The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-11
TO ABOLISH THE LORDS.
rms ISSUE MY De FORCED Upoy
MR.. GLADSTONE.
rh. Matter TO be decided by Next Tues.
days Cabinet Meeiins-Enect OF tho
Silver Csi,is In Ipd'a.

o,-onvr,cht lsat bv the United Press)
| rxi1pT t,oh 10 There are many
s,ars mat the country is on the eve OF
a grove constitutional crisis. me question
Of 'abolisning the House OF Lords has
become acute. ana +, now depends upon
tho action of the Cabinet meeting 10 be
| heId on Tuesday whether or not ,he con-
t,nuance of the upper House sndl be
discussed in the first plank oi 'he Ma
tional Liberal Federaiions pa, -, ~
Mr. Gladstone is unwilling ~ read
campaign against the peers s ,,e ~ may
be forced 10 II b. a combination Oh the
ministers insisting on the n.,y oil
| tho issue. There is no DOUBT 'hd' many
favor heroic methods in deail"s VII" me
Lords.
Significant Liberal Cuefa"o'"
,-o,,nhau pannerman. Secretary Of
State for war; said IN a Sp'.Nn 'as'
evening at New Castle ih@e ''~ ~ ~e1''.'
was whether q free. self-goVerlil"s 'oh-
,,,..o,,,, or n hodv al irresponsible heredi-
tarv peers ought TO prevail fIol. ID y e'
Chancellor Of the Duchy oil i''''O"s, 'r'
said 10 Liberal meeting IN Lileipooi,
III the House of Lords VIII loi0c 0ne
conflict. we must clear away the par Oh
which so many vessels ueisn'0u I'm
useful legislation have been "'coN'
sir Charles Russell. Mtorney-"eneral,
declared, In addressing The Liperais Oh
Wisbeach:
THE question now ls. whether the iords'
sitting by accident Of BIRTH can De al
lowed to mangle an act passeu py ,Nc
chosen representatives, of the peopie'
These extracts from the speeches. oil
most consnicuous Liberals show which
way the wind blows. Instead OF nome
rule. the abolition OF the House OF LORDS
is taking first place among the questions
Of the day. The peers themselves Juusen
from their unusually Industrious a''enu-
ance OF parliamentary siiunSs' seem 10
have the consciousness that their situa-
ton Is precarIous. On all votes they now
turn out two hundred strong against the
Government.
Abol III Herfditsrv Legislators.
The programme that finds much favor
among the Radicals just nov is that the
ministers blunuy refuse TO accept the
peers amendments to the Parish Coun-
ellis and Employers Liability bills, and
introduced a bill to reform the upper
house by aboishing the system OF heredi-
tary legislators. on the strength OF this
action the Radicals say the Cabinet
should then appeal 10 the country. One
obstacle TO this course IS Gladstone's in
vincible attachment 10 the hereditary up
per house; another is the Premier's strong
desire to see the home-rue issue kept in
the foreground OF liberal legislation. De-
spite his influence, however. the time is
ripening for the abolition of the upper
house in its present form. If the wire
pullers OF the National Liberal Fedora
ton have a free hand the agitation
against the peers will become the leading
question Of the hour
The House of Commons will resume
work on Monday, and the Cabinet Will
meet on Tuesday. About February 22i
Parliament will be prorogued, but will
reassemble within "A week, 10 hear in
the Queens speech how the Govern
ment propose to settle with the lords.
The Hyde Park demonstration against
the lords bids fair to be the largest poll
teal gathering ever seen in London. All
the trades councils in the country will
send delegates. II is estimated that more
than 10000 persons will march from
the Thames embankment to the houses
of Parliament. and thence to the park
to hear the speeches.
The Silver Crisis in India.
pal topic in the city. The fall Of the
metal 10 a fraction below thirty per
cent per ounce means that silver is now
fifty per centage under its currency value
i'm the Colonial empire. Thus a crown
piece requires only half crowns worth
Of metal in its coinage. The India Gov
eminent is at its wits ends TO devise a
way Of meeting the crisis. The Anglo
Indian banks dread the developments of
the immediate future.
The Statist says: Indian importing
houses are in difficulties. The fall of
rupes paper compels very large sales.
Although for n generation India has en-
joyed immunity from the panics which
gold countries have suffered from time
TO time. there now comes rumOrs of a
collapse. The India Council ought TO an
nounce Immediately that bills will not be
pressed on the market, as we'll as re-
verse the whole policy OF stopping the
mintage Of silver"
The admiralty lords have been thrown
into a state of CONSERVATION by the theft
Of the machinery plans of the new tor
pedo destr5yers Of the Havock type. The
government ordered a fleet Of farty-two
Havocks. and sent the plans TO a private
firm on the Clyde. The papers were stolen
en- route. Two postal officials who must
"o'S "'s"''N- ''N"i nav Ni@"pptditu'
The VaIkvr'e wiz Mo- Race.
This weeks Field says: American
yachtmen Will be disappointed 10 hear
that the Valkyrie will not race in Amerl-
can waters next season. II was expected
that the Nigilant and the COlonia would
be fitted out to meet the Valkyrle but i;
has been definitely decided that neither
will race with her. II would be very
interesting 10 see the Americas cun races
over again, Valkyrie having more canvas.
but Lord Dunraven is right in not wishing
to sail his yacht against inferior craft"