, 1909-12-08

mons Yesterday. He notified that he would
to-day move that the action OF tue House of
Lords is a breach of the constitution, and
usurpation of the rights of the House of
Commons, following the presidents of 1871,
1873 and 1860. It is expected the Union
lists will move an amendment, Mr.. Austin
Chamberlain answering Mr.. Asquith, and
possibly Mr.. Redmond, and a Labourite will
also speak.
In the Hous3 of Lords, upon a motion to
consider the Commons amendments to the
Lords amendments of the Roads Improve
ment Bill, the Marquis Of Lansdowne said
the Commons rejection Of the Lords amend
ments signifed that the Lords were not al
lowed to alter a single line against this he
protested, declaring it was necessary to put
this question Of privilege in the forefront
in the discussion OF the relations of the two
houses. Tho Lords subsequently passed the
bill with the Commons amendments, also
Lord Transformers resolution that a prece-
dent was not created thereby.
The crowd around Downing Street yester-
day was so great that its control by the
police became necessary. The cabinet
sat for two hours and a half, but no an
nouncement was made.
A national liberal manifesto says unless
the people repudiate the action of the
Peers the rights won SO dearly by our
forefathers are all surrendered; the Peers
veto should be restricted SO that the last
word upon legislation and finance rests
with the Commons, otherwise q liberal will
never resume the responsibilities of Office,
and the electors must decide whether they
wish to govern themselves, or be governed
secondhand by the hereditary Peers, who
threw the constitution into the melting
Dot. in order to shift taxation from wealth,
land and liquors, to the necessaries OF life.
The Labourites have adopted Mr.. Asquith's
resolution as above, and added that the lib
critics of the people are only to be secured
by the total abolition of the House of Lords.
The Times says Mr.. Asquith's resolution
o~avances the Commons claim beyond their
-ertion in 1878 or any previous conflict
between the Houses.
Mr.. Asquith will visit the King immediate
ly, and it is expected the debate will be con-
Guided in time for propagation tomorrow.
The same day Mr., Lloyd George, Mr.Church-
i'll, Lord Lansdowne and Mr.. Austen Cham
berlain will deliver speeches, and peers will
also stump the country. The suffragettes
are ralIying for q final effort, and the La
bourites and Liberals are mutually with
drawing where such action will avert trian-
gular contests which promise victory to
either. The Unionists will contest the Ma
~tionalist seats in order to bankrupt the Ma
~tionalist treasury.
The divisional court has dismissed the
appeal of the suffragettes sentenced at Bow
Street in July for attem 5ting to force access
to Mr.. Asquith at the House of Commons.
The rejection of their defence, the claim OF
constitutional right to enter the House, sua-
tains the sentences on one hundred and
sixteen,
Mr.. Kennerley Rumford, the Vocalist in
Que ems Hall, asked Mr.. COLES, the musical
critic for the Times, if he was responsible
for the Times criticism of the singing Of
Mr.. Rumford's wife, Madame Clara Butt,
and upon receiving an affirmative reply,
struck him, saying he was persistently rude.
The manager of the Times wrote to Mr..
Rnmford that he must apologize, otherwise
Mr.. Coils would prosecute, Mr.. Rumford,
however, replied, refusing to do so.
Sir John Fisher will retire from the Ad-
miralty on January twenty-ffth, but will
remain a member of the Committee Of I'm
perial Defense. Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson
will succeed him..
In the House of Commons, DR.. MacNa-
mara answered that the Admiralty will give
the fullest facilities for training colonial
officers on board imperial warships.
Advices from Mourmelon state that Mr..
Latham assembled to q height of $50 metres
during a gale, thereby surprising the worlds
official record.
Copenhagen advices state that the Com
mittee of the Folkething recommends the
arraignment of the Elk Ministers Christensen
and Berg upon charges in connection with
the Albert frauds, a minority of the Com
mittee dissented.
Dispatches from Berlin state that the
National Liberals and Free Conservatives
have refused to participate in the reorgani-
cation o. the Re.chstag. and the Radicals