The sun., 1910-05-01
FACBS RY CRISIS
BUpGEr sETTLBD. THE LORDS
WT0, MOSHt BR BE.lLT WITH.
Many Flans. PrspOuNA 10 Avert General
Eleetlln. bll NoAe seems Rcaaihls
-Aishsps Dlscuss Disoree aaa alsa-
aay AunnsemeniA- Daaslb of a.ssuian.

-hsahsus Dlscuss nlsoree naa Husa-
aay Annuseu'ents-Gsss of LSmioA.
sl~Sai csb,s DsSpaieA 10 Inv SvS.
LSs-DOE. ADril -. The cardinal feature
q nrIttsh. domestic politics this Weak
haa been the passage % the finance
biR of loOo-lO. which has taken twelve
months 70 pass. has cost tho country
eensral election and has been the
meanS- q giving the venerable Britiah
constitution a Jar from which Il still
vibratas.
rn~t fall the bill pa-ssd the lover
botae BY . majority % 7sT. Il has nov.
after hs rejection by the HOUSE of Lords
and the consequent general election.
beqn pushed through the House of Com
mons again. but by majority og % only.
and thia only after q deal with the Irish
NntiOnAlists. 10 whose will the Govern
ment had 70 bow In order 10 extricAts
IRON an hnpas4.
Ths 6in was Immediately sent for the
second time "a the bonds. Who after a
brief debate. in which Lord LAndadoWne
made an able speech iustiRying the peers
actto1 and the Lord High Chancellor
in . powerful reply reafiTmed the Gov
srnment'S position. pnssed the bill without
. DIVISION. Thus according 70 their op-
poaeuta thS Lorda -Ats the leek'; &C.
cordinG % their supporters they honor
ably made good their promise not 20
opposs the measure u q new HousO ~
Commons submitted Il 20 them for the
ssocnd time.
therefore for good or M the budget
goas into eject and the arrears Of tax.
etion viii Be- vigorously raked in forth
with. To POLITICIANS. whsther in Par.
hSmsna o. on the outside. as well a. 10
The general public there is an immense
Of relief that the budget has departed
from he stage Thepolitical atmosphere
b ~ last CLEARED Of the oppression which
had become almost intolerAble 20 a
majority Of the public. which had reached
The -oh. damn the budget attitude.
he proceedings Of Parliament during
the last week. notwithstanding their inn
poFtance % the nations. were followed in a
bored var or not az all. The public
sought rslisf n news Of the aviation race
20 Manchester. After the Kings assent
% the finance bin was declared yesterday
With the ancient Norman French form.
unaltered for centuries. Parliament ad-
touEnsd Tor q months vacation and the
Ministers Aed from London.
-0RAvITH oT THE FUTuRE.
Meanwhile, grAver issues are impending
which may change the Constitution The
resolutions Gripping the House Of Lords,
popularity called the veto resolutions.
which have already paassd the HOuss Ol
Conmons. will come before the Lords az
5000 a. that body finishes with Lord Rose
beFy's reform resolutions. which will be
the fires business Of the peers when they
reasssmble on May %.
Tbs G3vs.lms1t hNg Rlrssdy cast tbs
dechratlons Of the resolutions into ths
form of q bill. the text Of which was made
public to-day Tho resolutions declared
arst. thEs Il u expedient that the Loris be
prevented by law from rejs-ting or
amanding a money bill. but that such
limiaation, shall not IN anywiss Affect the
righn and privileges Of the Commons
e. they now exist Thsn follows a deh-
nitiua Of money bin As effected by the
resolutions.
The ugcond Of the revolutions cot forth
that Il IL expedient that the powers og
tie HOUSE Of Lords respecting all other
hills bs restricted. 20 thas II any such
hSH shall be passed by the Commons
at thEes successive sessions and rejected
By TIE Lords NJ each Of these sessions
IL skSll become a law without tho assent
Of the LORDS on royal assent being given.
provided hat at least two years ahall
have slapsed between the Introduction
Of The measure and its third passage by
the House Of Commons.
) Ths third resolution set forth that IL 10
sxpedisnt 20 limit the duration Of Par
Lament 70 Ave years.
Ths bili viii be submitted % the
House Of Commons when Parliament re-
ASSEMBLIES on May % There are six
clAuses IN H. They contain nothing new
or novel. but the preamble foFeshadows
that action wih b taken later FOR the re-
form Of the Houss. Of Lords. matter
with which the resolutions do not deal
lt says that iE y Intended 20 substitute
q saooud chamber constituted on q popu-
lar instead Of hereditary. basis. Such
substitution. the preamble declares. can
not irppasdiassly be brought into opera
ton. Provision b also made for limiting
nddsaning the powers OF the new second
chAmbPr. ...
The Lords may ignore the resolutions
and wait for the bill itself 70 como before
them. Their action then will bring
nattsrs % a head. In Liberal circles
dissolution is still regarded as a fore
gone conclusion.
RJBcTIoNs IN TULH
The beadiaR Ministerial organ to-day
asserts that the Ministers regard a gen
eral election In July as almost certain
and tkat all'prepArations are being made
for dissolution at the end os June. There
. 10 certain indication whatever q how
another appeal to ths country will sventu-
ase. 'Ir is ootoFious that all the parties
dfsaA sbS prospect and all would be
Rlad. though for different reasons. 90
avoid H.
Il h noe surprising therefore that
means Of escape are being discussed
There 10 mUch talk Of q compromise
among the more moderate members and
nswSpapsrs'of both the Liberal and Con
asrvativs parties. To this the unbendinE
stalwarts on rithsF SIDE will not listen.
The Saturday Rerisg eTnphatioally op-
posaa oonprcsnias. u urges q fight %
the last ditch. One form OF the sug-
esstod compsoEniss bs that the veto reso-