REFORM OF THE LORDS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 311, 26 May 1911, Page 5

REFORM OF THE LORDS.

SPEECH BY LORD MORLEY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, May 24. The House of Lords was crowded when Lord Morlcy rose to speak on Lord Lansdowne's Reform Bill. He said the methods of the Bill were not final, and it would be open to the Government, when the Bill had passed, to consider with the Unionists the reconstitution of the Second Chamber. Meanwhile the Bill was theTe and the Bill stood. He concluded by hoping that the Unionist leaders would avoid a J course leading to extremities and possibly landing the country in great difficulty, perhaps in grave confusion. Lord Middleton said that viewing the Bill as a temporary measure not destined to remain on the Statute Behe recommended their Lordships to ■ it a second reading in view of movin;: : u mnmittee grave amendments exempting from the operation of the Bill proposals relating to the position or powers of the monarch, Home Rule, and other constitutional issues. APPEAL FOR A COMPROMISE London, May 24. The Archbishop of Canterbury appealed for a compromise. Lord Lorcburn said there was no such prospect, but there were hopeful signs of a possibility of matter for consent hereafter. If the Liberals were given equality of opportunity of passing measures through the reconstructed House of Lords, fresh relations between the two Houses might be established.