THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 13 February 1908, Page 3

THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

X:X77 BE 'TRIS^^P^^X,\ X ;i_MA__ SUFFRAGISTS ON THE :~-:K':-£?; :7;-\.;' LONDON, Wednesdays "Mr John Burns, President ; of : the , Local -.Government Board, in reply; to V.'* question, siid it. was not intended to ' 'T legislate, in. the matter of unemploy-ment-in 1908, but it was proposed- to-'-: ;.-ineet the period "of distress as sympather^tiiaßy as possible. ?sy..'Sfr'.vGi Hardy's" resolution in favourf;pf.':s_jinquiry into State purchase of - :- was talked about, though it eli'><cifcdffertt; Mr Lloyd George an offer to '•yinquireih'ow'far;evils could.be remedied , tf. by: any" change"in; the relations., between • ;;'th::railwaysf:ahd'-the State;:"..";-;/' .";■ j :'^-^ifi'^cpmmittee for '.'voting.,^expenses , ■ ';. |Br7;™e.Tristi-iirosecutions: for cattle \. :-;;b!riyitig'"ahd;:the Glenahiry outrage, Mr. -;-^ofiii"Roehefi_inuated that Lord Ash- ': v town was implicated in ad attempt to ■ manufacture a bogus, outrage^at WoodylawhVfor political purposes^ ;^"-^Mi"'rQherry(!) and Mr Balfour, de:~iclaredthat, there was not the slightest > ■i.tbMclatiph. -for. such an abominable acir^usatiobv vyy"''; .■:;... '. ' ;;:'•;: The.'debate also dealt with the para-.-;'tne.-,';]uryi'-.system and 'ordinary :law. iMrßirrelladihitted the.-de?.: '.plorahle.'failure of -the prosecutions for; ;-: i.:cattle:'drivingV. and remarked of the r".--boyoottingjv; "I.wish.to Godit would" j \ceaai';/ v He added.; 'that' civil prb- : ■ ceedings alone would avail: Criminal ■ ; T-: piOMedihgs.were unlikely,tobe of use. \;^ v>]^"Balfo_; insisted > that the resolu■'".'tidri was-a' sham'from, beginnig to end,s^addihg- that force was the only' remedy . yyiga&asicriine.'.y^y ;|i.:'r.;At'' av-'l fem_e-r_uTragistsV:meeting. at v.--:Caxlon, Hall, from all■•':parts% of Eng"v^lah'd/ijMrsv Patrick" Lawrence, presiding,''.f^ahU^Misses'Pankhurst arid Kenny sup- :.:^ porting,' it"-was resolved to.demand an immediate measure of franchise, and to '■%.Wpport' delegates: 1 to :«ee'--■';. Sir Henry 'i; Campbell 1 Banrienrian..: While a previ- -; '':-^o«_^:tarr_i^d'..'»id:-'o_--the..'House of :>' Commons, was.developing,; 'a. pantechnl- ■ -icon- ;ya_?stood:""at'the. entrance to St. Hyfiliphßfla'-jvits! back;,doois; swung open, X ;a_o^_>^s_lraguits •emerged" and endea: to 'stom-iha entrance* -. • The pd-- • "fflice: arrested;2o/ and the'jrest were reZf 'pulae'dfe;: '-r'^.'-'i.-;•;'■; .'■• '§.■:■'■:'£? second, van load.met' the same :": "iate:;J;" The; Cax'tbn^Hall contingents' y C:'-then'' arrived^i- .quick- succession, with ""'-'"the-'intention of compelling-150.arrests, i; :%T)'ut:";iack of ■ spiritVon"the part of the ';/; militants, arid the determination of the i;lr policiei'"'.to; effect 'only necessary arrests, : trti_ling 60,':defeated;the scheme.