THE CENSURE DEBATE.
(Received August 8, 9.35 a.m.)
I LONDON, August 7. The House of Commons was crowded when the sitting started to-day. The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, replying to Mr Balfour's question as to whether the King's guarantees were given, said that the advice which he had. given to" His Majesty had been tendered when the Lords introduced their amendments, but previous confidential communications had passed, about 'which he might speak later. Mr Balfour, in moving his vote of censure, said that Ministers had gross- > ly abused the Constitution, and meri- j ted full condemnation. A profound , feeling of disgust must arise at the manner in which the King had been dragged into a position where, through no fault of his own, his prerogative was to be'abused. i Mr Asquith, in reply, thanked Mr j Balfour for the oportunity of enabling him to cleai-ly state the position. Ministers, he said, were fully, alive to the importance of keeping the King free from controversy. When he advised the King in November, 1910, to j dissolve, he received His Majesty's j assurance that he would create Peers, I if necessary. j
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10309, 9 August 1911, Page 3
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191THE CENSURE DEBATE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10309, 9 August 1911, Page 3
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