The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-28
Parliament Diss olved and
General Election to
be Ordered
LIBERALS INTENT
UPON CUTTINT OUT
HEREDITARY PEERS
Will Press Fight Before People
and if They Win and King
Does Not Create Peers
Throne Will be in
Jeopardy

LONDON Nov 2s-~Engiand pc
iticai die has been cast, Parliament
has been dissolved. and the battle be-
tween the House Of Lords and the Lib
erals. which may result in social rev
oiution In Great Britain. is on.
The lords and commons met in joint
session to-day to hear the king. dis
solution speech, which WAS formal.
thanking the elected and the hereditary
law makers for their lsbors. announcA
ing the prorogulng of the present Par
liament and the kings determination
10 call 4 general election for the scIee-
ton OF ncw House If Commons.
Lord Lorobaiu. the lord high chan
leiior read the speech Of the king.
The Asauith cabinet members were
100; present al the dissolution being IN
executive session at the time conciud-
ing business that had to he wound up.
'rhe dissolution wfits for the old
Parliament were issued this afternoon
and the new Parliamen. ia be elected
either III December or January is or
1ered To meet on January 81, 1911.
Forced BY Liberals.
The dissolution % Parliament and
tbs Calling OF a new general election
@as forced by the Liberals. who are
noN in power. To-daN's act marks a
warfare whose central issue In the de-
slructiofs IF the last vestige Of power of
the hereditary House Of Lords or the
saddling upon England of the old re-
rtfaie
The Liberals seek the abolition of the
lords except as a purely consaftive
hods. Having got II out Of the way.
If tines are successful. they propose to
enact n mass III very advanced iegis-
sstion. The l.abarites also want to
ooiista the tor4s entirely not even
Allowing ii TO remain for the purpose
# consultation, TIL. program of leg
i~latton sought by the f.aberites is
even more advanced than that demand.
IA bs tho Liberals. |, s socialistie III
fact. The Irish. too are bent on end
ing the supervising rule OF the lords
1hss do not care how IT Is done. SO
l,st4a as Il il done. They demand Irish
home ftsle. TIE lords nav. thus far
baked them With the peers out of
The way the Irish expect home rule
The conservatives want tbs lords to
continue in power, but their idea OF re-
form il "A house OF still greater strength
lhran the present one and just as coli
serFatiee.
Ke~ss With the King.
That. in brief, ~ The condition pre-
taiitts ~ n,le,'h' i'-aas' ihe hshs
.uen /. ttanIaai,np lssue thaf Il has
even been foreeasted IN some of the
NOR radical csrrl,s that II Ring
t;.orse declines to aid ,he liberals. in
the event Oh d liberal victory at the
polls neat month. he may lose his
throne.
10 g.t the lords gu, OF the way, ii
Is necessary that enough liberal peers
nlex,nu ~ The ,,pn.r ho,,.e from .ni.
,a,v conservative 10 soI,dlv ,ibera1
pntv me k,nr can create these nears
,rbe great question In England is-
.vyi,, t;eorrn obey the peonIe ana
hsin ahali.h ,bn lord. Nv crent,n~ tha
liberal peer.g"
From tho fact that the present can.
inc, dtssolyed narlIa mont instead ~
rexirninx II looks as n George wouIa
e-nroyi.sinr the libera,s win ,he forsh.
coming general eieetion hv lar~s
majority II IL assumed thar Axou,sh
promised TO refer tire eues,ion 10 the
neople-through thu medium ~ a
general eIection-fi George wouis
promise to obey the people's win. al
expressed at this election. Ii the ill.,
erals elect the majority of their can
didates. IL win be proof that the peo-
pie want the lords abolished.
M T,ro.niss, Announced,
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nsss ma, mo~. osen no aen,
n!,e ounec",ent uuat tue KING hau
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