IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 14192, 15 October 1906, Page 7

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

BRITAIN AND THE COLONIES

THE SECOND BALLOT. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 13.

Lord Loreburn, the Lord Chancellor, speaking at Glasgow, declared that Imperial Federation was not received with tho slightest favour in the colonies, because it involved increased moral responsibility. The proposed fiscal reform would tend to friction and disunion and breed illwill in tliis country. The Mother Country must not make ruinous sacrifices to the colonies. There ought to be' no more annexations. The colonies ought to provide for their own’ defence. Mr Winston Churchill, speaking at Glasgow, condemning a small minority of Labour members being animated by reckless hostility towards Liberalism, declared that a second ballot would be the proper remedy. He hoped that the present Parliament would institute that reform.

(Received October 15, 12.58 a.m.) LONDON, October 14

Mr Winston Churchill stated that the Liberals meant to cherish interest and respect for the rights of the colonies, and in the conference would dispel tho. lingering doubts which the Tories’ spite had created. The speech was marked by several bitter remarks about “ the disconsolate pro-consul, Lord Milner.”