IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3156, 28 February 1911, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE VETO BILL. .

CONDEMNED BY DUKE OF -BED- • FORD.

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LONDON, Feb. 26. The Duke of Bedford, speaking at Bedford, denounced the Veto Bill' and said that the- parties in power were the Nationalists and Laborites, fundamentally differing from each other, yet controlling the Cabinet from without. He hoped that the Lords would introduce a clause preserving double-Cha-mber government intact. Otherwise lie preferred to see the- -creation of 500 puppet peers.

PARALYSING THE LORDS TO CARRY HOME RULE.

The Hon. W. H. Long, speaking at Bristol, urged the introduction _of relentless opposition to tli© Parliament Bill, in order to -secure as an alternative a reconstruction: of the House of Lords brought closer into conformity with the needs: of the time. The Government proposed, he said, to paralyse the House of Lords in order to arbitrarily carry" Home Rule. FOREST OF DEAN ELECTION. The by-election for Forest- of Dean, Gloucester,-resulted: Webb (Liberal) 6174. Kvd 3106. 1 , [The Forest of Dean seat- was held' by th© late Sir CLarles Dilke, a Libervl."] IRRECOVERABLE ARREARS OF REVENUE. Mr Lloyd George announces- that the irrecoverable arrears of revenue through delav- in. passing the Budget amount to £BOOO.

UNIONIST AMENDMENT TO VETO

BILL. (Received Feb. 27. 10.10 p.m.i LONDON, Feb. 27. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, in to-day’s veto debate, modes an amendment in favor of reforming the House of Lords, which, while maintaining its independence, also condemns conferring .on a single Chamber all effective legislative authority without a safeguard, also the introduction of grave changes without the consent of and contrary to the will of the people-.