BRITISH POLITICS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 613, 2 July 1908, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

DAYLIGHT SAVING AND PENSIONS. [BT ELECTBIO TELEGBAPH — COPYBIGHT ._ [FEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] London, July 1. A Select Committee of the House of Commons has reported in favotu\of the Daylight Saving Bill, which proposes to advance the clock by one hour upon the third Sunday in April and alter it in the opposite direction one hour on the thircf Sunday in September. Clauses four, five and six of the Pensions Bill have been adopted by the Committee of the House. A DEBATE ON INDIA. (Received July 2, 8.10 a.m.) London, July 1. The House of Lords discussed the position of India from both sides of the Chamber. The speakers included Lord Curzon (ex- Viceroy of India), who raised the debate. He cordially supported the wise and prudent control of affairs by Viscount Morley (Secretary of State for India). ' : Viscount Morley, in making his. reply, declared that, regarding ultimate reforms, having put his hand to the plough, he would not withdraw because of the prevalency of bombs. Earl Cromer, ex-Administrator of Egypt, in supporting the Press law iv India, remarked that the freedom of the Press had long be tried : in Egypt and India. He reluctantly admitted that it had not been a success. " Steps ought to be taken to deal with our countrymen who make a peregrination in India, as demagogues, ■■— — — ■ ——i