Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15
ASQU|TH FOR HOME
RULE FOR IRELAND
DECLARES POLICY UPON WHICH
LIBERALS APPEAL TO
COUNTRY.
BEYOND PRovINcE.oF LORDS TIC
NEEDLE WITH FINANCE,
He SAYS.
BALFouR, SPEAKING FOR oPPo
siTioN. uTTERs DieNiFlED
MANIFESTO.

London Dec. 11-Premier Asquith,
at ministers meeting in Albert hall.
laid down the policy on which the lib
eral government appeals to the coun-
try. He declared that if the govern
ment returned to power it would de-
mand limitation of tbs power of the
house of lords, and pledged the party
to grant self government to Ireland
regarding purely Irish affairs. An au-
dienee, filling the vast hall, was COM
posed entirely of men, women being
~tienied admission in fear of demon
stration by the suffragettes.
Il tell you in the name Of the liberal
party Asquith said, eve have a task
which dominates and transcends be-
cause it involves every beneficent So
cial and political change upon which
our hearts are set That is to vindi-
cate and establish upon an unshakable
foundation the principle of represen-
tative government
OF the Irish question, Asquith said:
ship, / described the Irish policy as
the one 'undeniable failure of British
craftsmanship. | repeat this tonight.
1t is a problem to be solved in only
one way-by policy which, while
safeguarding the supreme, indivisible
authority of the imperial parliament,
can set up in Ireland system of full
ordr ~,
Irish affairs. There is not and can.
not be any question of separation.
That is the liberal policy The pres
ent parliament was disabled from pro-
posing such a resolution, but in the
new house the liberal government will
be in this matter entirely Free
Asquith said that the lords rejec-
ton of the budget resulted in the
government being confronted by three
constitutional innovations; first. the
claim c. the lords to control in levy
ing taxation; second, the lords claim
to the right to compel a dissolution
of the popular chamber; third, the
lords assertion of their power to
make and unmake the executive gov
eminent
1t is our first duty to make a re-
ctrrence of this impossible. We,
therefore, demand authority from the
electorate to translate the az lent I'M
written usage into an >act of parlia-
ment setting up the fact that it is be-
yond the province of the lords to med
die with any law of national finance
The liberal party, Asquith declared
is not promoting the abolition of the
house of lords, or setting up a single
chamber, but asked that the lords be
confined to proper functions.
Balfour, the opposition leader in
the house of commons, made a stimuli
taneous plea in dignified manifesto
addressed to the electors of the city
of London, who had chosen him as
their candidate.
Balfour made no attempt to define
tariff reform, but concentrated his at
tack In the accusation that the liberal
government is engaging in a conspir-
acy TO destroy the constitution by sub
stftutfng a single chamber govern.
ment. He cited the United States.
>where the principle of the constftu-
ton is that every class OF property
be taxed alike, and said that no meas
ure like the British budget could be
adopted there without a two-thirds
majority of the country, or become a
law without national mandate from
a majority of the country, while even
IL the house imposed special taxation,
it could be rejected by the senate or
vetoed by the president.
Irish Will Vote Liberal.
Dublin. Dec. 11.-Asquith's declara-
ton on the Irish question in London
last night was eagerly received here.
The Irish party will make its pro-
nouncement on the declaration next
week. 1t is believed here that the
Irish vote in England will be given
to the liberals.
o'connor Rejoices.
New York, Dec. lit. P. OConnor,
Irish leader, said last night:
L regard Asquith's statement as the
most important as clearing the way
effectively for home rule for Ireland.
1t means a liberal government to
force home rule through the house OF
lords after they have deprived tnat
body of its power of rejection