IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 69, 14 November 1912, Page 2

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE BANBURY DISCUSSION

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press‘Association.) London, November •13.

The Government will allow two day r discussion of the Prime Minister’s motion to rescind Sir F. Banbury’s ,-asolution. Friday will be reserved for the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. Hence the discussion on the closure resolution, in regard to the Home Rule Bill has been postponed till Friday.

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT. In the House of Commons the Criminal Law Amendment Bill was read a third time. A number of Liberals protested that the- flogging the Bill provides for should not be inflicted on exploiters of women for a- first offence.

CRITICISING THE SITUATION. The Times’ Parliamentary correspondent says that the Government is creating a precedent in the rehabilitation of the Bill. The Unionists will take the most serious view of such a breach of Parliamentary practice. Numerous meetings of protest were held last night. Mr Austen’Chamberlain, speaking at Lambeth, compared the Government party to an overladen and overdriven horse slipping and breaking its knees. The party was beaten on Monday because it was tired of being dragged through the lobbies at stated times to chop off its opponents’ heads. Earl Selbourne, speaking at Walworth, said that the Unionists on 'Monday night hit the Government straightly and squarely between the eyes. There was a time when the Government would have resigned after such a defeat, because it was aware that the Lords could force an appeal to the electors. Non’, however, having secured themselves against the Lords and against the electors,, and gagged and muzzled their opponents in the House of Commons ,and paid £4OO a year to the • Commoners, the Government was going to ignore an adverse vote.