THE LIBERAL PARTY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12618, 23 March 1903, Page 5

THE LIBERAL PARTY.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMA N'S VIEWS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 20. (Received March 21, at a.m.) Sir H. Ciimpbell-Banitermaii, speaking at Leeds, ridiculed the piteous spectacle of Mr Bnlfour tearfully apologising to the publican interest for tho recent licensing legislntion. He condemned the Appalling growth' ot .tho national expenditure, .which,, ho' declared,- was 50 per cent, higher than in 1895, though none of it had been applied to old-age pensions. Home Rule had not been discarded. The Liberals were only awaiting a favourable opportunity, and were always on the side of the public interest. Hβ declared thnt thei'o was no difference between Liberalism and Labour. The Daily Telegraph (Unionjst) characterises the speech as a deliberate attempt to stir up the "have nots"against the " haves." March 21. (Recoived Mnrch 22, at 4.52 p.m.) Mr R. W. Perks, M.P. for Loiith and vice-president of the Liberal Imperialist League, in a letter to the Daily Mail, makes a reply to Sir H. CampbellBannerman's speech, at Leeds. He says that the Liberal party must choose between the Nonconformist alliance and the Irish alliance. The Nonconformists aro determined to place the reversal of the Education. Act before Home Rule. The , Liberal -pnrty must choose between two irreconcilaole policies and interests.