The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-19

decisior He hoped to be able 70 announce
on Monday or Tuesday OF next week thc
course the Government proposed to tan .
! in the matter
After a brief episode on the woman
suffrage question the Prime Minister $
original motion that the House devote
the remainder Of the present, session to
Government business wss agreed to.
The authorities of Birmingham have
los, no time in fixing December > as the
dat. for polling. This II the earliest
date possible for a general election to be-
gin in case the plan to adjourn on the
18th instant is carried out
LONDON. Nov. is.-The Prime Minister Q
statement in the House Of Commons that
we revert to state Of war is welcomed
by both the Unionist and Liberal pre- -
with confident assurances Of victory in
the coming fight and declarations AZ to
the unassailable justice of their respective
causes The Liberal newspaper, insist on
the niquity OF the peers and the limitation
Of the issue to the veto question. Their
unionist rivals dwell chiefly on MIR.
Asquith's humiliating subserv-nce to
the dollar dictator"
the adoption by the House OF Lords OF the
resolutions for the reform Of the Upper
House. says: 1t is the panic Of men who
see the pit yawning before them. Their
s1-calle,i reform IL proposal for keeping
the Tory hereditary peers IN "a irnpreg-
nable control 81 the House Of Lords AZ
ever. getting rid of the uninteiligent
members and putting in their plac"
crowd Of wornout Generals, bureaucTatS
and proconsul- stepped IN the dr~pouc
conditions Of the tropi 60.
1t Is "A more impudent impo-turr even
than tariff reform There ~ still tim. for
tn. lords Tn accept the veto bill without
an election. hut they may rect assured
that II they de- not they will have to
accept il when the Government returns
from the polls
The Chronicle. on the same side. -ays
The lords have had twenty years OF
opportunity. during which they turned
"A deaf ear To the calls to repentance.
They have persistently waged war against
the House 81 Commons and they refused
to come to terms at the conference. They
must now take the consequences.
The Morniny Leader. frankly admitting
that u IL not sorry the conference failed.
says IN. time has gone by for the Lords
to Offer new varieties OF propitIatioh.
Their. IL only enc thing for them TO do
to make complete and absolute sur
render.
The DAILY Mail Unionisp. says: In
Mr. Asauith's policy Rsdmond's orders
ar. first The country is nowhere. Red
mond has ordered thst there shall he no
reform Of the House of Lords. There
for. Their. must be no reform. only revo-
luton. EnRlishnen will not he irlcked
nv this They want to know why they
are being sold by the Liberal party TO
the American peymasters OF Redmond.
and they will punish the Min listers guilty
Of the dissrac.ful bargain when the poll
ing hour comes There il absolutely no
cause for dissolution except Redmond's
command. al which the Ministry u wan
tonly nfiicting a general election on the
nation at n moment when II Will cause
prodi giou- dist urbanc-.
IN. uusst ION 81 upeetting the Christmas
trade which Mr. BalfoW emphasized in
the debate IN the House 81 Commons
and which IL Indoubt edly causing anxiety
10 traders throughout the country ~
much insisted on in other Cnionis' edi-
,orials. Thus theTslsoruph asks: What
matters IL to the Dollar Dictator that an
election ia imposed on the country at the
most inconvenient season Of the year,
What do the base Saxon shopkeepers
mean by Think ing they have still country
Of their own or that the Ministers are
anything better than bond slaves 10 the
dollar domination
The Unionis,s also Ark What about
those guarantees without which. Mr.
Asauith said IN April. he would never
advise dissolution. The Radical press.
forsstailing this question. defends the
Government and says in effect that IL
trusts Mr. Aspuith.