, 1909-01-13

Parliament, and summOulng It's successor IOi
February fifteenth.
At the dissolution there were three hun
dred and sixty four Liberals, forty five La
bourites and eighty three Natlonallsts the
Unlouists numbered one hundred and sixty
eight, they therefore must win a minimum Of
one hundred and seventy seats from their
opponents.
MIR. Asquith's address to his constituents
is confined strictly to the constitutional
question. The Lords, he says, violated the
constitution in order 10 save tmitf reform
from q mortal blow, therefore they rejected
the Budget, although 1t apportoned taxation
between l~uAuries, supertulties and mouopo-
lies, leaving living necessities untouched.
The Lords claim to control finances is Il
usurpation, and experience shows that the
possession of an unlimited veto by a
partisan secULd chamber is an lnsu-
perable obstacle to democratic legisla-
ton. 1t is absurd to defend such &C
ton as giving advantages attributed to the
second chamber system as universally
understood. Free trade and popular
Government are both dependent upon
your decision, and the limitation Of the
Lords veto is the most urgent step
Mr.. Balfour, speaking at Aberdeen, relter-
ated that several elections We're necessary to
settle the issues which had been thrown at
the country peII meIL,and the country should
decide the question OF Home Rule, tor eA-
ample, by q separate election.
Air. Lloyd George at Falmouth bitterly
attacked the Lords for lowering the couu-
try's controversial methods, and using Ian
guage and arguments unworthy OF u stable.
At Birmingham the sutfragettes interrupt
ed Mr.. Churchill, and ut Camberwell the
Unionists broke up a Liberal meeting, DIR.
Macnamara's speech being rendered lnaudl-
Bile.
Sir Edward Grey, at Edinburgh, said there
was never cause Tor less anxiety regarding
the German fleet; eventually the German
programme would be completed, and 1t
would then be known how the ratio between
the fleets actually stanus, 0uaylng the rivalry
in expenditure.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
of the Hon. Mrs. Hayel1ieId, q sutfragette
who refuses to pay the expenses OF coming
to London from the north OF England.
Mrs. Davidson, the sutfrageJte who was
drenched with the hose at Manchester 8ao,
has sued the Visiting Justices for damages.
The a.utAgettes urge voters to wIte
'votes for women upon their ballots,
this will cancel the ballot, but, US they say,
it will register a message to the authorities.
The Government discredits the reports
cabled fro New York of British naval
Intervention il Nicaragua, Us the COMMANDER
of the ScyIia has been Instructed to observe
the L|,rictest neutrality. The DnLau und
United States governments are IN conuuu-
GUS COMMUNICATION
A despatch frem Lisbon states that forty
arrests have been made upon the discovery
of a Republican plot gaiost Alu8 Manuel,
including several persons supposed to have
been implicated III the murder Of King Car
los.
Adyices from Berlin state that Germany
will answer the United States proposal re-
garding Manchuria in the same sense rs
England, which expresses It's fundamental
agreement with the assertion Of the prInci-
pies Of the open door, and equal opportunity
for all.
The Paris cores. Jndent Of the Times says
France viii cooperate if the powers named
approve she will, however, require Il shafe
in participation and control.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says the scheme is regarded
there us the fantastic product OF the magma
ton Of promoters and contractors. Such n
grandiose proposal takes away the breath
Of Russian statesman but Russia will MAIN