THE LORDS' VETO.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 969, 9 November 1910, Page 7

THE LORDS' VETO.

NEARING THE END. AGREEMENT ALL BUT REACHED BY PARTY LEADERS. UNIONIST RESERVATIONS. . By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.. (Rec. November 8, 10.53 p.m.) London, Novembor 8. Mr. Asquith will consult the Cabinet regarding certain reservations made by tho Unionist representatives at the Veto Conference. Tho reservations concern the creation of a joint committee to deal with disagreements • between tho ' House of Lords and the House of Commons, and apply especially to ' disagreements on tho question of Home Rule.

If the Cabinet agrees to'the reservations tho endeavours of tho Conference to arrive at a settlement of tho constitutional question will bo successful. In the event of their rejection it will still, however, be open to the Unionists to consider whether, and to what extent! they are able to yield in detail. IDEA OF COMPROMISE DEPRECATED. NEWSPAPER COMMENT. (Rec. November 8, 11.40 p.m.) London, November 8. The "Daily News" (Liberal) deprecates the idea of a compromise on the Houso of Lords question, and apprehends that the present situation at the Conference points to a crisis having arisen. It recommonds that in the event of a deadlock a general election should be held in January, and adds that apparently the Unionist leaders are willing to limit the Lords' veto except as regards so-called, constitutional changes.

Tho "Standard" (Conservative) states that the prospects of an agreement at the Conference, are now much more favourable. DEVOLUTION ACAIN. PREMIER'S SIGNIFICANT SPEECH. (Rec. November 8, 11.40 p.m.) London, November 8. The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, speaking at Glasgow, said nothing was moro remarkable in British constitutional progress than the shifting relations from time to time between tho municipalities and tho State, and the practical reconciliation of the supreme dominating influenco of the' State with tho free evolution of local autonomy. One of the greatest achievements .of statesmanship in tho ninoteenth century, ho considered, was tho formation of tho idea of a great partnership between the State and the municipalities— an idea capable of wider applications in oven wider spheres. .