CONSTITUTIONAL CONFLICT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 152, 23 July 1909, Page 2

CONSTITUTIONAL CONFLICT

LORDS AND THE PEOPLE. THE PREMIER'S EXPLANATION. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright , Received 22, 11 p.m. London, July 22. The Premier (Mr. li. h. <•!>)• tpeaking in the House of Commons, ami.eil that Mr. Churchill informed him ihtit ne said nothing a-ltout an immediate Ji»solution during his Edinburgh speeca. He only attempted to convey the Uct that constitutional conflict with lb# House of Commons must ultimately he settled by the country. The explanation was greeted with iaughter. The Chronicle says that Mr. Churchill's indiscretion is two-fold. He was not tilie man to announce the decision of the Cabinet. His scheme was tantamount to submission to the House of Lords, who had no right to force a dissolution. The Daily News states that if thi Crown refuses to create new peers, as it thinks it ought, a dissolution cannot be avoided. The Lords had the power / to enforce a dissolution. THE GOVERNMENT VIEW. ' Received 22, II p.m. V ~ ' - London, July £2. Air. Herbert Samuel, speaking at the National Liberal Club, arid that In the Government's view it was' as unconstitutional of the Lords to interfere with the details of the Finance Bill as for the Sovereign to veto legislation.