THE DISESTABLISHMENT BILL.

Grey River Argus, 15 May 1912, Page 5

THE DISESTABLISHMENT BILL.

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LONDON, May 14

In the House of Commons the Disestablishment Bill was 'read a second time after !some debate. vMr F. Smith-moved i^s rejection. He declared that, .there was. hardly any Mj'nistori'aHst who was 1 not isecretly ashamed. of the proposals. Such, support as it gained was dve 'to the appeal to cupidity. Mr Ellis Griffiths "'said that the Welsh Liberals demanded that ''their Church should: enjoy the same fights and liberties as others. \< The disestablishment would, enable the Church to regrain control* of er itiie nitual. " , Mr Keir Hardie said that the Labor Party- approved of the Bill because it would supply a precedent for the abolition of. she private awne-ship of- land. WHAT THE TIMES SAYS. - , The Times says that there is ; but small public interest shown in tlie Home Rule. ; or the -Disestablishment-, debates. One of the inevitable results' of the Parliament Act; is jtlie knowledge that the Lords will reject both; -.and; that •'•fife' real conflict will be deferred for two years, which deadens (the discussion. .-.'.-..■ . ■