The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-29
THE BRITISH CRISIS.

London dispatches brought by mail bear out the opinion lately
pressed The the rejection of the Liberal budget bill by
the Lords will likely resignation of the Asquh cabinet
1t believed that the rejection of the bill by the House of Lords
Premier Asqu will the House of Commons resolution
condeing the of peers affirming the right of the
Commons deal of declaring peers
attempt to force dissolution unconstitutional Whatever further
be taken despatch is unknown but it quite
likely that the cabinet will resign unless the defeated
the elections. the bill passed reading Commons
by of 49, would be most remarkable if Premier AS
qu should throw his hands of adverse action by
the Lords AS constitutional point raised the predicted
on anything that done under the unwrten constitution of Brit
ain becomes constitutional providing sticks. The constitution is
built of preceden So the Lords do force dissolution of Par
Lament and the be beaten appeal th people, the
Lords will henceforh be consuona justified doing the
thing again whenever occasion arises Upon the premises
the mehonored doctrine of exclusive control of financial questions
by the Commons may so by the board.
the other hand overwhelming popular endorsement of the
administration budget would likely backdown of the
peers Should they remain obdurae in the mentioned then
till then would the controversy yield revolutionary possbl
ties Flushed with victory the polls the ministry might naugurate
mendg ending the arisocratc branch of Paa
the ocsn sounded by Gladstone put the issue. Al
ready advance of the probable appeal the country, modes of
ton in such crisis freely discussed One of these abolition
straight. toym august body
by the creation of sufficient number OF Liberal peers give that
party fighting chance for its measures on review in the second cham
ber Such eveng the latter would be decidedly revo
onary practical indeed only secondary either wpng
the Lords a political entity making them elective
There another phase of the British mpasse which inter
esng probably the outside world general and the United States
in particular than the Poicoonstnonal question This is the i'm
side that has all along doomed the background but
which Mr. Balfour the Unost premier and leader of the
opposition, has distinctly brought the front He has done
by accepting long last speech Manchester Chamberans
doctrine OF tariff reform as the only practical alternative to hacG
lo LoydGeorges budget This stand taken by BalfOu will make
the coming election precpated much the question
between taxation Of the landed interests and protective tariff
will the interference of the Lords with fiscal legislation By
making battle-ground fiscal instead of constitutional the leading
opposition will fact materially change the of the
conflict In other words he presents eectual buffer
pact of the proece from radical foundry smash
y less revolutionary United Kingdom would
the triumph of radical campaign against the Lords Since the
or Golden by
lament and people In abandoning Balfou while the
ampe of America and Germany behalf of protective policy even
constrained hedge little bit by saying he would touch
tariff reform f increase the ordinary living the
working classes His speech mainly denunciaton of the bud
and appeal his audience the
form would be especially beneficial the industry which
seriously threatened by European American and Japanese competition
and by the growing difficulty of obtaining sufficient material
Should the side wind of defeat the Asqu admnsa
ton the result would in political be retograde The budget
proposal the values of land general pro
taken by the nation Its rejection by the would the
try back perhaps century, its progression from the times feuda
tenure. And, the San Francisco Call fifty observes:
Now high tariff in England a totally different
thing IRON what know protection this The
most important imports of England foodsu if the
must from that the taxation will fall
chiefly the poorer classes That fact will be very
clear to the voting during the campaign England
does import manufactured articles in great degree
because she makes these things export wants
from customs duties it fall the price of
Her mportatOns Of such
already taxed to the last notch that the traffic will bear
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