The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
GOES ID TIE PEOPLE
ROW IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
 VOTERS.
PRESENT BODY IS DISSOLVED
House of Commons Declares That the Lords Have Violated the Constltu- ton In Usurping the Rights of Peo- pIe's Representatives.

London, Dec. 4.-Premier AsQuith announced in the house of commons that the government had advised King Edward to dissolve parliament and that the king had accepted tho invita-. tion. The premier added that If the Liberals were returned to power, the first act of the government would be the re-enactment of all the taxes for which provision was made in the budget rejected by the house of lords.
 All the preliminaries to the great political battle are being cleared away at sandringham. where the king held a meeting with the privy council st which he signed an order proroguing parliament until January 17.1910.
 The fixing of this date was a mere formality, as before that time the present house will have been dis solved.
 The center of interest was the house of commons, where Premiez Asqulth on behalf of his government delivered the reply to the action oS the lords withholding their consent upon the budget
 The house was crowded with mem bers and the galleries were filled with lords diplomats and other distinguish ed personages. The ministers and Unionist leaders, including A. J. Bal four. who had sufficiently recovered from an indisposition to take part in the debate, entered tho chamber in the course of the routine business. and were received with cheers by their supporters
 The Nationalists who had decided not to participate In the debate ox di- vision, were conspicuous by their ab- sence.
 Premier Asquith's first words as he arose amid the widest demonstration of enthusiasm to move the resolution of which he had given notice on Tues day. were:
 We are meeting under circum- stances without example ia the his tory of the British parliament"
 The prime minister pointed out that in opening parliament the king had invited the house of commons alone to make provision for the heavy addi- uona expenditures in view O. the necessities In the way of sooaal reform and the national defense.
 The budget was the result, and it represented. he said, in a greater de- gree than could be said of any other measure of "our time" the deliberate work of an overwhelming majority Of tho representatives In the people.
 In the course of the week that whole fabric had been thrown to the ground by body which, admittedly had no power to increase or decrease a single tax.
 With much emphasis Premier As- quith declared that the house of con- mons would prove unworthy of its traditions of 1t allowed a single day to pass without making clear that it did not mean to brook this grave indignity and arrogant usurpation of it's rights.
 The session of parliament was clos ing. the premier said. without a finan- cial act. and until fresh provision could be made the necessities of state could be supplied only through Dor rowing.
 The house of commons then by vote of 349 to 1S4. passed the reeolu- ton of Premier Asquitn to the effect that in rejecting the governments budget bill the house of lords had committed breach of the constitution and unsurped the rights of the house of commons.