IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2426, 15 February 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

AN IRISH WARNING. GENERAL ELECTION NEAR. Gtited Press Association. Copyright (Received Feb. 14, 4.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 13. Mr. Dillon, speaking at Belfast, affirmed, in reply to criticism represent, mg the Irish party as the Liberal party’s tail, that there was very little cause for confidence in Mr. Asquith. They all recognised that there had been a great change in the Liberal party since Sir Henry CampbellBannerman’s death, and they were waiting to see whether the Imperial Rosebervite section or the radical honest Home Rule section would prevail. Their relationship to the Liberal party was now hanging in the balance. They would know which it was going to be during the ensuing session, which would be a momentous one. lie warned Mr. Asquith that if the Liberals entered upon a policy of Imperialism and high expenditure over the Navy and put Home Rule into a back seat, tiie Irish party, would irreconcilably oppose them. Speaking at Plymouth, Mr. Pease,, chief- Liberal Whip, declared that a general election would come before many months. The issue would be the abolition of the House of Lords’ veto. He recommended the referendum v.dien the Lords and Commons are in conflict.