THINGS SAID.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 16

THINGS SAID.

;-/■■..-.;■■.,-...,. ~;.■.■:.:':/. : 'Lord. Lansdqwue (Leader, of J. tho Opposition in the Houso of Lords).—l do: not believe myself that the people of this country are ever going to deprive themselves of tho right of saying tho last word upon questions of'. great national importance, and> whether the great struggle which,must surely be upon,us,before we are very much older turns upon the: question. of finance, or upon tlio question of tariff reform,'.or', upon . tho '' question : of>. .the House of Lords, we aro ready to meet'our.adversaries'and to accept tho verdict, of .the, people,. •-. The Earl of Onslow.—Tho Imperial :p.lfonco Conference is one- of r tho great inilestches oh tho road to tho federation of the British Empire. /• ,, '•'■■'•";.'.':' • : -, • ' Sir Edward Grey.—Wo,,are prepared to go on justifying this Budget as affair and reasonable. Budget.. I,believe,it'a great advance. in the., true principles of'legislation, and when you'eorao to judge it with the Budget' of.Tariff iJefcrm,. which, would' damage industry,' and press upon the necessaries of life, I' cannot doubt what-the verdict of such great centres as .this will .be;; . .;.'; :' .'■'.',' . :'.-' Mr..'Walter.Long, M.P.—Wo are determined strenuously to carry out in tho, .constituencies

settlement, and it would' be a calamity' to ncglect.it.: . ... ■ It is. the most attractive playground in tho world. ... .Thore'. are ample openings hero for the placing ofcapi-. tal, and every inducement'should be.offered' to investors. , -~ . In his own interest the whito man must do justice to the black. There must bo no brutality, Thore must be no sentiment. 1 The latter, indeed,'is probably ■< more harmful than the,formor. . \, /ir \' Mr. Kowland Hunt,, M.P.—How can you Expect British workmen to'join tho Territorial Army if you prefer : cheap ; foreign', labour to theirs; and how; con you. expect Yeomen:far-mers-'to' give'their services to' the State,if you feed them.whon in camp, on bad foreign meat at. i]d. . a; pqund, v : a'nd: give,- their horses' foreign oats that are so- light that they .won't stop -in 'the .manger?.,.;',:',"', The', voluntary system' is unfair and undemocratic; yoni make the' poor and tho hardworking,defend the rich.l and;the idlers. '-. -,- ,- -' ','.-';, - " : ;. '..'. Sir George White, (Field-Marshal).—l,; have heard only objection against tie Schoolboys' Camp at Bisley,. and that'conies'from conscientious "objectors' on the score of "mili,tarism"f6r;'a .long time, and T think I .can . truthfully; say .'that'it; has made mo a better mail.,and .not;a worse,one. '-■' ,■■:.;'. ;~' . ' The ( Bordeii (Canadian' Minister of.'Mjlitia,ahU'DefeVce).--7 ; A few years •>'.!AK'" '!?•'.'?!■ J - ?i';\ ..-".■"■- i V.!i.l'!',- >4>< H Mfi ,/fiiii":-.!'■ '■ '-' . '