Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-11
OPPOSED TO APPEAL
British Premier in Favor of
First Completing Work.
LIBERALS URGE ELECTIONS
Failure of the Conference of Party
Leaders.
PEERS POWERS IN DISPUTE
Controversy RELOCATED to the Posi-
ton It Held Prior to the Death
of King Edward.
PEERS POWERS IN DISPUTE

LONDON, November 11.-Followins
last nights announcement OF the failure
OF the conference Of leaders of the two
parties on the veto power of the house of
lords. there was today the greatest ac-
tivity at all the party headquarters,
where the decks were being cleared for
action in view of the possibility Of an al
most immediate general election.
The government stalwarts urged a
prompt appeal to the country on the
ground that the sooner they struck the
better would be the chances Of over
whelming the opposition.
Advanced liberals, long tired of mac
tivity, want the government to press the
original proposals limiting the power of
the house of lords by Immediately intro
ducing in the upper house the resolutions
passed in the house of commons last
April. These the house of lords would re-
ject. and Mr.. ASquith is then pledged to
advise the use of the royal prerogatiVe
for the appointment of a sufficient num-
Der of peers to insure the success OF a
measure making the will of the commons
supreme.
If this course were followed, there
would probably be a general election In
January or soon after. The result OF re-
cent by-elections encourages the liberals
Premier Asquith's Position.
But Premier Asquith is believed to be
in favor of quickly winding up the bust
ness Of the parliamentary session before
placing the resignation of the cabinet In
the hands of the king.
the Irish and labor parties upon the re-
assembling of parliament next Tuesday.
The stock market was weak today as a
consequence of the conference failure.
Consols for money today sold off half a
point to 1871. the previous low record,
on the failure of the conference. Home
securities were also weak.
Object of the Conference.
The conference was organized shortly
after the. death of King Edward in an en-
deavor to obtain a settlement of the
acute controversy over the question of the
veto power of the house of lords, with
reference to measures passed by the house
Of commons-a controversy aggravated
by the refusal of the upper house to pass
the budget.
Announcement of the failure of the
leaders to find solution for the dispute
was made by Premier Asquith after
meeting of the cabinet, which followed
the earlier gathering of the conference.
Announcement of Failure.
The official statement does not disclose
the cause of the disagreement. 1t SIM
ply says:
THE conference which has been sitting
to consider constitutional question has
come to an end without arriving at an
agreement"
The statement adds that the members
Of the conference had decided not to
disclose the course Of the negotiations
or the causes which led to its termina-
ton. 1t is understood, however. that the
rock on which the conference split was
the question of the composition of the
joint committee of both houses that
should adjust the differences arising in
the future.
The Point at Issue.
The liberals insisted that he proportion
of peers on this committee should be such
that the will Of the house of commons
would have a fair chance of prevailing.
The conservative members of the con-
ference could not agree to the govern
ments proposals, and their alternative
proved Unacceptable to the liberals.
Walter Hume Long announced on the
authority of Mr.. Balfour, leader Of the
opposition, that neither home rule, inn
perial federation nor devolution formed