GOVERNMENT'S PERPLEXITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 308, 7 February 1910, Page 5

GOVERNMENT'S PERPLEXITIES

DEALING WITH THE LORDS. SHARP DIFFERENCES AMONG LIBERALS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright ■Received 6, 5 p.m. London, February 5. ■ The newspapers reveal sharp differences among the Liberals concerning the tactics to be used regarding the House of Lords. The Chr; ;iiele, a Government pap-v. in a two-column lender, urges Liber.il members not to follow sectional division or indulge in personal rivalries. The'pape r shows that Mr. Asquith on December 2nd stated that the first act of the new Government would be to reimpose the Budget. The Chronicle adds that no other legislation, except insurance against unemployment, shou'd he attempted until the Lords' veto is The creation of hundreds if hereditary~~pcers was distasteful to democrats. The strategic danger was in -the Liberals submitting a scheme which ■was capable oi being represented as a ■virtual abolition of" the Lords. Mr. Balfour would then submit a scheme for_ a reformed Chamber. In that event the' choice of electors would be doubtful. The Times save that if Mr. Asquith contemplates a heroic step he should lave gone to the King directly the result of the election was known. Nevertheless, the time had arrived for a real change In the second Chamber. A basis for deliberation existed in the report of the committee set up by the Houee of Lords and presided over bv Lord Rosebery. The Labor Leader, a new paper, savs Labor members are opposed to the reform of the House of Lords. They d?mand its abolition. Mr. O'Brien says Nationalists require the Irish part of the Budget to be reconstructed from top to oottom. I . WHAT WILL THE GOVERNMENT DO? London, February 4. The Manchester Guardian, the Daily Xews, the Nottingham Express, and the Yorkshire Observer demand that the { Government deal with the House of | Lords before going on with the Budget, j The Chronicle dissents from this view, j