BRITISH POLITICS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9651, 3 January 1910, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

United Press Association By Eioe trio Telegraph-Copyright. London, December 30.

Mr McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, at Pontypool, said that four members representing Monmouthshire in the House of Commons had voted for the Budget, While three Peers residing in the countv had voted against it. Mr McKenna asked: “Will the electorates tolerate the tying of too hands of their representatives in .nls manner? They aro entitled to the Sstwordoo the subject of tax-

ation, , ~ Mr Austen Chamberlain, m his address to hla constituents in East Worcestershire, strongly protests against what he describes as a Liberal attempt to establish a regime of absolutism. MR LLO'iD GEORGE. Mr Lloyd George, speaking in support of Mr Glyn Jones’ candidature for Stepney, says “Mr Harris, the sitting member, has declared his desire to tax food. The House of Lords is on his side. On the othei hand you are pledged to tax land withheld from the use of people. To vote for Mr Harris means a new lease of power of the House cf landlords who stand in the way of all reforms (which Stepney so much needs) and who dared to usurp the right to withhold from the Crown the provision made by the people s representatives for the Government of the country and the protection of the Empire. This the Loroe have done because they were not allowed to keep off the broad backs of the class they represent a fair share of taxation at the expense of overloading the backs of the poor, who are already bent under the weight cl the burdens they now carry.” Mr,Lloyd George, speaking at the Queen’s Hall, said bad the Budget become law, great progress would have been made in land valuation,, and it would have proved that the landlords had escaped a considerable portion of their fair taxation. The Budget was rejected because trade was improving so rapidly that the cry of unemployment had been useless.

MR BALFOUR’S VIEWS. Speaking at Haddington, Mr Balfour complained of the. Government’s refusal to take steps to draw oloaer the elements and territories constituting the Empire and against its adoption of a policy which means plunging the contnry into an endless controversy about Home Rule which, if carried, would be utterly subversive of Britain’s position among the nations. In connection with Mr Goldney’s candidature, Mr Balofnr advises the Canterbury electors to return Mr Heaton. Mr Balfonr, in a letter to Mr Harry Poster regarding hia candidature at Lowestoft, says he thinks there are three replies to the Radical statement about food taxes : Ist, food is already taxed; 2nd, the proportionate contribution by the working classes will not be increased by fiscal reform ; 3rd, their employment will be increased by fiscal reform.

FORGED FEEDING. Mr Buxton, Poatmaster-Geueral, speaking at Poplar, said Mr BaLour had keen driven step by step to accept the nauseous food compulscrily given by Tariff Reiormers. Though he had resisted as ranch a possible, the orders oi [the doctors were too much for him. ECHOES OP THE CONTEST. The Earl of Crewe, speaking at Wiebeach, insisted that the elected Chamber was entitled to settle all finance, bnt, as a safeguard against hasty legislation, he favoured shorter Parliaments. The Budget was rejected because the Lords disliked it and because it gave them an opportunity to gamble for tariff reform.

Lord Northcote, speaking at Branksome, said that the Tariff, unlike the Ten Commandments or the multiplication table, is a business arrangement for securing the people’s welfare. The Unionists offer not leaseholds under corporations, but freeholds and employment—instead of insurance against unemployment. The President of the Wesleyan Conference warns pastors that their position cannot be used for party purposes and reminds them of the standing orders of the Conference forbidding the use of [churches forpolitioal purposes. Mr John Redmond, speaking at Londonderry, said that important as the Budget was, the transcendent issue of the election in Ireland was the abolition of the Lords’ veto. That implied the concession of Home Rule.

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