The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-22
GOVERNMENT LEFT
WITH NO ALLIES

| LONDON, Feb 21.-The players in
| the game of politics threw stheir cards
! upon the table in the house of COM
! mons today. The government is with
out the allies necessary to carry leg
islation and the. prospect is that the
J country will be stirred up by another
| general election within q few months.
| Premier Asquith announced that the
| financial legislation would be put
| ahead OF the proposals to curb the
| power of the house of lords. John E
Redmond, the Irish leader, declared
| fatty that the natonalists would not
support the Irish leader, declared fiat
ly that the nationalists would not
support that program. The laborites
are holding a meeting to decide their
course. They probably will follow in
the footsteps of the Irish members.
The government may be able to
adopt the budget by the grace of the
conservatives, who possibly will vote
for it in order to avert financial chaos
and keep the wheels Of the empire
turning. The enactment Of the bud
leave the winning cards in the hands
Of the lords who then will be free to
reject the bill for the reforming Of
their house and force another election
Meeting Is Momentous.
The meeting Of parliament today
was u momentous one, for the cab
inets policy was not revealed to the,
country until Premier Asquith took the
floor
Mr.. Redmond and his Irish colleag-
ues controlled the course of events
His announcement that the Irish
members would not support the prime
and it appears to have settled the add
ministration's fate. 1t is reported that
25 railroads have declared their in
tention of supporting Mr.. Redmond
| against the governments course and
that great pressure is being brought
! TO bear from the radicals to induce
Mr.. Asquith to resign forthwith
Austen Chamberlain win propose an
amendment to the kings speech in
favor of tariff reform and imperial
preference at the same time, dep1or-
ing the failure of the ministers to rec
ognize in the speech the nature and
gravity of the state of trade and en-
ployment
The kings speeches usually are pro-
sale but one clause in his speech to-
! day is regarded as most significant
Referring to the proposed reform Of
; the house of lords, the speech con-
tanned the qualifying clause:
I'm the opinion of my advisers"
+! This is interpreted as meaning that
! the king wants to disassociate him.
self from such proposals.
: Prussian Is Cheered.
| Prince Henry of Prussia rode in tho
royal procession and attended parlia-
ment. He appeared in the uniform
! of British admiral and the crowd
| gave him a reception no less warm
| than visiting members of royal fam
! lies usually receive.
During the debate on. the Kings
i speech, Arthur j. Balfour spoke fer the
| opposition. He criticised the kings
speech for its ambiguity. particularly
on the naval question. He had hoped
| he said for a declaration that the
| government was prepared to face the
! situation and provide anything nee
| essary for the defense of the empire
The general election had been pri-
| marily on the budget. he said and he
! was not quite. spre what the country
had PRONOUNCED.
When the budget said Mfr Bal
four. has received cold and chilly.
but numerically adequate support in
thise house. il will doubtless become
law. I believe majority of the con-
stitucncies in Great Britain are pre-
pared to support the budget but can