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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 7

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LIBERALS AND LORDS. MR. ASQUJTH'S STATEMENT. INTERPRETATION BY MR. CHURCHILL. (By Telejraph-prcsi , Anoclntlon-Oopyrliht.l (Rec. December 13, 10 p.m.) London, December IS. Speaking at Oldham, tbp President 6t tho lloaril of Trade, Mr. Churchill, said: Mr. Aequith's statement that no Liberal Government would nssumo office in future under the conditions prevailing heretofore is binding μpon every official Qr unofficial Liberal. If you support us, the consequences of that statement cannot fail to emerge in action immediately after tho olection is concluded. FREE-TRADERS V. TARIFFITES. (Rec. December 13, 10 p.m) London, December 18. Commenting on tho Unionist manifesto issued by Mr. Balfour, Liberal speakers emphasise Mr. Balfour's silence regarding the former promise of Tariff Reformat« to restore to tho working classes, in remissions of taxation on sugar, ten, tobacco, and coffee, whatever money is raised from the taxation of corn and meat. A LIBERAL LORD'S DEFECTION. HIS 81-CAMERAL VIEWS. (Rec. December 13, 11.35 p.m.) London, December 13. Lord Portsmouth, formerly Liberal Secretary to the War Office, in a letter states that "I cannot support pandering to niobbory, and jobbery. To maintain a House of Lords as 'a living corpse in a gilded cage,' for Peer 6 would wish to represent their own districts ns a corrupting bait for party doles of the wealthy, with democratio professions on their lips nnd artstoctatio aspirations 'in their hearts, is o fraud on the nation. It is relying on a Second Chamber which is a sham. I should prefer to nbolish the House of Lordt. and to elect a Senate." COLONIAL SECOND CHAMBERS. J (Rec. December 13, 11.35 p.m.) London,', December 13. Lieutenant-Colonel Serly, Under-Sccretary for | the Colonies', in a speech at Tiverton discusß-' ing tho details of their formation nnd election, argued that thorc was a great difference between the Second Chambers in New Zealand, Canada, or Australia, and the House of Lords. MR. BALFOUtt INDISPOSED, , London> December 11. Mr. Balfour is suffering from over-fatigue and a bovcro cold. Up ivroto his manifesto in his siok room. Ho will not make his' first speech till after the New Year. The doctors insist on a rest. ' ■"'. " ', ' Prior to tho meeting addressed by tho Primo Minister, Mr. Asquith, 350 stewards'scoured the hall for Suuragettcs. Several wore discovered behind curtains and in the organ loft. Tho Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey, speaking at AlnTiick, said the Irish question would noyor ho solved Chamber, if its. composition had moral force .behind it. Taking advantage of present political crisis, tho Nonconformist Anti-Socialist Union, has issued a vigorous statement of its aims and claims. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, speaking at 1 Stiichloy, declared that ho 'profoundly differed from Mr. Asquith, but tho Premier had conducted his campaign like a gentleman. He added that it was remarkable tl>ero was not a word in Mr.'Asquith's speech upon national defence, including the, Nnvy, and not a word upon the methods wheieby closer intercourse and alliance were to bo promotod between ourselves and our kinsmen beyond tho seas. Yet Imperial union was one of tho most vital questions of the future, and ono of the powers that would influence our race. Mr. Churchill, President of the Board of Trade speaking at'Oldham, thus characterised Mr. Balfour's manifesto:-"No inoio fiat mild, stale, muddy, discouraging boyerage wjis over handed to a pwnliarly thirsty party. Mr. Balfour , made an exhibition of himself at the beginning of the year, when he ran about the country with ttio 'March hares' and April fools' endeavouring to create a ntav panic." J m TO-ii n , Melbourne . Dece'mbor 13. Mr. Will Crooks, Labour M.P. for Woolwich, is confident that the elections will gno Mr. Asquith a good majority for tho Budget and reform of tho House of Lords. ,