LLOYD GEORGE EVANGEL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8183, 26 July 1912, Page 7

LLOYD GEORGE EVANGEL

FREE THE LAND WILL HE DARE AN ELECTION ON NEW POLICY? By Telegraph—Preis Association—Copy rich! LONDON, July 24. “ The Times ” compares the situation of the Liberals to that of the Unionists in 190 b, when Mr Joseph Chamberlain resigned from the Ministry in order to conduct a campaign of the country with Mr Balfour's sanction. “The question is,” says “Mne Times,” ‘‘ whether —*.r Lloyd George will resign in order to try to win an election on his land policy.” Mr Lloyd George, in a letter to a correspondent, says he hopes that an election will encourage the Government to further the task of freeing the land from the present system of bondage, monopoly, and privilege. Sir Charles Henry, Liberal M.P. for Wellington Division of Shropshire, and a proprietor of the “ Westminster Gazette,” regards the land taxation propounded by a certain group of Liberals as fantastical, and unlikely to receive the support of the majority.

LIBERAL LEADERS RETICENT, (Received July 25, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, July 25.

In the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor, Lord Haldane, gave a noncommittal reply to a question by the Earl of Camperdown as to whether Mr Lloyd George would undertake' a land campaign in the autumn. Lord Haldane declared that Mr Outhwaite Had no authority to speak for the Government, and the latter was not likely to introduce a single tax measure. The Master of Elibank, Chief Liberal Whip, in an interview, denied that Mr Lloyd George at any time raised the question of his resignation with a view of undertaking an independent campaign. UNIONIST LAND POLICY. STATE-AIDED PURCHASE. LONDON, July 25.

Lord Lansdowne, speaking at a meeting of the Rural League, outlined the Unionists’ future land policy. He favoured Sfate-aided land purchase when conditions and opportunities were favourable, and advocated the establishment of rural banks, the improvement of housing, and effective agricultural education.