Opposition Jeremiad.
BID FOR THE IRISH Y'.TI.
Per I'nited Press Association. By Electric Telegraph— Copyright
LONDON', March' 2<>
Sic If. Campbell-Bannernian, speaking nt Leeds, ridiculed the piteous spectacle of the Hon. A. .1. Ilalfour toai-full.v apologising to the publican interest for the recent licensing lcgislutiun. JU» condemned the appalling growth of national expenditure which, lie declared, was f>O per cunt, higher than in my.'>. though not applied to old age pensions. Home Rule had not been discarded by the Liberals, who were only awaiting a favourable opportunity. The Liberals were always on the side of public iifterest. He declared there was no dilTerence between Liberalism and Labour. The l>;iilv Telegraph characterises Hie speech as a deliberate attempt to stir up the Have-nots against the Haves. WHICH HI)HN ? LONDON. March 21. Received 122 nd, .">. 1 p.m. Mr R. W. Perks. M.P., and Vicepresident of the Liberal Imperialist League, in a letter to the Daily Mail in reply to Sir 11. (..'. Bannerman's speech at Leeds, says the Liberal party must, choose between a nonconformist alliance and an Irish aN liance, and as the non-conformists are determined to place the reversal of the F.ducation Act. before Home Rule the Liberal [tarty must choose between two irreconcilable policies and interest.
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Southland Times, Issue 19002, 23 March 1903, Page 2
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