IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2576, 10 August 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

rLILABLE'NEWS. ’

THE FINANCE BILL. 1 ; i.~. »...»j ... !j ♦« SOME TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

United Pkess Association—Copyright LONDON, August 8. The Government has announced several technical amendments in the Finance Bill affecting land.

THE BUDGET AND THE LORDS.

AN IMPENDING STRUGGLE-TWO OMINOUS SPEECHES.

(Received August 9, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 9,

■ Mr. Winston Churchill,, speaking .at, Saltburn, said that the Budget; was winning its way because the House of Lords was- not entitled to touch questions affecting public money; secondly, because the Government was in earnest, and also it was a necessity. \ The Budget was fair to all classes, and tariff reform was not the alternative, inasmuch as 10’per"cent, on foreign goods would yield only six out of 16 million required after the necessary reductions had been made, and the rest would only he obtainable by-, taxing food. . .... ’Tj""- ]''■ The Duke of Devonshire,! spbaking at Egbaston, said that the’ House of ■Lords would be fully justified in taking every precaution for seeing how Tar'the ■Finance Bill dealt- with finance, and how far it entered into the rather sketchy realms of future legislation. Before proposals so vast as ;those contained in the Finance Bill'w'ere forced upon the country the latter ought to have an opportunity of expressing' its opinion. ' .

SPEECH BY LORD LANSDOWNE. DEMAND FOR A GENERAL ELECTION. (Received August 10, 12.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 9. The Marquis of Lansdowne, speaking to the Bowood Park Liberals, told .them that any measure, no matter how violent or little discusssed, should he passed over the heads of the House of Lords if it had been sent up to them ;twice or thrice. The Lords’ scheme was much more moderate. They reIcognised that the people’s will must iprevail in the end, but demanded that jthe people should he given full and Sufficient opportunity of expressing itheir will with full and sufficient knowledge of tlio subpect. He added: |“We are ready to try conclusions on 'that isssue.„ I do not believe that the people will ever deprive themselves of ’the right of' saying the last word on ‘questions of great national importance and whether the great struggle not far distant, turns upon finance, or tariff reform, or the ‘House of Lords, we are ready to meet our adversaries and accept the verdict of the people.