, 1909-12-08
KILOGRAMS
ST, CROtX STATION

pealed to their Lordships not to surrender,
lest nothing should stand between the House
of Commons and the people he was reluc-
tant, he said, that the Government of En-
Gland should become a single chamber sys-
tenn like Bulgaria and Greece, and their
Lordships should not shrink from the strug-
gle to preserve and strengthen the second
chamber.
The Archbishop of York deplored the
introduction of the amendment; he consi-
dered the budget was not bad enough to
Justify such an unprecedented course, many
would prefer n bad budget to the unsettllng
of the foundations of the constitution, and
the effect of the amendment would be to
endanger the existence of the House of
Lords, which was never more necessary than
now,
Earl Cawdor contended the Commons
we're attempting to invade the Lords pre-
roaative by lacking on bills the Lords had
rejected to the budget, and the Lords would
not be responsible for the financial chaos
predicted. The people, he added, could get
rid Of the Lords by election, but q revolution
would be necessary to get rid of an auto
cratic single chamber.
The Earl Of Crewe closed the debate
amid frequent cheers. The long debate,
he said, signifed that the Opposition dis
approved of the Governments method of
rnising money and considered that justi-
fed q revolution The rejection of the
budget by the Lords was equally lawful and
unprecedented d. if rejected it would thereafter
be necessary to consider whether the Lords
would approve the budget, and representa-
tive government would become a bul1esque.
Lords and Commons had heretofore logged
along together as acquaintance, but here
after they would hardly be on speaking
terms, hereafter also statutory guarantees
would be necessary against indiscriminate
destruction of legislation, which made the
position of liberal ministers in the House of
LoEde impossible, their suggestions not Ee-
ceiving the slightest attention.
The division took place at midnight, and
the amendment was carried by three hum
dred and fifty against seventy five. Rockets
announced the rejection of the budget for
the first time since Cromwell. There were
no theatricals, the procedure being decor
GUS aud solemn, and party lines generally
were preserved, A small group of neu-
trails abstained with Lords Rosebery,
Cromer, Balfour Of Burleigh, Lytton, Saint
Aldwin, de la War; and DIFFERING, and the
majority of the bishops.
The Archbishop of York, and the Bishops
of Hereford and Birmingham opposed the
motion, also Lords James of Hereford, and
Courtney of Penwith. The newspaper
editorials this morning, are purely partisan,
for example, the Radical papers appear with
the caption, fSuicide of the House of Lords.
A Cabinet council yesterday adopted
measures for the uninterrupted collection of
taxes until q new parliament can regularize
the situation, and another meeting today
will complete formalities Mr.. Asquith will
then visit the King, and it is regarded as
certain, that parliament will be prorogued
on Friday, until the middle of January.
Adyices from Berlin state that at the
opening of the Reichstag yesterday, the
Kaiser read the speech from the throne. 1t
dealt mostly with domestic legislation, for
example sick and benefit insurance, which in
future will includ enlarged classes, among
them the dependent relatives of deceased
workers, Controversial topics we're avoided.
Madrid dispatches state that the Premier
publishes an important project restoring the
municipal autonomy destroyed by the spe-
cial DEGREES of the central Government, which
will hereafter be unlawful. The police here
after are to be local.
Ottawa, Deer. 1st-The House of Com
mons has ratified by a vste of 1O7 to 80 the
French Commercial treaty. The Senate's APP
prevail is assured.
Washington, Deer. 1st-A French warship has
started from Martinique for Nicaragua upon
a French farmers complaint of maltreatment
by Zelayaists, but it is thought more likely
that France will ask the United States to
protect foreigners than herself intervene.
General Estrada has rejected President Hela-
ya's proposal to retire if Congress allowed
him to choose his successor. Senor Mariscal,
Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, says
Mexico has made proposals to the United
States for the settlement of the Nicaraguan
difficulty,
London, Dec. ~1st.-Sugar in stock on the
9th ult was $1,000 tons. Last year $4,000