Show STAND BY FREE TRADE british house of commons rejects protection proposals the british house of commons bj b a vote of to 28 declared its bostil ity to a protective tariff which had been proposed by colonial secretary chamberlain it had been suppose I 1 that the ministry would stand by mr air chamberlain and accept defeat but premier balfour in a speech in which he declared himself an out and out tree free trader but demanded that the party leave his hands untied in so 60 important a national question saved the ministry from its threatened over throw averted a political crisis and r J A hon joseph chamberla Cham beria n relieved colonial secretary chamber lain from the necessity of resigning it Is reported that the duke of devonshire at the king s wish acted as a mediator and played an important part in patching up the cabinet crisis king edward regards his coming visit to ireland as of the utmost import ance and the visit could not occur it if parliament were dissolved premier balfour took the he house by storm his speech was the most ex tra ordinary and the most vehement he has ever been known to make in his long political care career carer r so thorough ly did he carry the house with him that the chaplin amendment to the budget which declared that the repeal of ot the grain tariff would involve need less disturbance of trade was defeated by a majority of votes composed of ts liberals and irish mem bers hers the minority who supported mr chaplin s amendment were almost all the followers of the government while many others of the conservative party abstained from voting |