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Show i j - ' V ' 1 ' ' " 7 ' ' - - ...... . . i. I ... I ... , ii;.::-:.c::cll:a l.jL! I..v:'.,.3 G;.;...s ' t'jrc crriy I:dalL:s. ' the FPeonJ reaSir. of the biuret till, Mr.' Chaplain, who was received with cheers, arose to move his nmendment! and proceeded warmly to attack the Chancellor of the Exchequer,- to w hose J inaptitude, he sail, they owed their present remarkable position. In repealing re-pealing the grain duty Mr. Chaplain said Mr. KItchie had made an irretrievable irre-trievable mistake and had precipitated a movement for which neither his party nor the country were prepared. For a moment he appeared to have prevailed over Mr. Chamberlain, but his triumph would be short-lived. Mr. Chaplain blamed the Government for yielding to Mr. Ritchie, saying the ministers had thrown away a weapon which would have helped them to carry out the new fiscal joilcy to which Mr. Balfour and Mr Chamberlain were committed. - - LOXDC.:, Jur.e 9. II e aj proach cf -e f. rst ?r!'-? r -r!' , -entary brus'i 5 t.-.e f., - tio. i otect.oa fipht fill.5 1 ''Tt H th" House of Commons ! I.f jre facing the sit- - it..n, w h must larrely flace them '-t the mercy of the Liberal and Irish votes, the memfc.'-i'd cf the Govern-t Govern-t em attended an important 'Cabinet i..f-Hir , Uenry Cr.ai iain, M. P., former presl-f. presl-f. -i t c ti e board cf agriculture, and t"1?- ir.alcor.tent Unionists were actively p. aped early in the day in and around we.trn!r- r in rallying the supporters f Mr. C! apl..irt'a amendment ta the buirret t':t, which declares that the 1 removal of tax on grain "Involves a r.eer'Iess end injurious disturbance of tra : en i a serious lo?s cf revenue, without substantial relief for the con-r con-r turner, and that if any taxes are re- moved it should be those levied on tea I and other articles of general consump-tion. consump-tion. Before the debate opened Premier Balfour ascertained from John Redmond, Red-mond, the Irish leader, that the Na- tior.alist members of Parliament would support the Government, as against Mr. Chaplain.. The Liberal leader, - Sir, lletjry Campbell-Banherman, has already al-ready announced that his party would also uphold," the proposal of Chancellor Of .the I.xchequer Ritchie to remit the grain tax. This practically insured the Government from possible defeat at the hands of its own supporters. Vr, BltcMe. having formally moved |