| Show london may 18 by a majority of 55 premier balfour today defeated an attempt to upset the government fiscal question an interesting debate took place resulting in the prem lera reiterated determination to shelve the question of fiscal reform until the next i parliament the motion at which the question came up was made by alexander wi baick member freni scotland an advanced liberal welcoming the ministerial declarations that protective taxation of tood would be bur to the pe the empire in purpose the motion was intended to censure mr chamber lain and the latter total would have split up the unionist party and possibly would have resulted in the defeat of the government mr Bal tours own amendment to shelve the question left a middle course open to the members 0 the unionist party and although the amendment wa put the house accomplished the defeat ot mr blades indirect censure on the ground that it was not now necessary to desausa the fiscal question the premier stuck to his policy as outlined in his recent sheffield speech twenty one unionist free traders voted against the government but more than double that number would have done so but for mr Bal tours intervention between mr chamberlain and alg opponents the net result of the debate which crowded the house of commons to a greater extent than has been in the session la that all parties stand aa they were mr hicks beech and bis followers refused to vote with wenston church jnell lord george hamilton hugh C rell and other unionist free traders mr balbour Bal tour in the course of debate lord hugh cecil in scathing satire denounced the policy of his cousin the premier mr machael Ml chael hacks beech announced that he would not support sir blacks motion then mr chamberlain reiterated that he does not wish to raise the fiscal question in the house ho said he government and would continue to do so he hoped that the premier would take his own time to carry out bla policy mr balfour said his sheffield speech represented the advice he would have asked tomorrow to give an election address may IS the last trial 0 persons connected wl ht the jewish alota was concluded before the court 0 appeals today Goor gotz and raden koff were deprived of their clell rights and sentenced to eight months imprisonment for disturbance of the peace and were sentenced to a years solitary confinement tor attempted homicide ana koff were condemned to ove years penal servitude for murder |
