Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . King Edward VII 294 HISTORY OF ENGLAND Old Age Pension Act, every man or woman over seventyyears of age who has been a British subject, and has had hisresidence in the United Kingdom for twenty years and whoseincome does not exceed twenty-five pounds, is entitled toreceive a pension of an amount which runs, according to hisor her means from one shilling to five shillings a week. In 1909, nearly seven hundredthousand persons in GreatBritain and Ireland
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . King Edward VII 294 HISTORY OF ENGLAND Old Age Pension Act, every man or woman over seventyyears of age who has been a British subject, and has had hisresidence in the United Kingdom for twenty years and whoseincome does not exceed twenty-five pounds, is entitled toreceive a pension of an amount which runs, according to hisor her means from one shilling to five shillings a week. In 1909, nearly seven hundredthousand persons in GreatBritain and Ireland were inreceipt of old age pensionsfrom the government. In 1909 a serious differencearose between the Liberalgovernment, under the. The Marquis of Salisbury premiership of Herbert HenryAsquith, and the House ofLords, over the question ofthe budget, or moneys to beprovided by Parliament forcarrying on the governmentof the country. Certain formsof taxation proposed werestrongly objected to by theLords, who maintained their right to reject the budget as awhoie, and so force an appeal to the people. This theydid, and a general election followed. The result was favour-able to the government and the House of Lords agreed tothe budget; but the constitutional question arising fromtheir action still remains unsettled. 278. Relations with foreign powers.—In 1898 the Czarof Russia issued invitations to the rulers of all civilizednations to send representatives to a Peace Conferenceto meet at The Hague. The result was an arrangementby which a permanent international Arbitration Courtwas established, the meetings of the court to be held at TheHague. No nation has as yet agreed to submit all disputeswith other nations to this
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