Mr. Chamberlain took occasion in a speech red at Wakefield yesterday to give a pretty detailed account ofthe Government programme o} isolation for the comin; ion. Ta addition to the scheme: o London Municipal Government and the introduction of national System of secondary Education, it is to include a. measure, for assisting working men to become the owners of the houses in which they live,. provisions for ensuring the health and safety of those engaged in dangerous trades, local velfgovernment for Scotland in the matter of private Bills, and possibly something in the nature of ain Old Age Pension, though that this was to be done in 1899. Mr. Asquith the Colonial Minister did not actually
had declared that the present Government would do nothing in the matter, upon which Mr. Chamberlain remarks: "The: present Government is young, it is still in full vigour and strength, and there may be surprises iv store, even for Mr. Asquith."
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