BRITISH POLITICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15055, 26 July 1912, Page 7

BRITISH POLITICS.

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE'S PLANS "QUESTION -IN THE LORDS. A ; NON-COMMITTAL REPLY. . SINGLE TAX BILL UNLIKELY. By Telegraph.— Association.— (Received July 25, 10.45 jj.m.) . London, July 25. In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Camper-down' (a Liberal Unionist) asked whether it was true, as had been stated, that ; Mr. LloydGeorge (Chancellor of the Exchequer) had decided to undertake a land campaign during tho coming autumn. Lord Haldane (Lord High Chancellor) made a non-committal reply. He declared that Mr. R. L. Outhwaite (the newly elected Liberal member for Hanley and an advocate of the taxation of land values) had no authority to speak for the Government. The Government, Lord Haldane said, was not likely to introduce a Single Tax Bill. , The Master of Elibank (Mr. A. W. C. Murray), in an interview yesterday, denied that Mr. Lloyd-George had at any time raised the question of his resignation with a view to an , independent campaign. - » CHANCELLOR'S LAND POLICY AGAINST "MONOPOLY AND PRIVILEGE." London, July 24. In commenting on the rumours as to dissensions in the British Cabinet, the Times compares the situation of the Liberals to that of the Unionists in 1903, when Mr. Chamberlain, with the sanction of Mr. Balfour (then Prime Minister) resigned his position in the Unionist Ministry in order to conduct his campaign in favour of preferential trade. , The question, says the Times, is whether Mr. Lloyd-George will"resign in order to try to win an election on the land policy. Mr. Lloyd-George, in a letter to Mr. Murphy, says that he hopes that his election will encourage the Government to further the task of freeing the land system from the bondage of monopoly and privilege. Sir C. S. Henry (Liberal member for Wellington, Shropshire), in speaking at Wellington, said that he regarded land taxation, as propounded by a certain group of Liberals as fantastical and unlikely to receive the support of the majority of the Liberal party. UNIONIST LAND POLICY. STATE-AIDED PURCHASES. (Eeceived July 25, 11.20 p.m.) . London, July 25. The future land policy of the ; Unionist party was outlined by Lord ; Lansdowne (Leader of the Unionists ; in the House of Lords) at a meeting j of the Rural League yesterday. , The policy favours the granting of State aid to land purchases when . the conditions and opportunities are , favourable. r Other planks of the platform are rural banks, improvement of hous- -\ ing, and effective agricultural educa- \ tion. i