THE BELGIAN TROUBLE.
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. LONDON, April 22. The House of Ck>mmou& -passed the increase in the income tax by 290 to 61. Some of tho Unionists confe^ed that the grain duty had strained their loyalty. Sir M. Hicks-Beach replied that even if peace came soon — concerning which nothing could be more premature than the rumours published by the newspapers — : all taxation and loan money would fctill be wanted, as the increasing normal expenditure required increased indirect taxation. The Cobden Club have i^ued a manifesto in which the duties on grain and flour are made the text of an attack on the Government policy. It 1-. argued that the duties are 2quivalen.t to £'4,000,000 wrested from the consumer. April 23. Ihe corn trade members of the London Chamber of Commerce have resolved that the true ratio of duty should be 3d for wheat, 4d for flour, and 2d for offaK In the Hou^e of Commons the corn and flour duties were carried by L'K5 i-> 197. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, agreed to the duty on ofl.il-, being 3d.
BRUSSELS, April 20. The Belgian strike has entirely fizzled out, aud work has been resumed. The result is owing to the Government'^-firm-ness and the lack of strike fund*.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2511, 30 April 1902, Page 24
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