BRITISH POLITICS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 24 September 1909, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

ijjj : .-. ■'■;-. .'k (Continued from page .4.')'.-' ""7. c V: k7k ..";. ".^mbs_ Association.— Copxright. . c ;y ; 7 THE BUDGET CAMPAIGN. 7 l . p CONCLUSION 6f~MR BALFOUR'S c 7/ : .7 ;pp : -- speech: yP_Pp7r ' l 7pp .PREK-COMMENTa'^?''':*-'* ."•. . (Received Sept; 24, 8.5 a.m.) '■' 1 v V^'^'s LONDON, Thursday. 7 ' • /Or Balfour, concluding his speech on- * 7i_n« l'wdget, -said .-je.. j,d not believe ] '■'.- that; the -verdict '-.'of the people would :;;- h-v^n'^ delayed— but tbj ccnflict would ' .-■;;, k-.not be decided at Woe! winter. 'The ; s" iAiy tribunal which. o nil say "whether : ' .--' .they- should -go downhill under. Socialism : pp. ■_ or.vnphill under Tariff Reform '-were", the yppeOple. y : P-P'P ' .■.-'. PP-pP: p '"r ■■} ,X>'; ; Mj:U'ciiQ?Cb*plih, M.E.; moved, and -; Sir. .George Doughty • M.P. ; .< sebondebW : k resolution condemning the Budget' and . p'p favouring .fiscal; *eforin.V._ ;{fho.resolu■'■'s"tion'was carried', with enthusiasm.'' • ,"•■'. says that Mr Balfour .'ik'fiwßly. and'.'franklyk adopted" Mr Cham- '■;' berlain's^. full. poluy;7 ■ '.■ . .-.,k v "pHH c ; ''Morning Post" declares that- the v speechwould liave the' effect of ' commit--7; ting the iUnionwt party 'to tariff reform- : p'p in- a more- decisive way" than Sever kbe'kS'.forek T-ip '■■'■" ... . P : : P '.'■ ' '■ . .* 7 The "Daily 7 News" ..says .that Mr ;7 Chamberlain's 7 voice 'waff heard- once 7"lj' moreintho determined call: to the k-kHbuse. of Lords, to -reject the. Budget. .j.7;The;paper adds: "We wekomek his clear 47?cnalkngb?' 77 •77k ■pp 7 v. ■ ;':*£■' k;The .**Dailv .Mail". .says .that* Mr Bal--%\ff>&9?pf>eecii" wab unquestionably the p-y. fitfest, most determined,-' /keenest,: and k incisive. that he haa-'yet delivered/-' * . ':pP Ths^'Jimes" 6ayß that Mr Balfour's ■p ■'£■ Ternarlcr; that neither the Lords nor r -the Pp Commong. could take thekright or title i*»ue_M'Jimporuint' .;deserv- ;- k v ked-fatteiitiori^'asv it .throws' a new .light , .;.';'■ npi^ what 'the Loi^; ought. toTdo, 'for : 'by'fpas.sing-the Budget with itekmass of non-Jbudgetiiy^ kjnalter;,. the, -Lords would only be,; joining/ the.' : Commons -in • pp- deeid&g> i the,'-.wtioh*s .future kover -the "•'. ■aaiiM*^tad:y Pp-:pp:yp}pp- P. P- .-.:■ •': In7lne'.House'-of/Commons:;Mr7Hob-i^Kbuse,7" Financial. - SeCTetajry.i^iov the" ■ Treasury, replying' to 7a^questidn,;.sail that one of the obvious. reaebna^f or >the •;•■: weakne-S' of British iCpnsoftwwa* 7t|ie •normbns atbonnt ... of . colonWrkitocks -7 «vaflable"'forktrnste«/'inve^entß., .;•-. - Print • ! LlOTd'GeSrge -' exempts. -from; the. ■■ '■■' newk-laad^taieskboni; -fidek-spprting ; and : v7'TecMatibii:"c^al)s.'• "TPy -p.: PP p-p ■ -k Tlie Ganette ;■ and • :^«tar:! r '«aplia««« Mr : BBtf^s^nHrncj. ■ p^onkfoadktßxes. and.ialso -declare that >: : ;thbspeea lis: lacking in .details, of -an p '.: v alternative./ rjb&yj . .-. •; . yppP :