20 FEBRUARY 1909, page 2

Mr. Redmond During The Debate Declared That The...

quite independent of the Liberal Party, and would take Home-rule from any Government that would grant it. He asked whether the amendment mentioning Ireland was an invitation to......

On Thursday Mr. Austen Chamberlain Moved A Fiscal...

that the House viewed with anxiety the state of trade and employment, and the failure of the Government to recognise the gravity of the situation. The amendment also complained......

Mr. Asquith In His Reply Began With The Persian Question,

describing the situation as "exceedingly unsatisfactory." The Government believed there would be no prospect of improve- ment until the Shah kept his promise and established......

Mr. Burns, Whose Speech Provoked The Loud Disapproval Of The

Labour Members, pointed out that there was little sense in the arrangement by which men out of work were kept waiting for hours on the Embankment for shelter-tickets. The law......

The Second Half Of The Speech Contained An Allusion, Most

unusual in form, to the serious nature of the coming Budget :— " Owing to various causes, including the new provision which' was made last year for old age, and an increase......

Mr. Balfour, Speaking On The Address In The Commons,...

the country on the fact that foreign politics were no longer a party question, but he doubted whetler the thrusting of a Western Constitution on Persia would have good results,......

On Wednesday Mr. Barnes, On Behalf Of The Labour Party,

proposed an amendment to the Address on un- employment. He pointed to the nightly scenes of misery on• the Embankment, and declared that all the Government measures dealt with......

Lord Robert Cecil Explained His Position. After...

that some supporters of the Unionist Party in the country represented Tariff Reform as meaning work for all—. a promise which must have disastrous results—he declared that,......

In The House Of Lords On Thursday The Subject Of

debate was the condition of Ireland. Lord Dunravon, who spoke of the terrible consequences of the policy which the Government were pursuing, declared that much of the......