THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
-£>IR ROBERT STOUT INTER YIEW-
ED AT PERTH
TJnited Press Association —Copyright PERTH, Feb. 17.
Sir Robert Stout, in an interview, .said he considered the British pedple do not realise the- important constitutional question -involved in the recent elections. There might be grave trouble ahead of the Liberal party if the King had not given Mr Asquith a pledge as to what he would do, but no doubt some way would be found. Regarding the condition of English workers he paid <a tribute to Mr John Burns’ efforts to improve them. AY hat England most wanted was a crusade against the drink evil, headed by national leaders. In manufactures England still exported twice as much per capita as Geimany, and four times as much as' America, hut slackness seemed to' prevail among The -people, who were given over to amusements. He compared toe Australian (press favorably with the English. He declared the “Times” baa lost its independent tone, and become a party organ.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2739, 18 February 1910, Page 5
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166THE CHIEF JUSTICE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2739, 18 February 1910, Page 5
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