Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
TARIFF PROPOSALS.
Chamberlain's Scheme Is At
 tackled In Parliament
NO CHANCE IN FREE TRADE POLICY.
Chancellor of Excheauer Repudiates Trade Scheme-UmIonfsts Vic With Liberals En Wanting nm Out
 and Out Free Trade.

and Out Free Trade.
 LONDON, June 1O.-All the mem- bers of the government who contrib ] uted to the debate on the colonial sec retary's tariff proposals vigorously de- clared themselves as free traders and frankly opposed MT. Chamberlain's proposals. Except for MT. Chaplin, not voice on either side of the house was raised in effective support of MT. Chamberlain's campaign.
 Former members of cabinets and pri- vate members, irrespective of party, protested against any dickering with Great Britain's fiscal policy. The Un- ionists vied with the Liberals in de- claring themselves out and out free traders.
 All that was lacking in the complete rout of the protectionist cabinet min fster was MT. Balfours official pro- nouncement as premier and on behalf of the government that the cabinet as a whole refused to adopt MT. Chamber lain's views. Both the pronouncement and the premier were absent from the debate because, according to report, MT. Balfour was spending the evening endeavoring to persuade the colonial secretary to remain in the cabinet not withstanding his differences with his colleagues.
 The debate was adjourned amid a sensation. Chancellor of the Excheq- uer Ritchfe said he hoped MT. Balfour would be able to give the house today q definite statement on behalf of the entire cabinet, though he could not promise it.
 Upon the resumption of the debate MT. Chaplin's amendment to the budget bill which is the cause of this sensa- tional political crisis, will be taken up. Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman will demand the right of the Liberals to know the premier's attitude toward free trade before they support him in the repeal of the corn tax. MT. Bal four will reply, and MT. Chamberlain is also expected to speak. There are many members who believe that Pre- mier Balfour will also resign and that dissolution of the house is involved, The crisis will be arrived at by MT. Chamberlain's resignation or by an open declaration that he Is willing to drop for the present his preferential tariff proposals.
 MT. Chaplin's amendment was scarce ly made before 1t became secondary consideration. It's defeat was assured. The fight, if such an undefended strug- gle could be so described, ragged around MT. Chamberlain. "Oil and vitrioI' is the only adequate description of Sir Michael Hicks Beach's speech, which started the revolt. Amid intense st. lence this famous Tory ex-minister ex- tolled the colonial secretary's virtues and damned his programme. s.Black Michael" as he is familiarly called, was never seen to better advantage. The ministers sat with troubled faces, MT. Balfour looking especially deject- ed. MT. Chamberlain, deserting his usual place, paler even than usual. stretched himself nonchalently at the end of the treasury bench. Through out the afternoon he never exchanged 8 word with his colleagues. After MT. Ritchie had renounced the colonial sec retary's ideas MT. Chamberlain stalked out Of the chamber without even a nod to Mir. Balfour.
 Rumors that MT. Chamberlain had resigned was the startling climax of the debate on the corn tax which kept the house of commons packed and spellbound until past midnight. No confirmation of the reports was ob- tainable, but the events Of day big in political history showed that, wheth- CT the colonial secretary remained in the cabinet or not, his tariff pro- gramme was .hopelessly beaten and his political influence eclipsed, at least temporarily.