IMPERIAL POLITICS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14349, 15 November 1910, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

THE COMING FIGHT. . " LLOYD GEORGE AND THE LORDS Press Association —By Tel. —Copyright., LONDON, Nov. 13. j Mr Lloyd George in a message to iho Yorkshire "Observer 11 says : "Having j vainly endeavoured to employ concilia- ; tory methods we are dTiven to fight for fair play. We repudiate tile claim that sis hundred Tory Peers are born to control the dessinies of forty-bvr million of their fellow citizens ajvi trample upon the lafcier's wishes for good government. 11 MINISTER OF WAR CONCURS. Mr Haldane, speaking at Warrini'toa, said that there was only one proposition to submit to the nation naniaiy that the will of the House of Commcn# should prevail. He added that the election would come quickly. MR HAT!DIE'S OPINION. Mr ICeir Hardie blames the Government for seeking a general election when they already have a mandate from the country. IRISH PARTIES. MONEY-BEARERS WELCOMED. Mr Redmond was welcomed at Queenstown on landing from America, by a torchlight processiifii, and bonfires j were lighted on the hills in various : parts of Ireland. j Mr T. P. O'Connor, on landing at i Liverpool from America, disclaimed any intention of going back on the old t demand for Home Rule, but Ho-. Ie ' Rulers were ready to assist oiher f.?rts ] of the kingdom in obtaining a posit.-on ! analogous io that .claimed by Ire ;:i:d. The "Observer" states that Mr Red ; lnond has landed with two hundr.-d thousand dollars in his pocket for the purpose of tearing down the British Constitution wkli American money. [An interesting sketch of Mr Redmond's personality and caree ris pub- • lished on page 3.] THE O'BRIEN VIEW. Mr O'Brien, speaking at Dunga.roon, said Mr Redmond was returning witii another let of boodle which ha Lad sc.-raped together by tumbling and tightrope dancing in America. When Mr Redmond had banked the dollars, jfie cabled a recantation of devolution, and doubtless Mr O'Connor also makes \:aianoe for his Canadian speeches. Received 11.40 ap.m.. Nov. 14th. DUBLIN, Nov. 14. Ireland's welcome to Mr Redmond was unparalleled since Mr Parnell vetnrned from his American tour. Ho made numerous speeches en route from yui-i-iiM.),, ;. r-.j C. Ail torchlight procession with bands met liim at the Dublin station. Speaking to a crowd outside the United Irish League's rooms, Mr Redmond declared he would go to the British Parliament with the single purpose of endeavouring, out of the necessities of English parties, to win freedom for Ireland. Ireland never had such a ehauce as from this struggle between the forces of democracy and the anti- ' quated relic of feudalism. THE COMING ELECTION. A LABOUR. MEMBER'S VIEWS. Received 11.15 p.m., Nov. 14th. LONDON, Nov. 13. Mr Ramsay Macdonald, writing to the "Daily Chronicle," says the Labour party will insist on imposing a test on all candidates for Parliament, and place the Osborne judgment before the question of the Lords, or that of free trade. He suggests that the Government should make payment of members the subject- of a. resolution which the House of Commons alone should pass, making payment operative in the next Parliament. He declares that the country is more unsettled, suspicious and impatient than in January last; confidence is shattered, and j the people are convinced that they are the subjects of a determined conspiracy on the part of vested interests. The Veto Conference added to the perturbation. MR REDMOND'S INFLUENCE. Mr F. Smith at Brockley, ridiculed Mr Asquitli's inability to come to a decision before Mr Redmond, tile uncrowned king of political mendicants returned, with pockets bulging with American gold, to give insulting directions to the successor of Lord Chatham. THE ELECTION AND CHRISTMAS. Tlie "Chronicle," in a. leader headed " Strike now and Strike hard," urges a dissolution, the earlier the better. Ib would be bad for trade if the campaign is allowed to drag wearily until j the Christmas holidays. DISCUSSING CONDITIONS. The "Times" says a dissolution may f come in two or three weeks. The Government's policy is to ask for a guarantee for the creation of peers contingent upon the result of the election. The whole of the fighting forces of the Liberals has been aroused to a height of enthusiasm at the prospect of an immediate election. The Unionists throughout the conntry have boon warned to prepare for the election from the Ist of.December It ■.«? possible that the Government wilt accelerate the registration of voters, and the Unionists will not oppose, unless such action is linked with holding all elections on a single day.