ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 7

ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

LIBERAL SPEECHES. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE ON BETTER TIMES. OLD AGE PENSIONS. ißy Tolecmph.-Vresß .Aflsoclatlnn.— OoDyrlffbt.) (Kco. December 19, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 18. 'l'he Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. LloydGeorge, 1 Bpeaking at Walworth, 6aid that since the .Budget had been introduced trade had steadily improvod, and the number of unemployed had steadily declined. Imports and exports had also risen. The rejection of -the Budget by the House of Lords was the result of a - conspiracy between the great manufacturers and the landlords, in order to increase tho former's profits and the latter's rants. The Chancellor added:— • "The, cloud is now luting from the lowly, humble homes of .the people, and a fine day is coming.. We now havo the highest wages and the , cheapest conditions of life in Europe." .The President 'of the Local Government Board, Mr.. John Burns, addressing his constituents 'at-Bottersea, said the Government must complete; its old age pensions schemes. It wanted three millions more for 277,000 old persons, now disqualified as paupers.

VILLAGE INDEPENDENCE. CENTRED IN THE NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS London, December 17. ' Mr. Lloyd-George, addressing a largo meeting of Freo Churchmen, said:— . "The' Methodist, Congregational, and Baptist chapels are the only places m tho villages that stand up to. the baronial castles. All who decline to cringe and crawl are there. • "Tlje chapels are tho sanctuaries and citadels of villagij independence," added tKe 'Chancellor; "consequently the Peers put; the Methodist and the'poacher in the same category."

NO ANTI-LORDS FRENZY; ' : MAN UI'ACTOIirS TAX AND COLONIAL PREFERENCE. ;• . (Rco. December 19, 5.5 p.m.) .. . • London, Decembor 18. Lord Milnor, in a speech at t : Huddersfield, 'declared , that the man 'in the street was "as cool as a cucumber" regarding the House of Lords. . '■ '' • . :. Lord. Curzon, addressing a meeting of 3500 at Derby, declared that tariff reform, would enablo the. nation "to exact a substantial tribute from the foreigner. The; movement'-had progressed' greatly among the intellectual. classei, manufacturers, and workers. If the Unionists were returned to powor they would bo able easily to produce: a Budget, and to construct a-tariff, whiih woull begin by imp'osing-a uniform duty on; foragaji'manufacturers and by .giving preferonce to iolonial; and Indian produce. . Lord Cuizon declared that Home Eulo was raore dangerous than formerly, because if tho Liherals wMe returned and. the Lords': veto i.disappearediVjthe' last V barrier against disintegration of t,ho Union was overthrown.

v Mil. CHAMBERLAIN'S MANIFESTO. London, December 17. Unionist newspapers';einphasise> the clearness' and! rigour , of'; the tariff. reform, manifesto. con-. tained'm.Mr., Chamberlain's preface to Mr. Garvin's book. ' ■ • ■: