IMPERIAL POLITICS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14425, 22 April 1911, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

THE VETO BILL. Press Association—Bv Tel.—Copyright LONDON, April' 20. The House of Commons is engaged in committee on Clause 2 of the Veto Bill. ■ Mr Asquitli said be intended to pass this clause within a fortnight and send tho meautre to the House of Lords on May 16th. BYSTANDERS' 'OPINIONS. The "Daily Telegraph" is publishing the views of foreign statesmen on tho Veto Bill. Count Witte says that as a Conservative ho sympathises with tlie House of Lords and is truly sorry they committed the mistake of rejecting the Budget. Ur.'iess he was misinformed, the Upper Chamber had managed to burn their fingers in cold water. The House of Lords had set tlieir face against reform, whicih, however, they were now willing to accept.

A 'BY-ELECTION. The by-election for Haddingtonshire caused by the elevation of Mr Haldane to the House of Lords resulted as follows : Mr D. Hope (Liberal) 3650 Mr Blytlie (Unionist) 3184 THE ALIENS BILL. Sir George Woodman, chairman of the Aliens Board, said that while Mr Churchill's Bill was an improvement, he considered that in view of the poverty and misery in England, aliens should not be admitted at all. . He objected to wretched aliens doing the work Englishmen ought to have. THE DECLARATION OF LONDON. LONDON, April 20. : Mr Guinness, speaking in the House of Commons, said that had the Colonial Office been in closer touch with the overseas Dominions lie was of opinion that they might ,bave secured representation on international prize courts. Mr McKiimoii Wood said that re'lleetion would have shown Mr Guinness' that it was hardly likely that foreign naiions would grant Great Britain live or s.x votes at the court. THE VETO~BLLL. SOME OF THE~AMEXDMENTS. Received 10.45 p.m., Am-il ?lst London; April 21. Mr Cane's amendment, matin"clause 2 only operative after a disso° ution ensuring Home Rule, disestablishment and licensing being first ap proved by the electors, was defeated'bv 222 to 136. •> Another animated debate took place on a proposal to make the clause inoperative in the case of Bills extending the duration of Parliament. This wal rejected by 235 to 150. Mr Asquith said there were manv amendments on the order pane.-, and to save trouble he wished to "make it clear that the Government would not accept any of them. It was impossible to discriminate between constitutional and other changes Th" Govern ment want _ machinery, among other thngs, for giving effect to Hon- Rule in Ireland mndo it ridiculous to expect the Government to impose a self-denv-ing ordinance. ~ ■ Mr Balfour argued that any .second Chamber would then h~ useless It was monstrous that the Commons should make itself omnipotent. DELAY IS DANGEROUS. There is no class of ailment that a r fects the system quicker than bowel complaints, and any delay i„ trenfng diarrhoea nr colic is dangerous Ch-im berlain's Colic, Cholera and bairrli'cun" Remedy ,s Ihe only ra ,„edy .hat ~ absolutely reliable in cases of ibis kind' "iwnvs S f nmil -t is it should' always'be 'ke'ijt'in Sold everywhere. ...