BRITISH POLITICS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 22 December 1906, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

[United Pbess Association. — Cofi« bight.] THE EDUCATION BILL. THE FEMALE SUFFRAGISTS. LONDON, Friday. The Lords have passed tho Scfloo Children's Meals Bill, aftetf exempting Scotland from its iterations. In the House of Commons, : Sir Hi C. Bannerman, addressing, a crowded and excited House, in a vehement speech announced the demise of the Education Bill. He accused Mr Balfour of being chiefly responsible for the failure of the attempt at settlement, and ridiculed the Lords' mock heroics respecting the Commons' unconstitutional procedure. He declared " that it was impossible to yield to the Lords without perpetuating and extend ing the very system the bill was designed to remove. Sir H. C. Bannerman continued to say that the Government's- aim was to secure a national, not denominational system of education as distinguished from sectarian Christianity. He warned the Lordß that the resources of the Constitution were .not exhausted. - A way must and would be found to give effect to the people's will. (Tremendous cheers.) • .•• .^ Birrell, President of the Board of Education, denounced Mr Balfour as the wrecker of the Bill, and declared tnat the country would never tolerate denominational education. Mr Long and Mr Wyndham declared that Mr Balfour had not acted independently, But was the Leader of a Party. The prorogation takes place to-day. The "Daily News" advocates large measures for giving agricultural labourers easy access to rand, and relief from rates by the taxation of urban land values, in order to challenge the Lords and prepare the constituencies for an early appeal. . t * ♦TJ beP ? f S. male S^ragists ;atcentral^nVi 16 *$*• and Rv« *J^t ° re they were spelled. JJive arrests were made.