The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-11
BRITISH LEADERS
 FAIL ON AGREEMENT Parliamentary Struggle Is Not
 Near a Solution
LORDS WILL NOT YIELr
House of Commons Will Continue to Contest Right of Lords to Use Veto Power Until vexed Qucs-
 ti0n Is Settled

IOHuOH, NOvemDer 10.-Ihe conference which was organized shortly after the death of King Edward in an endeavor to secure a settlement of the controversy over the question of the veto powers of the House of Lords, with reference to measures passed by the House of Com mons, & controversy aggravated by the refusal of the upper house to pass the budget has dissolved without reaching an agreement Announcement of the failure to find solution for the dispute, which has kept politics In a turmoil for more than a year, was made by Pre- mier Asquith tonight. after a meeting of the cabinet. which followed the earlier gathering of the conference. The state ment does not disclose the cause of the disagreement It simply says:
 ''The conference which has been sitting to consider constitutional amendment has come to an end without arriving at an agreement"
 The statement adds that the members of the conference have decided not to disclose the course of the negotiations or the causes which led to It's termina- tion It is understood, however. that the rock on which the conference split vas the question of the composition of the joint committee of both houses that should adjust the differences arising in the future. The liberals insisted that the proportion of peers on this committee should be such that the will of the House of Commons will have a fair chance Of prevailing. The conservative members of the conference could not agree to the governments proposals and their alternative proved unacceptable to the liberals
 Walter Hume Long announced tonight on the authority of Mir. Balfour, leader of the opposition, that neither home rule. imperial federation nor revolution formed any part of the discussion, which con- firmed previous reports that the con- ference had confined itself to the con- stitutional question.
 The political situatio now reverts to the position it was in before the truce.
 The conference secured a respite In the controversy over the most acute is- sue of the day during the period of national mourning, which gives hope that some means will be found to avoid po- litical complications until after the coro- nation.
 How this fig to be accomplished re- mains matter of conjecture and poli- ticlAns are preparing to resume the fight. Advanced liberals. long tired of inactiv- fly, are urging the government to press forward the original proposals limiting the power of the House of Lords by immediately introducing in the upper house the resolutions passed in the house last April These the House of Lords would reject and in the crisis then aris- ing Mfr. Asqulth is pledged to advise the use of the royal prerogative for the appointment of sufficient number of peers to insure the passage of meas iirs making the will of the commons supreme.
 If this course was followed there prob ably would be general election in Jan uary or soon after. The opinion prevails tonight. however, that the government will force an immediate dissolution and get the elections over before Christmas The resnlt of recent bye-elections en- courRged the liberals to make an imme- diate appeal to the people.