IMPERIAL POLITICS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14400, 23 March 1911, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

\Y(>MKN\S SUFFRAGE. I - j l'iv;s Association—Bv Tel—Copyright. j LONDON, March 21. Thi> Women's Social Political Union j report show;; that.- -JIKJ itirijj;or> i»i' t>* ' Mouse of Comnujus arc to su}>- j ■ pi.ri. women':-, suffrage. The stun of ! 1 hscu j'ect: vt.'d towards Uio j ' £IOO,OOO orked for tin- the campaign j 1. u ud. j The Suffragettes' anti-census eam. paign is grow-ng. They are arranging ; 1 ail night onimainnn'ius U> keen ih.*i» i a\ruy irum their imme.s. M 1 ;i>) Lo avoid ; male rig j-etuni-;. This is causing con- i s:derab!e anxiety in official circles. [ NKW ALIENS RILL. Ihe A lens Ril! to he introduced hy ; M:- Goulding, Union'st member lor i Worcester, provides for increased power* for expelling- convicted aliens. It prohibits aliens from. carrying weapons and makes admission to England harder. REFORM OF THE""LORDS. THE UNIONIST PLAN. Received 12.10 a.m., March 23rd, LONDON, March 22. Lord Selborne, speaking at Glasgow, said tho Unionists earnestly • des'rid ic- - form of tho Lords, but there were loft and right wings. Ho urged the light wing to remember that inequality in the representation of the party " was a serious evil, engendering a sense of injustice. • Moreover, without reconstruction it would bo impossible tp place the Crown outside of party politics. The Opposition intended to propose, in conjunction with two more, the following methods—Election by County Councils, qualification by office, selection by hereditary peers, and nomination by tho Prime Minister. The Unionists propose that the Lords should definitely renounce concern in finance, and that strict provision bo made against "tacking." They were ready to refer final decisions to a committee composed of an equal number of members of both Houses, the Speaker presidiug. Lord Selborne completes the outline of reforms at Edinburgh to-day. A -PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAMME. ; Received 10.40 p.m., March 22nd, LONDON, March 22. The 11 Times" states that the Government proposes a month's parlia- j mentary holiday from May 25. The Par- ' liamentary Bill will be sent to the I , Lords early in May, and the serious j debate on the Bill will take plaoe after the holiday. ASIATIC IMMIGRATION. A Blue Book is published dealing with the question of Asiatic immigration to j South Africa. The Earl of Crewe in a ! despatch of October 7thj stated that proscription by Act of Parliament of the inhabitants of other part* of the Empire was open to the gravest abjection, but the Government' fully recognised the right of a self-governing community to choose the elements of which it should be eoustituted.. Lord Crewe added that lie only asked that emigrants be not subjected to unnecessary humiliation. Lord Gladstone replied that the South African Government was anxious t'o meet the difficulty. THE IRISH PARTIES. Mr O'Brien, in a letter to the "Times" says he is deeply grateful for the spirit of conciliation shown in Sir Redmond's recent- speeches, particularly liis declaration that the Irish nation must exclude no one, whatever his race, creed or class. He begs Mr Redmond to restore complete harmony among the Nationalists by circulating such. conciliatory speeches among the United Irish Lea'gue. STORM IN A TEACUP. AN EDUCATION TEXT. Received 10.45 i>.in. a March 22nd. LONDON, March 22. In the House of Commons Mr Hoare initiated a debate on a circular issued to Divisional Inspectors and the Education Department, deprecating the appointment of ex-elementary teachers as local inspectors, suggestng that they are uncultured, imxierfectly educated and socially inferior, and claiming that inspectors should be educated at Oxford or Cambridge Universities or at public schools. Mr Runclman said he did not know of the issue of the document, which was confidential, and merely the chief inspector's ot)inion. He accused Mr Hoare of raking out waste paper baskets at Whitehall, or receiving stolon goods. Mr Balfour denounced Runciman's violence, and invited him to apologise to Mr Hoare. DECLARATION OF LONDON. MELBOURNE, March 22. The Council of the Chamber of Comi merce adopted the report of a eomimt- | tee against ratifying the Declaration of | London, or the passing hy the Brit : sh ; [ Parliament of a Bill to give effect to | j the declaration. i