IF THE LORDS REJECT VETO BILL?

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 5

IF THE LORDS REJECT VETO BILL?

■ WHAT WOULD MINISTRY DO? ■ ME. ASQUITH ! WILL. "WAIT, AND' . <:'■';:'■'■ i> : ■■see.". '•':■.•: ,;;-■, v- ■' -v . .January-22, l'a.m.) 'V ; ■■,'.' ; :-Y "■■':' : '.'"' London, January.2l. ' . An elector . at, -Auchtermuchry asked whether Mr. Asquith would say w h a t ho was prepared- to-do.in the event of tho House of Lords; rejecting the Bill-limit-" ing its veto.., : :.. '.■'>-■■';•■ -.■ ■-;>: . ■■:■■ .■• Mr -' Asquith ::"Nd. ■'I-Tfjll not'' ''Wβ will wait and see." ; ■~ ■"■."'''■' v^,-.;

HOW MR. ASQIiITH WOULD BEND V ..: . .■■THE. LORDS;-,- :/..- , ; -:C ,'■, HIS PEEDECESisOE'S; PLAN/.:•"'.. V- --■■■ "limiting; the Lords' veto/to-.tlie time •of a single, Parliamene^,'. (vide to-- &*? M rep ° I r , t Of Prim ° W"i* ; |. or s speech) would .appear to mean that ll J s House of Commohsand is, rejected by the House of Lords shaU-not; veto the same Ml if it is.passed.-by the House of Commons ifthefoUowing Parliament : • £ , th ! s - ls Mr - AsquithV plan, it is quite .different the priposals : -of: th? ■ late Liberal Prime --Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Barinerman,:- whose'formula was: that "within the liriit of a single ■ -Parliament: the • final ■ decision-. -of the- commons'shall prevail." 'To- rive effect to.this,; Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-nerman -proposed : the : following method • I (1) - First rejection by; Lords of the Com-'. I nions '.Bill; to bo: followed -byence of:_the two' houses; -ft) , -, if. tho', con- ; j forenco is abortive, the Bill to-be passed again by the-Commons after a:substantial interval (say, '■ six months' or more) ]' (3) if., the ■ Bill; is a • second time rejected by theJLords, a second to, be' held; (4) if. -the - 6econ'd.--conference is abortive, the: Commons to--pass the Bill a :\third : : time, ;■ and—after • the Lords. d "third.' chance . for, amicable - settlement at -a- third i,conferenccK-to 'finally; pass' the Bill over -the: head of the Lords, and send it ■to the •■Crowi ; ; . ■ ..' ; On the other hand, Mr.-Asquith,-ac-cording :to the 'somewhat"vague ■ cabled report, seoms; to .infer, that the-:Lords' veto, may stand 'within the lifetime-of a-singlo Parliainent;''bnt not'. ; in : :a' second Parliament if. the Commons continue of the samomind. ■ For this one advantageVniay .he daimed,v viz.: : If; the: Bame Bill was <\ sent up-by' a '.newly-elected House of; Commons, .the Lords could' not claim; as they , now.do,' the right.to com- 1 ped'a.popular;mandate'or a reference , .to the judgment of the; people. ,- ::l,[-':-'/: : i '■■ That ..Sir'Henry'Campbell-Bannermah foresaw -this 'pointas,-indicated- by the clause in .his scheme providing.-that "to prevent, arbitrary-action by an' effete. Government," -the/duration \'of-.-ParhV ments. be -.'shortened from: seven-'.to 'five, years", y .;.■•■■■■-'* j'x- v, :.s-'^v V■',:■-'.

