independent of iho Executive; the Commission's recommendation 'to tho Treasury to be final if it decided to reject any proposed grant, but not if it favoured ench grant. Tho mover said his object was to guard against tho dangers of corruption. Tho. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 3 Lloyd-George, accepted the amendment. i UNIONIST'BAITS FOR ELECTORS. / CHEAP STATE LOANS. f ■.■.■-.'•■ - J AID FOR THE RURAL INDUSTRIES, s (Rec. Soptember 17} 10.50 p.m.) J .. ■ London, September 17. Earl Percy, Unionist member of the 1 House of Commons for, South Kensington, • in a speech at Leeds, stated that when the J Unionists were returned to power they would , lighten tho burden of agriculture-, would ori gaiiine a system of co-operation to countor- • net the unfair advantage thovforoigner now enjoyed, nnd would arrange a scheme of lending State moneys at a low rate"of interest for' tho acquisition of small holdings. .