The British Elections.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 21, Issue 90, 6 December 1910, Page 5

The British Elections.

AMERICAN FINANCIAL HELP. MR BALFOUR AND MR CHURCHILL. Ngw York, Dec. 3. The American United Irish League will send £2OOO to aid the National" ists' fight in Britain. Subscriptions are arriving from everywhere in the United States. London, Dec. 8. Mr Austen Chamberlain, speaking at Dar'ingtoc, declared that if a Unionist Government were in power they would frame a tariff reform, and if the electors disliked it and said " no," it would be the signal for his retirement from the Government. London, Dec. 8. Mr Balfour addressed 10,000 people at Grimsby on behalf of Sir George Doughty. He said men of moderate opinions were coniiDg over to the Conservatives. If the Liberals' proposals were carried the time when the House of Commons was a plase for debate would be gone for ever. The Government meant to give a one chamber rule and that chamber working the gag. The actions of the House of Commons under the group system might not in the lea3t represent the people's settled will. Mr Winston Churchill, who had spoken at Cheshire earlier, took a special train to Grimsby and spoke till midnight. Relays of motor cars carried fragments of Mr Balfouc's speech, and enabled Mr Churchill to reply. He said that if the Lords' re- ; , forms were supported they would create a new heaven and a new earth and very likely a new something else. The> would also be thoroughly democratic, thoroughly imparl ial, and thoroughly Tory. TOTALS TO DATE. London, Dec. 3. So far the party returns are as follow : Government supporters: England 47, Scotland 4, Wales 5. Ireland: Redmondites 5. Unionists: England 58, Ireland 4. A MESSAGE FROM MR ASQUITH London, Dec. 5. In a message to the London electors Mr Asquith asked them to give all England a lead. He added that the vital principle of representative government was at stake, and he called upon them to establish it beyond j all possibility of future assaults.