The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-01
Situation in England Unprecedent-
ed, at Least in the Last Three
Hundred Years
Vote, Which Was Taken Last Night About II
O'clock, Was SEQ to 75-Demonstration
Foed--Debate Of Six Days Duration
Was Distinguished For Great
Show Of 0fatorical Excel
celIerce

London, Nov. 30.---In the sedate and
detached manner characteristic OF the
proceedings in the gilded chamber
and in direct disregard of the advic'
Of some of its oldest and ahlest mem
bers, the house of lords today create,
situation unprecedented In Engiisl
history. at least In 300 years, by III
assent to the budget bill and refer
ring 1t to the country itself, for jude
ment. thereby and In theory. makinl
1T illegal to collect taxes and carr.
on the government.
Six Days Debate.
After six days debate. notable fo
a high standard of oratory, and abl,
arguments for and against the bulge
and placing every possible light ol
all aspects of the great constitutions
questions involved, the house OF lord
was cleared for division at 1i.3
tonight, The scene was impressive
not exciting, except that the hous
was packed to its utmost capacit
and n great array Of strange face
on the benches, owing to the pres
ence of numbers Of peers who onl
appear in the house on most exceI
tional cases. None would have sui
posed that the eveutful proceedin
was destined, not only to prov
memorable In British history. HI
possibly also involving farreachin
changes In British legislation The
was an unusual animation In the gs
leries, which was crowded with pee
esses, members of the house Of COT
mons, ambassadors and others. b.
In the house itself complete calm pr
vailed There was none OF that G
citement or exuberant cnthusias
so distinctive Of similar occasions
the lower house.
Lansdowne Amendment,
The vote was on Lansdowre
amendment that the house was II
justified in consenting the bill I'M
ii had been submitted to the ind
ment of the country. Nearly fifte'
minutes were occupied in elearil
the house for a division
When the vote was announced il
before midnight, $50 to rs in fav
of the amendment, few mix
cheers were heard Adjournment W
Immediately taken.
An expectant crowd awaited the !
suit in Central hall When the vo
became known there was slight
tempt at q counter demonstration h
Y the officials speedily cleared the hS
Lord st. Aldwin, who, as Michs
Hicks Beach. was one of the able
!. chancellors of the exchequer Of
he Conservative side. ahsented hims
from all budget debates and was
h. sent when tho vote was taken. on
count Of the disapproval Of La
downe's course. His attitude n
have had q great effect The r.
al of Wewyss, who is In his 92nd We
q was present and voted.
s.. No Excitement.
t. When the division was taken th,
10 was no excitement in the streets,
rv though earlier In the evening C
III siderable crowds gathered in
II Vicinity eof the house and attemp
as a probudget demonstration.
o, Today's debate was again dis
guished by oratorical excellence, |
ticularly the speeches of Lord Cur2
former viceroy Of India, and Al
hishop York The latter made d
1g impression, strongly opposed the
es lection measure passed by so la
rd majority of the peoples repres
ke tatives in the house Of commons.
ID, Cmrzon maintained that the 10
I'd. had absolute right TO reject
finance bill. He agreed that the co
try was on the eve of a moments
struggle which might lead to the
form of the house OF lords, fr
which however, the lords would
ed shrink.
Earl Cawdor, former first lord
the admiralty, maintained that IN
had been an attempt to evadc
h lords ancient right to reject each
IFS by placing all taxes in one bill.
ht quoted Asquith as stating, on
IN. suming the premiership, that
ne function of the house OF lords was
in check and sloveniy precipitate ie
mt lation. This the earl thought, fa
a represented the action the lords !
proposed to take.