CHINESE LABOR.
THE DEBATE IX THE COMMONS. MR. ASQUITH'S REPLY. London, March 24. The Acting-Premier, Mr. H. H. As(juitli, replying to Mr. Lyttclton, reproved him for using language calculated to add to the Transvaal's difficulties of self-government. His pledge had been fulfilled in the letter and the spirit. In
his speech made in 1900 he undertook to defeat any attempt to establish the permanence of Chinese labor. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. A. ,J. Balfour, in a trenchant reply, while emphasising the violation of pledges, accepted the declaration that the speech meant something it did not contain. He invited Mr. Asquith to produce the correspondence with the Transvaal relating to the assent to the enactment "of fhe ordinance. The debate was ultimately closed by the Consolidated Revenue Bill beiug rend a second time.
The Standard states that Mr. Lyttclton accidentally discovered that assent had been given to the re-enactment while be was examining Transvaal official records.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 82, 26 March 1908, Page 2
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