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4 PROROGUED. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. MB. BALFOUR ON A DISSOLUTION. [FBESS ASSOCIATION.! LONDON, lltlx August. Replying in the House of Commons to criticism by Sir H. Fowler (Radical member for East Wolverhanipton) at his declining to dissolve, bhe Prime Minister (Mr Balfour) said: — "There is one test whether a Government is entitled to conduct the business of the country, namely, whether the House supports it. Every member is open to qualification. As regards by-elections, to niako thb existence of a Government dependent on what may possibly be a mere wave of popular feeling is to reduce the constitution to an absurdity." The Appropriation Bill has been read a third time in the House of Commons. * The House of Lords has passed the ifaval Works Bill, the -Unemployed Bill, and Appropriation Bill. SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. (Received August 12, 8.37 a.m.) LONDON, 11th August. Parliament has been prorogued. The Speech from the Throne hoped that the negotiations between Russia and Japan would lead to a lasting and mutually honouiable peace
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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 37, 12 August 1905, Page 5
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