Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-11-19
PREMIER, PRESENTING GOVERN
MENT's SIDE, SAYS PEERS
MUST VOTE 'sYEsr OR .Nos AZ
IT STANDS. ...,1 ~
SUFFRAGE7TES m
FIGHT WITH BOBRzEs
WOMEN MAKE DEMONSTRATORS
AT OPENING or PARLIAMENT,
TODAY; RALFouR ouIllhEa
POLICY OF UNioNlIsI1 ~ =

London, Nov. FrsmSUr 1sQs
kpresenting the government program IN
the commons today declared there
will be no amendment or tranGforma.
tion in the veto bill and the lords mus4
say ''yes" or mo- The question II uole.
~ one Of acceptance and WIN be sent
for final decisive arbitrament TO the
national tribune" Asquith then dc.
tailed other legislation which tho ROY.
ernment proposed to pass before the
dissolution Of parliament. z
Balfour, the leader Of the opposition,
and Barnes, the labor leader, mAda
speeches attacking the government
| program.
suffragettes Bresk Lsese,
The suffragettes, under the iea6er4
ship OF Mrs. Emmet Pankhurst, a.
tackled parliament soon after the ses-
lsiOn opened today.
The police were compelled TO make
wholesale arrests and eighty-two suf-
fragettes and their supporters already
have been taken into custody.
About 1000 suftragettes were en-
lgaged In Q fght with the police surys
rounding parliament. Several times
the women were driven back but each
time they returned to the attack and
It required additional police to finally
stop the attack. &.
A large contingent Of American blue
Jackets from the visiting feet were
amused spectators OF the struggle and
Justify cheered the combatants and in
cited them to fresh efforts.
| Lord Rosebery's Resolutions.
! London, England, Nov. 1S.-In the
house OF lords sitting as committee
OF the whole, the earl Of Rosebery
moved set OF resolutions for the re-
construction OF. the upper house. They
lwere adopted as follows:
1 (1) That the house Of lords shall
consist OF the lords Of parliament; (a)
chosen by the whole body Of hereditary
peers from among themselves ana BY
nomination by the crown; (b) those
Qualifications held by them; and (c)
those chosen from outside.
(2) That the term OF tenure o1 4ll
the lords Of parliament shall b the
same except In the case OF those SIT
ting ex-officio, who would sit only -
long as they hold the office BY 1easnn
BaIfour " Makes spssoA.
| Arthur J. Balfour In q speech ct
Nottingham aroused curiosity 90 To
whether the Unionist leader would
make any new departure on tho Irish
QueSClOn. IL WEE QUICKLY eVIu0uS undf
except on the question OF the House of
Lords, on which the Unionist party u
now firmly committed to Lord Rose
Ibery's scheme, the Unionist platform
stands the same az at the last general
election in all it's particular planka.
| Unionist Policy Made Clear
Mr.. Balfour referred only incident
ally to the home rule question, but
sufficiently Indicated that he was IN
as complete opposition to II as ever
Thus the Unionist election policy IN
the main will be apt to pit reform Of
the House OF Lords against the Liber-
ais demand for the abolition Of the
veto power Of the lords.
I The situation between the opposing
forces appeared less aggravated
There is disposition on the part q
Longer time to debate the veto bill
POSSIBLY even to the extent Of admit
ting reasonable amendment, provld-
ed this does not interfere with the
principle of the bill.
American Dollars an Issue.
Mr.. Balfour has now set the seal OF
his approval on the adoption OF
4 |"American dollars as the unionist
election motto.
] The Standard In an editorial declares
there would be no constitutional crisis
but for this American subsidizing OF
the nationalists.
7. 1T is Redmond's. not Asquith's,
/ crisis says the paper. Redmond's
patrons are not the poor, like Parnelrs,
| but the affluent 1t is the American
business man, the American capital
/ the home rule party for purposes OF
i their own They do not love England,
and they want to prevent the adoption
/ of tariff reform"