THE POLITICAL CRISIS AT HOME

New Zealand Tablet, 9 December 1909, Page 1944

THE POLITICAL CRISIS AT HOME

thuMi^reated is... one— of— the— most— serious -that - has— arisen. - in United 'King3om for very many years." Trhe~fmau~"" cialsproposals of the Government, if carrihdji mffia most radical alteration in the incidensggiß^axa^]pTi.|jj Thejppposition -forced the Government to increase tne v naval pr&njjinime, but when it came to a question" tif *tSi'si*ilg"the'" J: m<py for the provi'ding^of^the * e^tra^jDreadncnjghi^s |tlae«'-( CoggSrvatives were ndH so/ enimiSsi^sticCabojJt^jjpnir^iti^eC^ tlie=»necessary taxation as they were in creating a naval scsfiep Taxaifcian oHyWeaHblfpTlSnajJSiid^fq^grMWai t^H] marol| source f Jjjmq mhi'ch^re-KeiiUß? wasr )to',(f ber xaJisedi .under, .. , thafifeejected Budget* /vAWwsas-^atedi some time ago tnattne finfeial propb'sils^Fttie-' GoVefnmenf : wb\ild^ iffc^easg l tla^' X cofftegibution of Ireland to the Imperial Exchequer by at leajfejl^two millions per annwm^nqtjfacpenny^pfjjwMch jwould-<-be^ij|iit in that country^ /Tjh^lri^^niver^tt^^Ac^|taria^ I --' tojphe credit of the Gox^nn)erit r / > also^aii^lns3r w L ! ana--:A'eii.^ Tl^^atter, however, haaisoJfie'J^fJifis c lmostf J .silslgMHcJaußis I fi imn^red in its passage through, the House of Lordsg{jip.-}J|-] |,^n Thursday of last week Mr. Asquith moved in the H(pl§ of Commons; ( That the action of the •HStfs£<JJPLof-<Jsi inSivKfusing to pass iritoTjla,'wr*kQ]rfinancial proyisipnj rmade „ by&e House of Comr^rf^tW^er^v'lfet 6tiiVf^^ Qi a ffiKach of th'e^t36risl;lt^*r6nCaiidi.a I Jusurpatio*noo£)£thg r^ghts^ of i^e House f of |vCoji)jegrons.LTj 'jjjo n^uo-nli soivTafj rioioe)?, a comiiaratively short debate, the motion* was t carried by 349 votes to 234. In, the course of his §p l e#dhy iw the^l^rime Minister said that for the first v time in the hip^g-y of the grant the ways and means^i©r-^trp-ply**^nffas» seitsiiifces for the year had been intercepted and nullified by a Ijocly admittedly having n'o"||pwirf to d^injslir'a sisrgle|taX| > " or^^ substitute an alternjt^r^. |Amid a st.ormlof|^bßral| an^lLabor cheers, Mr. Asqui^U^Temaidced wiajb^th^P Hojasel-. wd^Ula be unworthy of its past if it allowed another day tofe&ass withoirfe making it^elea'r 'thati it -did^notj meanij to,. brgflS the^giiatlstSnaig-niby^and ,tHe^^ost^r^lMt^ligfpy tidlt^o which in the past two centuries they had been asKed to s .^HjJaid^tr£ss-oa4%e^cjonfusio^^mi>arr^ loss c^r^^i^ej^y^j^^^ suit from' %)ie'* LbYcll'^^c'tiSn I " Wd' Ishe v conse^uent ~n ecessifc'y— s for-restoring-the-borrowing~powers-confer.red-by—the-A.pprjo=_^ priation Act. Mr. Asquith expressed hp.ge ij^iab later f _^ on the ultimate irrecoverable loßsUfcoll&hjf Staj^j|s®oHl3l,rigfc^ be very great. He scouted the suggestion that the House of Commons should stoop to the. humiliation ' of presenting an amended Budget with the Lords' criticTsmTandt salnctionqj; He contended that only QJi e . i p o i^ e i,» was open without breaking the law or sacrificing ii principle, and that was to advi^,4'a^ |h^Go^rnmen'6^fes^|[Vi|e"'o!j 1 4 ? t%^ Crown to dissolVe^Papliament s^t^the eadi^^-ppsiibJlj^mo- 1^ ment. His Majesty had been graciously^pleased. to accept that advice. Mr. Asquith continued that if the Government was returned to power its first duty would be to reimpose all the taxes and<3iujfcies recently vote^ 5 . «»»». , party will involve the degradation of the House of Commons, the aggrandisemenUofi^th^Jior^s,. ajicl -a, retumvio.,. Protection with its inevi^ableltaxes^n ."th J e sX^Ke/orfoßa. 0^ The electors have to dejSS^S^tl^^fey^SVd^i^^o^affly themselves or to be govern^d^l^ alfe%^h\indredliiheredr%aaiyU r Peers, who have thrown the Constitution into the meltingpot in order to shift the burden from wealth, land, and liquor on to food^nggsosgarifis* ,a gFew-'WP SBS* -^ fs * & JSi^m Here is the^pdsrtionja'f, ijre^tot of parti|s§^tlVl^tist^r^tl — EnglaQd^342, §1, 301 tofel#l3. i, Ospo-sition-^^Eftgland'^gS, 5 Sporfcland^flffeWMef^ Otj^ total,, .153. . . irish-JSTaiionaliatsrrzlrelan^&S, England 1 ; t culated by the Unionists a dissolution will producenttle |cliange. They expect that Scotland may return three more |to their side, and that Wales-ogaaj: return, two^jr^ssumitig, , and th^|^Cl?ll®ffi;sTOor^s^qg fM|^s©ai|four c^ 1 ffiold on, the Unionists would begin with o5 followers. Afn» ssuming, againyssthaiad^ isathe smallest wqrkiiig> majority %0 pvhich the Government can be carried # ojx, jiinglaiid, ffhiifc ?at present is represented by only 123 Unionists, will have Ito return 320, or fn^fcrpstibf l^Zf I~S T* I The official diffeolu=doh^has been^fixea for January 8, fend writs are to be issued the same day. The earliest pollanfi in boroughs is to be "on January 13.

The Hospital coUiotionir^w e-Rw'^^ 11 '!'^? 8 * *i§?^4 ]r #4|J'f\l realised the sum of the amount received last year. .The annual spiritual retreat for JLadies-r.Tfallr.beciii pm .Maadass^e^eaiHe, January 3, at the ConvehV oi'We^aSiW |Heart, Island Bay, Wellington. The retreat will be Spreached by the Rev. EMheiysMtSOtDjtinjOSf^sJeoT .-'Si- c \& k The proprietor of the Unique Millinery Store, Lower street, Dunedin, has decided +0 . ,g) Xft., SDTTVft. .YgJuqJiIfL, 1 presents to customers during the current month. Particulars will be found on page 1954 of this issue....