THE VETO LIMITATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 754, 1 March 1910, Page 7

THE VETO LIMITATION.

WHAT. IS TEE MACHINEBY?

At ono point he reduced tno'Liboral proposals to pretty clear term" 9 X the general principle that we can have n™ thoroughly progressive legislation until the House ? f Lords question is settled *„ tho that a bill sen up by the Commons should be passed in the current Parliament, 'Send it uV he said,/and if they reject it, send if'a K re^ct « «wn. Bend it straight through to the Throne."' At Largo, on January 19, a heckler in a series of very astute questions, endeavoured to "draw" Mr. Asqnitb? but the Prime Minister evaded very skUfnlly The dialogue is thus reported.— * uimly,Mr. Asquith addressed another meeting at.Largoward, where he had to submitto light hon. gent.eman supported the policrof a single Chamber Government •Mr. Asquith: No. "' . Tho elector: How does Mr. Asquith propose to limit the veto of the Second ChamMr Asquith: By limiting tho veto of the House of Lords to the lifetime of a single Parliament. (Cheers.) Ihe elector: By what measures docs Mr. Asqmth propose to limit the veto of tho House of. Lords-by passing' aM through Parliament or by what means' Mr. Asquith: By legislation. ' . br P^nS a Bi " rarlianfeT' 111 % PMsinß M Act <* The elector: Would Mr. Asquith support a Second Chamber treating on fiscal questions,'as is tho custom in the SeS Chamber of the United States? Sir. Asquith: Certainly not. The House of Lords has no business whatever to deal with fiscal questions. (Cheer.O Tn,V nay \r reca ] lGd tllat in tho House of Lords on November 22 the Lord Chancellor sa.,l: "A Court of law would not give effect to any ta which had been refused by the House of Lords and was ultimate™ embodied in an Act of Parliament." THE "HOME RULE" PLEDGE. NATIONALIST CONSTEBNATION. '

The English papers to hand last night nave a good deal concerning Mr. J A X case s repudiation of any Liberal pledge to grant Homo Rule. . On January 19 "The Times" stated that it had received the following version of the important declaration on Homo Rule ?? dc the Chief Liberal Whip at Sible Hedingham-.— "After tho candidate had concluded his address, questions wero invited, "Mr. Robert Balls, auctioneer and estate agent, said—Sir. Pease, -I understood you to say the Liberals have tho interests of tho country at heart? "Air. Pease—Certainly. "Mr, Balls—Do wo in this constituencv understand from Mr. A smith's speech at the Albert ITall that if the Liberals are returned to power they will give Home Rum to Ireland? "Mr. Prase—There mis no pletlne srivnn at the Albert nail that Home Ruin will be RivMi to Ireland. What was said was that the ban that was nlaced by the Liberal parry on itself at tho last general electionwas removed, so that the Liberals are free, if they so desire, to extend selfgovernment to Ireland. But of course rl-oryone in the Government is pledged' not to give to the Irish an independent larljament, but to give self-government consistent with the Union of the United lunedom and Ireland. "Mr. Balls accepted tho reply, but remarked that he would have preferred a plain Tes or No. The subject was not frvrther referred to."

"The Times" Dublin correspondent telegraphed as follows:—

A T"H Ons t?™ at , io ° prevails among Irish Rationalist electors as the result of Mr Lr, A -T? ease ' s statement at Saffron Waiden. Every one of the Irish elections is i<l F 8 f i? tho question of Homo i«,m T- , :Re f mond has im P° se d this a -S5 Irel!l nd on the strength of Mr. flfT I '* f, sta tement at the Albert Hall Hnv ii Llb ? rals cam <= »ack to power liufo t?m \ iT % tO , introd o- Homo ;," *? IU - v i i r - Ke <lraond, Dr. Dillon Wit I other Nationalist leaders, and overv H,i '°n±- candid «ta have 'interpreted Lt ''T-'I.T tho i? eneral election Kiilo Bill m the next session of Parliament. For tho sake of this snnnowH » "V Redmond has persuadeT he, Irish electors to make a great and detcrests ° e ° f their "Serial in-!

v , ? . Na '' on ' ll 'st hates the S'- I h tf\ m . the t opMon of statisw?l Ibotll1 botll J Jnw P^ t and Nationalist, Son n^ P f i °. m, T llo . ns of extra Nation on Ireland. It is feared, and is generally believed that owing to the s^ted E «le^ Sn ta and , eonsumers have acwhislv t n °, "IT and $, rl,sWnf ' ta « s ™ i& TJ * tObaCCO - m? vcry Ashman is thoronll fw er, t Tl ? e farmers rral >se snHed fo y th at a H viS reform scllem e woul conf? 0 Speoia! noeds °f Inland aßriculCp. h OIIOr - mous Irish §mmm NaKot.JV T ]Orif J ind «PMdcnt of the rt«rt i • ■ n the nov nnnecessarv un"TheTrlr 1118 ? 8 Jonrnal " remarked: J.ne Irish party may not have it in its rZ er but ul l ioh T £& AoH ™?• "?' U .P, 011 , th ° Irish view of Liberal Iμ? £ W!ll depend whether that policv shall be undertaken by a great and powerful Liberal Government or by a weak and tottering one." , ■ , "' a The elector who heckled Mr. Asnuith at Largo on the, question of the Budget Homo a Kni.- ,ne awkward ?n Tho olector: What is the system of e^lfMr. Asquith: la m not going to answer any questions «s to the details of a mea" t Homo , Eu,e U11 «l it comes to the '™, for T S""h a measure-bcinr introduced. I am. however, in favour of no measure of Home Rule which will not nreserye the complete sunremnoyof tho Imperial Government. (Cheers.)