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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14221, 18 November 1909, Page 5

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LORDS AND THE BUDGET.

VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE.

"A REVOLUTIONARY ACT."

By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright (Received November 17. 11 p.m.)

London, November 17. In the House of Lords to-day the. Marquis of Lansdowne (Leader of the Opposition) gave notice of the following amendment on the forthcoming motion Or the second reading of the Budget :—

" That the House is not justified in giving its consent to the Bill until it has been submitted to the judgment of the country."

The Daily Chronicle declares that the decision of the Lords to destroy the Budget is war on representative principles, a revolutionary act, and will have revolutionary consequences.

Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C., Liberal member for Reading, in. a speech last night, said that the rejection by the Lords of the Budget would cause serious financial chaos.

Nevertheless, the Government would not seek party advantage, but would strive to the utmost to meet the situation.

feIURCHILL ON THE LORDS. WHY SHOULD THEY RULE? (Received November 17, 11 p.m.) London, November 17. Mr. Winston Churchill has accepted an invitation of the Lancashire and Cheshire Liberal Federation to speak in December. Mr. Churchill has issued a column manifesto against tariff reform in relation to Lancashire industries. Referring to the Lords, he asks, " Why should a small cluster of titled persons be set up to rule all the rest of us? If the Lords establish the right of control of finance, they will hinder all Liberal legislation and allow the Conservatives' protection, conscription, and coercion schemes of war and conquest to pass unchallenged."

THE SOCIALIST THEORY.

A BANKER'S INTERPRETATION London, November 16. Mr. W. Horn, of the Bank of Adelaide, in a letter. to the Standard, enclosing 100 guineas for the Unionist workingman candidates' fund, says that apparently the Socialist theory is that nobody is entitled to anything except the man who has not got it. Possibly, soon in England it will be held criminal to own anything except a vote, and not even that unless pledged' to the Socialist party. TWO BY-ELECTIONS. LORD C. BERESFORD TO STAND London, November 16. The Unionists at Portsmouth are inviting Lord Charles Beresford to contest the by-election following the death of "Sir John Baker. The death is announced of Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland, Conservative member for the Uxbridge division of Middlesex. Sir R. W." Perks, Liberal member for Louth, declines to reconsider his decision not to stand at the general election, owing to his objection to the Budget proposals. (Received November 17, 11 pm.) " * " London, November 17. Lord Charles Beresford has accepted the invitation to stand for Portsmouth: ■-'.■ The Conservative Unionist organisation gave him a unanimous invitation to contest the vacancy. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford has had 13 years' Parliamentary experience, having represented Waterford in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1880. the east, division of Marylebone from 1885 to 1889, and York from 1897 to 1900. A LIVELY MEETING. HARVEST FOR PICKPOCKETS. London, November 16. Mr. Alexander Ure (SolicitorGeneral for Scotland) addressed a meeting at Walford last night. There were many interruptions and ejections, and he was unable to speak for half-an-hour. London pickpockets were present in . large numbers, expecting disorder, and they secured a harvest of watches and money. The police arrested 14. MR. BALFOUR'S SPEECHES. "* ______ * GREAT RUSH FOR SEATS. (Received November 17. 11 p.m.) London, November 17 Forty thousand applications have been made for 5000 seats in the Free Trade Hall to hear Mr. Balfour give an address at Manchester to-night.