Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-11
Premier Outlines Policy on
Which Liberal Party Rests Its
Fate With the People of Eng
land.
PEERS MUST BE SHORN
OF POWER TO NEEDLE
Home Rule for Ireland Among
Things to Which Government
Stands Pledged in Event It
is Continued in Power.

icy Morning Journn. SPECIAL Leased wireI
Londc : Dec. 10.--At u monster
meeting ight in Albert Hail. Her
bert Henry Asquith, british prime
minister. laid down tho policy on
which the liberal government is ap-
ealing to the count,r,N Ie repeated
had beer - y" ministers
= match, .fatter begin. >
o'clock, and Two other bouts 'o"er
side IN the fifteen minute inter "0
sions.
The tickets viii be on sale at
sons AT IS cents and
ladies', attended, 80 cents. Arti' -
viii be signed by the two men
day or Monday. at which time 'ne
cree will be decided upon 'u'V'''o'
This will be my first match "oiiiei'
last six months" said Donc' III 'n'
night. II have seen enough OF ueiii
Ter to know that he is a strone 'sefy
q. powerful man, and I am not Sneu
=, X for a walk oyer D', -
tnein '..at | an put mtnaseu 70
get two male fmers into the meet
ing who interrt, red Mr. Asquith mo-
mentarily with cries. Votes for
women" Then they were promptly
elected
Mr.. Asquth pointed out that just
four years ago Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, then prime minister, had
outlined in Albert Han the policy of a
new liberal government which includ
ed many reforms. The representatives
of the people in the house of com
mons had labored faithfully to carry
into law the measures promised, but
their will had been nullified and as
fitting climax the supply bills which
the house OF commons had voted had (
been stepped upon by the house, of
lords. Therefore the house Of com
mons was now on the eve OF another
dissolution and il had fallen to his lot /
to take up the burden. The last time, ,
he said, the government had.reckoned I
without their host, but it was not GO I
ing to make that mistake again.
II tell you in the name and on be- I
half of the liberal party Mr.. Asquith |
proceeded, 1--WE have at this moment /
laid upon us single task--a task |
that dominates and transcends. be-
cause II embraces and involves every
great and beneficent social and po-
htical change upon which our hearts
are set, That task is to vindicate and
establish upon an unshakable founda-
ton the principle Of popular gov
eminent"
Referring to the education and IL
censing bills, the premier said that the
government stood in the main upon
the principles of the bills which the
mousse of lords rejected. The fran
chise law lie added. was still incum-
bered with artificial distinctions and
impediments for which there was no
Justification. Upon the topic OF
woman suffrage Mr.. Asquith said his
Views were wen known. He had no
reason to alter them despite the sui
cdal excesses of a small section of
the advocates for such change
After referring to the action of the
hoHse ofilords on the matter of Welsh
religious equality and the fate of GER
lain Scottish land bills. Mr.. Asquith
turned his attention to ireland, which. ,
ne said, had been fortunate for once. ,
because the measures sent up in her
nthalf did not come violently athNart
'he preJudices of the house of lords. ,
Speaking last year before my ac-
cesslon to the premiership" Mr.. As ,
quth continued. II described the Irish Z
policy as the one undeniable failure .
VI British statesmanship. [ repeat to-
nlsht what | said then and on behalf |
OF my party | reiterate that this is a
problem to be solved only i'm one way !
by a policy which. while explicitly I
safeguarding the supreme, indivisible /
authority of the imperial parliament, /
can set up in Ireland a system of full I
sen government as regards purely )
irish affairs.
There is not and cannot be any '
question of separation. There is not
ana cannot be any question Of rivalry
w competing from supremacy subject 4
70 these conditions. This is the lib "
'ral party"
me budget, he continued. has been 5
'htown out By the house or lords after r
weeks OF debate and the government p
- a result WAS confronted with three
institutional innovations. First. the Il
ann of the house Of lords to con-
.ol IN levying taxatiOns: second. the L
am % the same house OF the right e
I" compel dissolution Of the popular o
!, ma amber. and. third. the assertion OF :
ne house of lords of their power to a
'iske and unmske the executive gov a
''hment Of the crown. d
What has been done declared Mr.
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