IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2761, 16 March 1910, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE BUDGET AGAIN. •United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, March 14. Both parties in Canterbury electorate offer Mr. Hemniker Heaton toi re-elect him unopposed, when the time comes, if he will reconsider liis decision to retire. In reply to Lord Hugh Cecil, the Premier said the Government could not give an undertaking, but intended to •pass the Budget before the spring recess. The intention was not contingent on anything that might happen elsewhere. A DEBATE IN THE LORDS. (Received March 15, 10 p.m.) LONDON, March 15. The House of Lords was thronged, and the Prince and Princess of Wales were present when Lord Rosebery moved that the. House go into committee on his resolutions. He contended that it was hopeless to imagine that the Government’s veto resolution, if passed in 1910, would be followed by reform of the House of Lords in 1911. The Liberals would say to Mr. Asquith—“We recognise your good intention, but do not mean to have anything to do "with that. You deprived' the House of Lords of its privilege and power in a single session of Parliament. What more do we want?” Mr. Asquith’s proposal resembled hamstringing a valuable horse and then entering it for the Derby. Lord Rosebery concluded a closely reasoned, earnest speech against the. Government’s proposal for complete domination by the House of Commons by setting up a sham, impotent second Chamber, mentioning the lessons of the French revolution and the danger of withholding concessions until too late. He was, he said, convinced that the House of Lords would rise to the height of a great occasion and earn the gratitude of unborn generations. Viscount Morley urged the House to wait and hear the Government’s proposals. Ho said that Lord Rosebery had failed to touch the emergency confronting them. What was needed was an effective means of settling differences between the two Houses. Lord Northcote approved of the re*--lutions, but considered tliat the details required careful examination. The debate was adjourned.