LIBERALS AND THE LABOUR PARTY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 11 December 1909, Page 3

LIBERALS AND THE LABOUR PARTY.

ft--; -'ftft; ft. ft : LONDON, ftFriday. .Mr. ftLlbyd ftGeorge, Chancellor of the 8000, people at . Carnarvon, .' 'deme'd' that -the ftßudget was . Socialistic; '; "ft- It "was merely -justice and equality, for all, . and justifying the •death .duties and superannuation; he said .-that, beyond a certain poipt most of ;ft the -wealth of Britain was 'V. good deal - offtjnck. ftßeferringi 'to the increment > land tax, he said, tbei country was in - need of money, and the Government was looking.f or soffie one to pay 'it.- They .did not want to-j tax food, indpstry and en- : itoQtiiti aiid therefore decided to.- tax. - H|e'-.-!P lu i,'ft*K6 got .something; which he never' 'W^edi, and never produced; aiid ■ft winch by -ho ; law, jiistice, or fairness ought ever -'te have . Belonged to. him; Tne ftLiberals.had.showjn/unutteraßle pa- • raeh'ce .^ith- the ' House Lords for jreare— -patience ywfthich !r bad; never degenerated lhtoptissilaiiLmit^. f" .-.:- -. _Mr; /Keirtßardie, in & speech, said ■ tween/theft^Liberals and ftLabour that it so' much/was'lieard of an alliance beft :was- r ; necessary- to emphasise the " fact' : that whatever the consequences an agree- ;• ment, or alliancee ftwas dmpossible. The Labour party's :ofcject- was "a united 'Working class, so as' to create 'a power that would ftohe day bring about Socialism. - They could ronly achieve that by maintaining their independence nn- ; sullied. ' : ;The object "of Liberalism and ) Toryaini 'waa' to, ieejpft labour, .divided, and landlordism and capitalism supreme:' ft Lord Robert -Cecil,;ispeaking at Black';bprn,- suggested reiofm/oJ the House of ft ftLords by a reduction of the number of -hereditary : peers andft.bishops, and the '-"creation- 0f.J.00 ' life ft peers representing labour/ capital, science- and arts.' He pfo- .-' posed that ; representative^ of ';• the' teli- ftft gious bodies : should ait with the'bishops, and also- the .appointment of- a number . ;of peers by the Premier tb representHhe jpervading .political; 'opinion..:- -. "-■ '* M**/ ? Chamberlain/ <■ in an .address, -laid the^Birmiiifham-sr "Post's" article . developed .whatj in his opinion -were ■thb mpa liiies- of tariff, reform..: Details .fetist 86--.4 milter ; forft Government explanation, and/many, were; matters ft for the'seaa and with, foreign-Powers. jft rr DANGERS OF WAR. .-',..- BRITAIN'S Ift -IJOTREPAiREDNESS.