The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-02
Ba|tOur'S Policy In the Gam paign Is Receiving Gen.
 eraI Criticism
IJNIONIST PARTY SPLIT
 BY BALFOUR'S TACTICS
Ss, Unionist Leader to submit Tariff
 Question 10 Referendum nt This Time

LOnuOr, December 1.-There is possl- hIlty of an unlooked-for result in the att tempt of A. J. Balfour, opposition leader tn remove tariff reform from the imme- diate field of politics The question looms larger than ever in the campaign tonight SD much so that MT. Balfour himself, in speech at Reading, was fain to ex- plain that his party had not altered it's views on this subject and that tariff re- form was still chief plank in the party's constructive policies, but he explained that the unionists needed to obtain the formal and explicit consent of the people thereto. The policy of referendum, he said was consistent With the true ideal of popular government.
 The fact is that MT. Bafour's pro nouncement on November 29, that he was willing to submit tariff reform to refer endum has rather sundered than knit his party and supplied the liberals with an- other effective argument against tariff re- form, namely. that MT. Balfour has been compelled to sidetrack it.
 The interest in the speeches tonight centered in Premier Asquith's reply to the opposition leader. This was delivered at a great meeting at Wolverhampton. The premier said:
 "yVe are living in times of rapid move nient when it Is a relief to wake any morning and not find some fresh part o< the constitution reconstructed.
 FaIfour's Tactics
 He described MT. Balfour's turn about facen on the questions of reform of the house of lords and tarih reform as uniaue-almost indecent. He said that he could not imagine a greater caricature Of the referendum than put ting a few abstract questions to the ,an1,e without concrete embodiment of their proposals. If any one but a
 fs@- ana responsible statesman had ,nntemplatei such scheme he would be called madman.
 After a study of the working of the referendum in foreign countries, the premier continued, he had arrived al inc conclusion that it had proved a. most unsatisfactory and disappointing method of ascertaining public opinlon'
 Winston Spencer Churchill, home sec retaly. displays untiring energy lie ad- dressed several Teetings at Dupaes tonight and will deliver two speeches at Cheshire tomorrow. From there ne ,,ill ro hv snecial train to Grimsby, where he will speak at midnight, re- nlving to a speech which MT. Balfour will make earlier in the evening. Tn order to ascertain the nature of MT Balfour's address special relays Of mo for cars will convey verbatim report of this to the home secretary at Shel- deld, enabling him to study the address on the train After his speech at Grimsby MT. Churchill will return to Manchester, where he will speak Sat urday afternoon. He will go from there 2 to Chester for another liberal demon stration Saturday night-a heavy "A hour programme The home secretary !, ial detectives against suffrage attentions.
 Plan of Unionists
 Sneaking at Manchester Andrew Bonar Law. unionist member for Dull wich division of Camberwell, refused "to eat my words," adding that if the unionists obtained an adequate major itv at the polls they would be bound to enact tariff reform measure.
 The first members returned to the new parliament will be unionists In many constituencies nominations will be made tomorrow and in at least nine instances there will be no contests, These include the city of London seats and those held hv Joseph Chamberlain and Jesse Col lings of Birmingham and George Wynd- ham of Dover.
 The weather for the campaign scarcely could be worse. Out of door meetings, planned at many places, necessarily have
 
 canvassng, however, continues and there ,e no let up in the usual indoor demon strations.
 The leaders are keeping hard at it. Home Secretary Churchill Is leading the van of the government forces, addressing two or three meetings every evening, besioes making brief speeches during the day while travelling from one end of the coun- try to the other. Frederick F. Smith, 8 barrister and writer on international law, unicnist member for the Walton division of Liverpool is running a good second to the secretary, while Chancellor Lloyd Ceorge, John Burns and other effective sneakers from both sides are keeping busy.
 I.ord Lansdowne is showing great en- prgv in support of his proposals for the reform of the house of lords Today he addressed big meeting at Portsmouth In the interest of Lord Beresford, whose seat in Portsmouth is seriously threat ened by the liberals. Sir Edward Grey has arranged to reply to Lansdowne
 The weather has incapacFated many candidates and speakers, among the number being Louis Harcourt secretary of state for the colonies, and Reginald McBenna, first lord of the admiralty
 The women. as usual In England, are taking a prominent part in the campaign and residents of the east end, where the working class communities live are fre- ouently diverted by the appearance of motor cars filled with fur-clad women.
 Sailor Will Be Tried
 Cherbourg December 1.-The American hI,,a jaolxat who is charged with killing