PARTY POLITICS
ENGLAND'S PERENNIAL CURSE. EVEN DESCENDS TO PENSIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph—CopyrightAustralian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, July 11. (Received July 12. at 8.4b a.m.) In the House of Commons, Mr Barlow moved—" Tfiat it is essential that, all questions relating to pensions should bo kept, free from party "politico." Ho said that corruption in public life would Ixi inevitable if pensions wets to become a matter ot lxditiual bargain in:;. .Mr Bonar Law srid that if any party began seeking election on tho sti-enath of what jftiev wore gvin- to do rcßaixlinpf pensions, a most demoralising campaign would ensue. The House of Commons ought to cam' a- resolution showing that they were determined to keep thL question outside the area of ordinary politics. - Tho resolution was accepted. [ln the House of Commons there are two Barlows—one a Liberal baronet, and the other a Unionist without any handle to his name. Presumably tho above cable refers to the latter, as no prefix was included.]
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Evening Star, Issue 16784, 12 July 1918, Page 5
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