Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-18
PREMIER AsQU|TH
DISQUALIFICATION
Veto Bill Must be Accepted or
Rejected, Can be No Amend
nlent or Transformation.
WE REVERT TO STATE OF WAR
Government Not Acting Under Pres.
s'lrc--lrt,r j. Balfour Al
tack- Its Program.

i-ohdon, Nov. iS.-It Is the intention
OF the government To pass the essential
features of the budget namely. the in
come tax, tea duty. and remove the
pauper disqualification for old age pen.
siohs; ana to dissolve parliament on
Nov % should the lords in the mean
time reject The veto bill.
Presenting the program In the house
of commons today, Premier Asquitl
said lie had hoped up to the last mo
ment that the veto conference would
reach settlement. There never had
been a more honest and sustained al
tempt by men OF strong and conflicting
convictions 10 find basis of agree
ment.
In view of the failure of the govern
ment, Mr.. Asquith said. 1t would be
useless to attempt 10 bring about an
aSeement In the present parliament.
''rhc result Is that We revert to u
state Of war;" declared the premier,
who continued:
The lords will he given an oppor-
tunity of saying Yes or NO to the
governments veto bill during the COM
ing week.
There is no question OF amendment
or transformation, II is n question of
acceptance or rejection. The time has
come for this controversy which OBJ
structS the whole path OF progressive
legislation to be sent for final decisive
arhltrament to the national tribunal"
Mr.. Aspuith denied the assertion OF
the Conservatives that the government
was 2et;nS> under pressure. saying ne
understood the charge was that pres
sure was being applied by tho sinister
hand Of the black angel of this political
drama. Mr.. Redmond
Mr.. Asuuith then detailed the legsla-
ton which tho government proposed to
| pass before the dissolution of parlia-
! ment and said 1t would be necessary
| to appropriate $2,50o,000 to carry out the
| provisions Of the act removing the
| pauper Disqualification from old age
pensioners and concluded by promising
that II tile government obtained the
| requisite parliamentary majority he
would next year bring in bill to pro-
| vide for the payment of members OF
the house of commons.
BALFouR ATTACKS PROGRAM.
Arthur j. Balfour. leader Of the OPP
| position in the house of commons. who
made the Unonist keynote speech at
Nottingham last night, attacked the
| governments program as announced
| by the premier today.
| Speaking in the house of commons,
| he described the government method of
| procedure as unprecedented and un-
| constitutional The ministry, he said,
had made up its mind that all chances
Of the lords making moderate and rea-
| sonabc proposals for the settlement Of
| the question ut issue between the two
| houses must be aavoided ut all hazards
and so was rushing through to Il disso-
| luton OF parliament before 1t would be
possible for the inoderates on both
sides to form q Judgment.
George Nicoll Barnes, Il Labor leader
voiced the revolt of the Laborites
against the government who, he de-
clared. had failed to meet the demand
for Immediate legislation to reverse TIL,
Osborn judgment The I.abortes. he
said were altogether with the prem.
icr's suggestion for the payment OF
members of the lower house MS a pal.
liativc for the wrongs sustained by tn,
trades unions through the Osborn juds.
| mcnt
The labor party, Barnes added. he.
| licVed the governments conduct of tbs
business of the house had not been such
MS TO justify giving the ministry a free
hand. and that the Labor members
would abstain from voting II n vote
was taken.