BRITISH POLITICS

Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4444, 25 April 1910, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS

FLOODING THE LORDS. CREATING CART-LOADS OF PEERS. London, April 23 Sir Edward Carson, speaking at "Eastbourne, referring to Mr Asquith, said thete was nothing more dangerous to a State than a man with a strong face and weak knee-s- The declaration that in hypothetical circumstances the Government were going to advise the King to make 500 peers was a scandalous threat. If such a tragedy occurred, the 500 would be branded, not as peers of the realm, but as scavengers of the Liberal party who sold themselves for a dirty job.

THE FOOD TAX. (Received 25, 9 T5 a.m.) London, April 25 The Marquis of Salisbury, in a letter to "The Times," states that the Conservatives'attempt to force ■a food tax upo ; a reluctant nation • - * 5 wk?n a ,v,;-:istnational revolution is treachery to the country andYficLiTsistent, and cannot win without the vote of men who voted against them «•■ January. THE CLOSURE. The " Spectator," commenting on Mr Winston Churchill closuring the debate, stated that Sir Robert Anderson's pension closure was used not because the House considered the subject sufficiently debated but because the Irish were determined to deprive members of free speech and who said things they disliked. The Nationalist domination has been completed by a mistake. FREE FOOD FIGHT. London, April 24 A meeting of Imperial pensioners at Rotherhithe ended in a free fight after a resolution in favour of free trade had been carried. The Radicals ; present complained that there were 35 cruisers employed in the gallery I and 55 in the body of the hall to keep' order. !