MR. ASQUITH SPEAKS.
NO PLEDGE TILL HE HAS DEALT WITH THE LORDS. • •'SUPREMACY OF THE '•. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. , , (Rec.; January 21, 0.10 a.m.) ■' London, January 20. " The Prime -.Minister, Mr.'. : Asquith; :ih a; speechlat.'l'ife (he Eifeslrire),.'.'declined' tb; promise'.;lepslaticln'of. any. kind till .the "Governmont had settled conclusion's \rithVthe House of: Lords.; He ■■ "• i ■ "That permanent: obstacle, must' ■be removed. Till that Has been done, it is no use talking 'about . legislation. . Tho -Liberal party? is '■ freo to support any measures giving Ireland self-government In . ■ i. purely. Irish: affairs, subject to ;i ' the unimpaired-supremacy ■ of the ' ' Imperial Parliament.", v . . ; vThe;;Prime,Minister added that ho .was, not' prepared to give a; pledge. respecting : the judgment of' the House' of Lords declaring it illegal/to use the funds l of trades unions' for ' thepayment; of. ; Labour member's of, Parliament. He. would considor tho-subject..-, • " NOT PLEDJ3E-BOUND. MINISTER WANTS "INDEPENDENT" GOVERNMENT. .' (Kec. January 21, 0.10 a.m.). London, January 20.'. Writing to several candidates, Mr. Wilson'-Chnrchill,.'the. President ,of the Board' of:. Trade, :.^urged the electorate to' return' a, strong :and independent : GoTern;ment.-•; . : ;v■ , '
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 5
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173MR. ASQUITH SPEAKS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 5
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