j COLONIALvVIEWS;' ■' ',-' '{':} ■: a .i:^;i;;'; •■'"v.-'^v';f K:; v: ; f ME;; ASQTJITH-PRpTESTS/ii"!! •;•'■.. ;"..'''ffieb. '..:'.; ■■ •''.'\:. .London,. January-.. 21." '■, :V The .Prime .-Minister,: Mr.'isquith,-,in-a,, speech at/Cores,,.deprecated..iinporting into .the-eleotoral. controversiesithe.,supposed '.opinions.; of : . the. colonies, whoso farsighted. statesmen would: be the !first '-.to .'dep'McateV'-'ttoti^ony ; ';.;sort' ;v should. appear, to: bo •oxercised. by them ; the free judgment of'; the Motlierla'nd's :'peo"plo. ';:.-" :. :'■■.; .'■•'■'._.;. --\. ; ■■.:..■ :\' ';.i. ;.: ; v;- ■'■'.■ ;■■'..':'-The' Times' comments ::'■ '"The fictions in Liberal speeches'do' ; notiprovoice-llri "Asquith: to protest 'against black'-ibread, horEe-flesh;' ■ lies, and the:,/false".; '. state- ' mients. about'{unemployment;: .in ] Berlin . and New York;- ■ These -ways' of' dragging in- foreign .countries_ are -perfectly' 'right, because, it is .useful/to delude the', ignorant, into for Mr..'A6quithi ; ,but any ■r'e'pprt':of s bur rivals' watohing, the progress ; of 'Tariff: Reform';.;with appreheh-' sion ii. quite''.shocking.";'' ' :v , ;: •■

.. ."TRANSITION: TO !PROTECTION;";■; ;■;; ; ':■ : >. ■;:'■ \ AUSTKIAN ';viEw;i; '?}' ■ ■ :'.J^; f' 'OTHER;irATIONS: MUST;-PlfiEpißE;; ' ■;•■;.;■■;■.■: j(Eeo.- January>23; .0.10; aim.)> '<$ : h i ; ' : ■,'■,,'. .; .: Yionna, January .21.' ,' ; , The."Frenidonblait" says'the historical .. significance of .the:' British olections. is • that the commercial- policy of Europe and [, Anioricamust,. : in 1910,:. begin .to l prepare I England's tiaiisitipnlo.'piotection; ; : I p:, v '. ; .'.pulpit politics; ;;.; '•}..'■:'. '■■ -\ CLEEICAL. PAETISANS ON- EACfi- :?:■ ;v■■•:_-\f:"--.-/.; '.side.;;/;.;r""', ;:;•'. ;' ;;: ;:,w;'''; '■'.';/;'.• London,;January.2o;-:-v'.Dnring the "election niany'. Noncon- ,. 'fdrmist preachers ui-ged-their ..'congregations to vote.'for..the Liberals: ;v;', ;: ; "The vicar;;of St. John's,• Plumstead, ' announces ' thit'he' will.hold a:.thanks--1 giving service to;commemorate tho . timij v of jdoliyorancq ; 0f.,. Woolwich from the . hands.of Socialists!and Sabbath-breakers. [Mr.; Will Crooks, who had .represented ■■Woolwich , " as-a! Labour'member,'sinco 1903,' has been - defeated by Major Adams, ... 'Unionist,.by; 295 votes.] :, ;.■'■■ .'■ ■?■,'■■;'. ■"■., V.' : ; ";i; % : V'■;NEVi r \MEMBEES; ; ; ; .V-; ''j." ■': : ; : ;-■';• : January 20. ;■ . . Admiral.. Lord Charles..'.Beresford; Unionist-. M.P. "for Portsmouth, -, has re-' ceived . three thousand .cablegrams,! from: various parts of : the Empire, ■bongratulating:,him on his,election. ;.;!';.;•:.;>■. ,'/... ■ y ■'■'■■'.' : ■■ ...A Ottawa, January;2o.!-, ;Canadian, newspapers ; . .describe; ...Mr. 'Joseph Martin, who has been elected as a . ! Liberal for East .St. ; -Pancras, : ,as ! ,tho . "siormy petrel" of ...Canadian'..politics.:;