BRITISH POLITICS.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1598, 1 February 1906, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

London, -January 21), Mr P»rwe, speaking at Dublin, said he did not think it possible to make the provision of work for the unemployed an Imperial charge by taxingworkers, possibly on the of poverty, for the beuelW of others perhaps not eoually industrious.

Alv Ualdane, speaking at {)n<!, dwelling on the potent influence of the I 'niversity, su-.-Rested that th«» rhe of (1m- Labor paity was due In a suspicion ihat the l.ihrral party was Uk'Uinti" in ideas. Any attempt. to fyrannously exercise State power would result in a reaction, hut the Liberals, b\ a wise exercise of power, combined with scientific knowledge, loped to render superfluous the aspirations o! an independent Labor party. Mr lla'dane implied that the State miidit take action precluding the notion that labor was a commodity to !, e boui'ht ijt (he cheapest and sold in the nearest market. .Mr L<?';eh. I nder Secretary io the Hoard of Education, in a letter to the * I inies.' >ays the (iovcrnment does no( intend to touch the fundamental principles of reform embodied in the Education Act. Re-i-h ct> d:— North Down: T. L. t-or-be(| (('.) ; South Londonderry : .John (Jordon |LIM.

Mected:- (Yick'hidc : Massey (l,|. The K.vecufive of tin- City Conservative Association thanked Mv Gibbsfor 1 r.,s'gnii:g his scat, and unanimously i iulopl"(l the "Right ][o U . A. •). Uulfour as a candidate aft"r a inuinentarv protest from Mr 11. AA. "Russell, who objected to dual leadership and declared thai Mr Ualfour had never l!oI hold 'if tin' democracy and never would. Siv • losenh Lawn-nee ( r r£ii*• (11if). supporting r Balfour. nt-ovd Unit. as regards tarift reform llr Balfour's views were much more in consonance with Mr ( hamlierlain s than many supposed. Tile ']\l orniny Post' stairs tlint upv'arils of a hundred tariff reformer* have been eleeted. The real issue is whether, if (here he four parties or I'Ve in the House of Commons, will i\lr> Balfour lead a number of liis supporters across till' bridee and, as leader of n united pariy, tal.e his place liv Mr Chamberlain's side? Tariff reformers want a direct answer. IJe-elecfed : Ilkeston : Sir |i. W. Foster (L.I. !li<' ' Haily Graphic declares that the (unionists' erusliiiie- defeat will result ill a Conservative icvolt against t-irifl reform, AYifhout questioning' the tl coretical aiTUracy of "\lr Chamberla'ii s position, his policy is one of revolution, without the justification of uryent necessity. The 'Times'- says if llr TTaldane's n murKs in opposition to purchasinelabor in the cheapest marliet and sell'"if it in the doaresi, lie applietl to commodities, then I'Yeetradc is e-ood. TTectod— Flint I',or,,uohs, Mr J. It. 1 ewis (Lilieral)f