New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-19
ASQU|TH APPEALS
TO BRITISH PEOPLE
Premier Names November 20 ds
Day for Dissolution OF
Parliament.
SILENT AS TO GUARANTEES
Liberals Believe Satisfactory As-
surances Have Been Given
by King-Election-
eering Begins.
rBy Cable TO The Tribune. J


London Nov. 1S-Not word was
heard about guarantees from the Cro"h
to-day when Prime Minister Asoui,n
named November % as the day for the
dissolution of Parliament. Whatever
might be the assurances which he had
received from the King. Mr. As9ultn sara
he could not say anything about them'
He emphasized this point when ques-
toned by Lord Hugh Cecil.
Unionist members who heard the state
ment angrily denied that the sovereign
was pledged to create peers In the con-
tingency of the rejection of the veto OF
parliamentary bill! by the Lords after a
successful appeal to the country.
The delighted Radicals were confident
obtained Their reasoning was plausible,
since it was based upon Mr.. Asquith' s
deliberate pledge made on April ii that
he would not recommend dissolution I'M
less he should receive guarantees for
carrying the will of the people into
effect. There was also strong confirma-
ton Of this view in the fact that John
the passage of a portion of the budget.
This course would have been inexplica-
bic Il the Nationalist leader had not
been convinced that the Prime Minister
had asked for adequate assurances and
received them. If the government had
resigned and Mr.. Balfour had appealed
to the country there would have been a
apfa RI
been refused.
It is Il poor rule that does not work
both ways, ana the fact that Mr. Asquith
remains in office and has advised disso-
luton is prina facie evidence that the
King will not offer resistance to the will
of the people If clearly expressed at a
general election.
The government starts off with great
advantage in having this delicate mat
ter virtually settled without the King g
name having been dragged into the dis
cussion This IS more important than
the disturbance of a holiday. to which
Mr.. Balfour referred for electioneering
purposes.
The debate In the Commons was re-
rlarkabIy quiet when the issues at stake
were so tremendous. The voices Of the
leaders were scarcely raised above a con-
versationaI tone. Applause was fairly
divided between Liberals and Unionists,
and there were few evidences OF intense
excitement Men on both sides con-
fessed afterward that It was an ire
pressible conflict and that the country
must decide 1t when the conference had
been q failure and the resources of di-
plonacy and royal influence in favor OF
a statesmanlke concoTdat had been
exhausted Great confidence vas ey-
pressed by members of both parties In
the, result of the elections. but it was
less artificial on the Liberal side than
among the Cnionists. Optimists among
the Radicals declared that they would
win thirty or forty seats before Christ
mas. With Mr. Lloyd George and
Winston Churchill conducting a popular
canvass. certainly practical etectfoneer-
ing has begun on q large scale, with
hedges for payment of members and
EXPANSION of the list Of old age pension
ers and the probability Of fresh cences-
sions next week 70 me laoor parry anu
POSSIBLY to the suffragettes. who have
been holding high carnival in Parl'a-
ment Square throughout the day and
making martyrs of themselves in fam
boyant style.
Mr.. Asouith will open the Liberal cam
paign with a speech at the National Lib
eral Club tomorrow. and i'll 1t he is ex-
pected to outline the governments policy
at 1cn0tb