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THE PREMIER’S REPLY.
LABOR PROTEST AGAINST NAVAL EXPENDITURE. (Received Feb. 17, 11.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 17. Mr. Asquith said that affairs in Persia were exceedingly unsatisfactory, and there would be no prospect of improvement until the Shah kept his promise. The Government would not make a loan or otherwise support the Shah while he continued his present policy. Mr. Asquith promised an inquiry into the granting of. old age pensions in Ireland. He did not desire to palliate or minimise the deplorable state of things in certain districts, but the facts had not proved that the administration was weak. The question of finance would largely occupy the House. They could not indulge in the luxury of social reform .without paying for it. Money would have--to be found by methods and from sources consistent with justice and pound policy.
Mr. A. Henderson (Labor) protested Against the proposed increased expenditure on the navy. Sir Edward Grey, replying to a question, said that the Govor uncut would not take the responsibility of dictating a constitution to the Shah, and said that the representations made on the subject had been of a general character.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2429, 18 February 1909, Page 5
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192CABLE NEWS Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2429, 18 February 1909, Page 5
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