BRITISH POLITICS

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11968, 22 June 1907, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS

London, June 20. In the House of Commons, Mr Haldane's Army Bill, providing for the territorial force, was read a third time by 386 to 63* The minority were chiefly from the Labor and Irish Parties. The Welsh Congregational Union, representing 400,000 people., demands prompt church disestablishment in Wales, upon -which, they declare, depends the continued allegiance of Wales to the Liberal Ministry. THE HOUSE OP LORDS. Received, June 21, 11.5 p.m. London, June 21. In the House of doirimons, Lord Robert Cecil blocked the resolution dealing with the House of Lords by introducing a Bill on the same subject. Sir H. C. Banneiman threatens to counter Lord Cecil's inovo by a special vote exempting his resolution from the operation of the ordinary rule* THE IRISH PARTS?, Received June 21, 11.5 p.m. London, June 2i. A meeting of the National Directory of the Unffiad Irish i League, Mr John Redmond presiding, adopted the National Convention's decision and summoned tho people to inaugurate a great and virile movement to win full national self-government. It also appioved of Mr Redmond's decision to withdraw tbe Nationalist party's general sup- ', port from the Government*