, 1910-11-23

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torpedo destroyer feet arrived 8 p. IN.
London, Nov. 21st-.I In the House of Com
mons after Mr.. Barnes speech the debate
dragged perfunctorily through the afternoon
before almost empty benches, many members
htying left for their constituencies, to which
interest is now transferred. 1t was remarked
that Mr.. Redmond was present but did not
speak, although Mr.. O'Brien charged hun
aud Mr., O'Conuor with the failure Of the
conference, thus making Ireland again the
shuttlecock between British parties. Mr.. Red
mond, he continued, becomes the dictator Of
Englan Mt the cost of being the destroyer
of Ireland, and the nation is rushed into an
election at breakneck speed without any
reason except the necessities Of Irish politics.
In the House OF Lords, after the Earl Of
Crewe had announced briefly the Govern
ment's plans, like those announced by Mr..
Asquith, the Marquis of Iansdowne said
cuusticalIy that he was doubtful whether
ever a parliamentary maneeuyre was eXecut-
ed with greater cynltlsm, a parliament not II
year Old with an uubeaten majority is to be
dissolved upon the pretence OF the Lords
rejection OF a Veto Bill, which had not even
been presented to them.
Not "a word is said regarding the Kings
guarantees; the Crown is rigidly excluded
tlN inv 1A' 'ANt AAA - .N1tlN 49,
fused to answer Lord Hugh CeciIs question
upon the point, but some sort of guarantee
is inferable from Mr.. Redmond's silence and
his assent to the passage of portions of the
budget, together with Mr., Asquith dissoly.
ing Parliament without resigning.
Mr.. Asquith, in opening the campaign
with a speech at the National Liberal Club,
said he had merely nailed down the plaubs
of the platform already declared. The Gov
eminent We're determined to end once for
all the present system, under which Liberal
proposals have no chance, and to contine the
second Chamber to its appropriate seeonda-
~ functions. This, he continued, was not reyo-
luton and was approved unwillingly by the
Peers themselves, and the Liberals will con-
TIME to fight for progressive Legislation by
representative Government. he Lords new
energy, he added, in reforming themselves
was easily explicabIe, the Tories feeling una
BILE to face another election with the old in
Cubus.
The Bow Street Magistrate discharged the
arrested sutfragettes amid their indignation
ut his refusal to allow ithem to suffer mar
tyrdom. Some loudly protested against
their discharge in court and asked the rea-
son for such q farce as their arrest without
any punishment. Their committee is much
chagrined to learn they met Mr.. Asquith
face to face in the corridor behind the
Speakers chair, but lost their opportunity by
not recognizing him, while he wondered how
he had escaped.
1t is stated the Boroughs Will poll be-
tween the Bird and 9Th proX, the district
BorougAs between the It'll and 18th and the
Counties between the 8th and 18th The
Peers are more prominent in this campaign
than in any siuce the Long Parliament, be-
cause this Parliament has not renewed the
resolution declaring it an infringement Of
the liberties of the House of Commons for
Peers and Prelates to concern themselves
in the elections of members Of that House.
The situation has shifted rapidly with each
manmuyre, and the Government have lost
noticeably by the Unionist emphasis upon
the rise Of American dollars to undermine
the British constitution, which Mr.. Asquith
minimiEed.
The DAILY Mail says that under Mr..
Asquith Mr.. Redmond's orders are obeyed
first the country's welfare comes next, if at
all. Mr.. Redmond forbids reform of the
House of Lords, therefore a revolution is
necessary; Englishnen want to know why
they are sold by the Liberals to the American