BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12861, 20 May 1905, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

THIS UNEaiPLOYED. « United Preis Aisociation.— By Electric Telegraph.^— Copyright. LonVton, «ULay 19. In tho Hduse of Convnto'tts, |Mir jKeir Eard'ie, Labour member for 'Merthyr, asked if 'Mr Balfour was aware of the proposed march on Lou'dofiii of unemployed. * "Mr Balfaur rdplitd that the arrau'genients of the H'oiuse olug'ht not to be, mudiiiud ««ie way oi- auotiher by any uxtefnul 'considjM.'iastkyns. iHc had avery ilesin* anKl ei.\(pectation that the Unerriploye-d Bill should .pass this year. Mr flafdio repliud : "Surely the Premier is aware that only force carries such a measure. Cnivnot a da to be ii.\«d for the swcoul reading ?v? v Mr I3alf(.»ur declared that not force, but reasoned, cautious jmblie opinion carries thhigs thr<ni<jh idle Hto^isc. A demonstration of force \v<<uld be inimical to the prospects of legislation in the Ht/use. (Cheers.) 31 r Hai'die cwplainoxl that he was not advocating force. The l>ulie cif Westminster, spcajUing at C'hesU'f. strongly a'pj)ealejd to the Liberal leaidors to pledge ii'hemtK'lk'es to a continuity of tjhy 'I'mlperial (policy in Stwit'h Afrii'a. aitd t«> Iduive the present TransVaal eons-tit'titioii aloiie. The Boers in that case, ho s^id, mig-ht fairly be ax-pecte'd to ]>ractically accupt it. Jn the House of Commons, '3lr !12. T. Pretyman, Finiuwial .Secretary of the Admiralty, announced that Bermuda remains a naval ba*e on a n^uced scale.