IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2652, 6 November 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

IRISH NATIONALIST DEMANDS. United Press Association—Copyright. (Received November 5, 9.45 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 5. At Mr. Redmond’s instance the Nationalist members of the House of Commons resolved to call upon the Government to reject the Lords’ amendments to the Irish Land Bill. The resolution adds, “That in view of the serious situation which will immediately arise if the Bill is wrecked by the action of the Lords, we appeal to the branches of the Irish National League to forthwith take steps to strengthen the organisation in order to .be prepared to promptly deal with the crisis.” The meeting resolved, though not unanimously, to abstain from participating in divisions on the Budget. Nine supported Mr. Tint Healy’s motion to vote against the Government as a protest against oppressive taxa.tion and wasteful mismanagement in Ireland.

THE BUDGET—PASSED THIRD READING.

(Received November 5. 10.15 p.m.) The Budget' Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons by 379 to 149. Sixty-five Nationalists and four Liberals abstained from voting. Messrs Bertram, Whitbread, and Maurice Healey voted against the. Bill. The debate was animated. Air. Lloyd-George’s, Lord Robert Cecil’s, and Messrs Balfour’s and Asquith’s speeches were powerful and dignified, and dealt with the main principles and prospective effects of the financial and fiscal policies of the Government and their Unionist opponents respectively. The newspapers agree that, now that this phase of the House of Common’s labor has closed, the most absorbing chapter in the history of the Bill is still before us.