BRITISH POLITICS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11126, 15 November 1907, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

, PREMIER AND THE OPPOSITION. [ (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— -Copyright), [ LONDON, November 14. i Addressing agents -of tho National . Union Conservative Associations on the [ eve of the Birmingham Conference, Mr ( Ackland-Hood m a fighting, speech de- | clared that the real remedy for the dis- . tress of the unemployed was a better i market for the home products m the [ colonies and power to make terms- with the foreigner. ; , Mr' Richard Jebb. m a paper read bei fore the Colonial Institute on the sub- [ ject of "Twelve Months of Imperial Evolution," argued that the forces Tnaki-ng for an Imperial alliance between the colonies andi the Motherland are overwhelmingly stronger than those m favor of Im- , perial sovereignty. :•..._•' (Received November 15, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, November 14. Sir H. Cainpbell-Bannerman, speaking at the Cowston banquet at Liverpool, twitted Mr. Balfour with going to Birmingham to make his submission as a greater potentate went to - Carossa. He i supposed the Leader of the Opposition had at last doubts and hesi- : tation, and meant to come out as an i honest protectionist. Even if Unionists. [ won at the general election they would i be unable to carry tariff reform straight i away,, since they "had no coherent, praci tical scheme ready. It would be un- ; wise to declare their inability to carry i social reforms until freetrade was out of i the way. By including- such reforms m their general constructive programme they would best hasten its triumph, i With protection the privilege given to s one industry would be claimed by another and another until the revenue • would be forgotten m the scramble for i trade advantages. The dragon of Socials ism was not new. Property would be m i no danger if the spirit of justice and s liberty was abroad and a check placed - ori the arrogance of wealth m time. . It j would be unwise to force tariff reform m : front of the fiscal policy.