THE NEW PARLIAMENT

Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 6

THE NEW PARLIAMENT

DISUNITED IRELAND. j ATTACKS ON MR REDMOND BY THE O'BRIENITES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 3. In tho course, of a speech to his constituents for North-east Cork, Mr M. Healy said that Mr Redmond was armed with a cracked blunderbuee. Ho was ready to vote against the Government when every member of Uvo regular Opposition would refrain, but was careful under other circumstances not to fire the cracked weapon. v Mr W. O'Brien has taunted Mr Redmond with resting upon an academical resolution which tho Lords would light their pipes with. The Redmoudites and Radicals would then return to tho electorates to meet with a sounder drubbing than before. A SHAKY KINGMAKER. LONDON, March 3. .Mr Redmond, in the course of a letter acknowledging American contributions to tho Nationalist party fund, predicts a general election before many weeks. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. NO BERESFORD SENSATIONS. LONDON, .March 3. Supplementary Estimates to tho amount of £689,100, including £45,700 for the preliminary work of four contingent. Dreadnoughts, which will Ije laid down on tho Ist of April, were agreed to after a short discussion between Mr A. T. 0. Lee. Lord Charles Beresford, and the. Right Hon. Mr M'KennaIt iis slated that tho Xaw Estimates will total £41,000,000. THE LORDS AND REFORM. LONDON. March 3. The Unionist leaders in the House of Lords intend to introduce proposals regarding the reform of the House, in the first place, by way of declaratory resolutions. PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. LONDON.. March 3. (Received March 4, at 8.25 a.m.) Mr Asquith proposes to raise the salary paid to the President of the Local Government Board from £2,000 to £5,000. AN ANGRY DISCUSSION. PAYING FOR THE LORDS' ACTION. GOVERNMENT WILL GO THEIR OWN WAV. LONDON, March 3. (Receive.) March 4, at 10 a.m.) In tho of Commons, during an angry criticism of the Government for borrowing in older to meet the financial needs of the country, Sir R. 15. Finlay. K.C. (Unionist), accused them of wanton j perversity, and declared that only the Go- I verument's allies would oppose the income Tax resolution. Mr H. Boltoinlcy (L.) said that borrowing from one' 6 debtors is the apotheosis of busimvs inaptitude. Mr .M'Kenna: "We are not going to adopt, the. course mapped out by the Lords." Lord Hugh Cecil said the, Government ought not to refuse a resolution for the collection of the Income Tax out of pique and temper because the now House was against the Government on the Budget. Sir W. S. Robson (Attorney-General) denied that a. resolution could compel IK'oplc to pay Income. Tax before the Budget was passed. Mr Llovd-Oeorge thinks that the Commons will disapprove of taking the Income Tax apart from the other measures of tho Budget. The Unionist newspapers protest against this view, and uige the Government to straighten out the disordered state of the country's finance.