POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 5

POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

';;.:.:. ■■'/:■ REFORMED LORDS, ; /' COLONIAL NOIIINEES-EMPIEE -'.-.' ;.;' /. /NAVX..; .- : ; - ■' ;. Ily Toioerap''—Press Association—^OoDyrlirht. ■ - (Eec. February 9,'•. 10.45 p.m.) . .London,' February.9. Writing/, to : the . "Daily. Mail," Mr. Griffiths, Unionist M.P.' for-Wednesbury, proposes . that the membership of ■ the Upper House'(now over .600) be: curtailed to 200, and that the.'■ colonies,be asked to nominate 40 members who have done Imperial. work, Canada to send ten, and Aiistralia eight, and the/other colonies .'to/ , be represented proportionately.. Mr. Griffiths addst;.':; :,.;.;/• ■'.'. '/ "An Imperial Navy, is,now an urgent necessity. The Dominions perceive its need, and begin .'to, build.. ■ Unless they are given a chancp of expressing . their;, feeiings. in, the Management of the Navy, Britain cannot , expect any. fixed method or percentage of contribution.. '~.;' '-■■: ■ "We have had enough ; slamming of the door in the face..of the colonies." -.

PAYMENT OF< LABOUR MEMBERS. UNIONS': EIGHT -TO AGREE TO A •;■■-,;". v,:' ■-■''• levy. •■.•:.. ■.;■■■ ■■;•. :■■■-. :"■ (Eec-February 9, 10.45 p.m:j : ■. ■'~.;. ■;".'•■,'■/• :..■.■■■.'■': London, February.9. . ■ The.Labour Conference: :at. .Newport, held a, private discussion on the case of Osborne ,y.' the. Amalgamated Society..of Railway Servants (in-which the judgment. declared.it .illegal to pay, the .salaries of Labour -members of .Parliament' out. of: trade union funds) , . '. '. :.. ■ ': , ; -v.'.-.-■; The . conference resolved ; that -Labour Unions-, ought ■to be .allowed ,to. engage in-political, activity, provided' their members agree to' do so,, and, provided , their actions oro specified in -, the pinion rules as.part of. their declared objects. ... ; ; ; BUDGET OR VETOfFIRSTi ■ : ' '- ; STATEMENT BY MR.iLLOYI)-, ■ ~;'.- ,:;;,: : - : -GEORGE. 1 / .■:'' l .':<: :':■■ ■■ -- ■' ■■'London, February 8. ; .\ Mr/-Lloyd-George, Chancellor . of' the Exchequer, has returned to London from, the South of France. •. :■ : '■■"■■.',,'. .: Inan interview, Mr. Lloyd-George' said that 1 the . Government must- deal, with the question, of the House : of Lords first. .He was. unwilling, to' : discuss ; - ; the 'Budget, pending, a Cabinet meeting;''■.,'■'■-.'.■ v : ■ : ;: ; PEIME:'MiNISTEK-;EETURNS;; [ -'.', ■' .-> (Eeo. February■■'■9J- 10 p.m.) ;: 'VV ; : ; ■%■■•']'■■';■ ■■";'?: ■■ ':'.'/'•_ Lohdoni February. 9...' "■ ■Mγ. ..'Asquithi Prime. Minister, has returned.; to London, from the; South ■of France. '.'■ •■ .;.';;-' v ; >'■■,:; ;: .'; '■,',.';. ''■'■';-,"■' ■ UNIONISTS RETAIN, UNivEESITY ■ ;r.v' ;; ;..;,:■■ y :, ;i .; : : ■;?:>;.;. : : . ~ .'• • . Londonj;-Febru'ary 8; /. ; The. election for Glasgo\rand : Aberdeen Universities resulted in-the re-election of Sir, Honry 'Crait .(Unionist), the .author: of 'several', educational , works,. who. .was opposed.'.by'..a' Unionist .Free-trader....The ■figures of the polling are: ;■ ,--!.W'V;;.", *Sir Henry: Craik- (U.) ...;.:';;.'.. : .:'£ : ':'4,87? -"Mfi. Pollock.(U.; Free-trader)',...:;" 3,411 '' Majority : .....;............;:.„....;!... 1,468 : [This makes iheT state of parties, with twp.returns still,to come, as follows: Liberal 275, Unionist .272,' Labour' 39, Nationalist .82 Mlnoluding 11- Independent" Nationalists); total- returned,;. MBj total, seats in H0u5e,.670.] .'.;;.., ".'/■;-':w7:: : i.'V" '-.:■■[.■.■; ■' [Ees'ult': in -1906: -Sir -■-H/- Oraik. (U.j, :' 35«: Prof..A. F.: Mur150n..(L.),,2«0; Prpf. E. .'Smith (U.), 1240;'U.< majority 1093;]''