The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-05
LORDS CASE PERIL TO EMPIRE
70 fLFOIR SEES GRlTE DANGER
~ VETO Plan.
To euro Power % Peers u to Abolish the
House and ~ 20 Jeepard GoN eminent
Fabric--t Dper Hsuse Was Right On
Budget. Nv nIs HANe PRO, ed. zee says.


Fabric Upper Heuse Was Right On
budget. Events HaNe Prov ed. zee says. B
SPsc'aI CeAs DsspGfrA 70 THE SuN
LONDON. March & Speaking at a han I
queS az the Merchant TaiIors Hall to-
night sK-Prime Minister Balfour dealt !
with the question OF the re-
form OF the House Of Lords. HH began |
with a telling attack on the Government |
for buTking the budget al tho dicts.tsr of
the NationAlists after bOasting that the !
had gwen II a ma jOrity of i2I IN /
iCs favor
The fact was. Mr. Balfour said. the Gov !
eminent realized that the country had
actually pronounced against IT, Il was
impossible tn imagine "a greater triumph
for the House Of Lords which thought the
Governments proposals were ~ novel
and far reaching that they ought io H.,
submitted To the judgment OF tn" country
He laid the entire blame for the present
financial chaos on the Government which
was wilfully refusing To avail itself Of the
offits.s Of the opposition to help iegali q"
measures for the collection Of taNes
In jusiifyinR tho House of Lords Mr.
Balfour contends'I that ihs House had
never shown itself more caTabls of ful-
alling one Of the main duties Of q sl,'ond
chamber IL had never contained NOR.
men 81 experience. knowledge of AFFAIRS
and public spirit
He added IL IN not that 'he HOUSE 81
Lords lacks "fftciency. n - that IN IN"
present condition Of public opinion .,
lacks strength I do nor want better
second chanher want a stronger one
and know of no better source from which 3
that strength ran re obtained tnan N" |
sO'Irc" from which the HOUSE of Commons .
derives lie power. namely. the feeling 7
that there ~ some direct formal con- !
n"c, ion between public opinion and tie /,
Oh amber
Mr.. Ralfour explained THAI ne did not |
wsnt a second chamber to 10 merely a
copy Of the first The UnionistS did not
want another HOUSE IT Commons that
would deprive the second house Of ali
value 49, an appeal IN tho constitutional
They wanted a second chamber 4
which should no, arroglt. 10 itself. a. /
foreign second ckAmh-rs had too often /
hone, the powers ~ am Immediately repre- I
sentative chamh~r. sucking from che |
latter all authority and power
Ne. a. a '-ernbsr ~ the Huu-a ~ tom I
any change m thar HoI-' ro.nua-arl. .
" Nh that which had h"rall.n representa-
i've assemblies IA France and the ni,.d
States. They must also have men m
The second chamber Who are not I'M
Iuedst@ly amensble. a. Nh" HOUSE Ut
q nmons -. 10 the passing psss ION ~ rho
Inoment and he electoral Machine
Above all they wanted . s.-rund cham
-. IUN.
would H.. powerful enough - -. - pas-
sing moods and r"pr--nnr h" permanent
" 18Th Of the nation
He denied that the HOUSE Of Lords
was opposed {" social reform The
Radicals and Nd'ionalis's who S1lk-d
about social reform did not want social .
reform Dat political ravoi I;ion The
Government Wis really aiming at policy .
which would involve p-rIod ri rrvplu-
,'onaTy W anti-r"yoiUtiunary struggle
Ia sbolishIng the veto power OF tue House
u Lords they would practically abolish !
he seOCnd chamber
such revolution Would inevitably
bring a counter revolution That opened
= vista % political struggles winch must
thrust ~ the wall anything in the nature
u sound. -ofer social reform. winch
would destroy the whole fabric or tue
In.ted Kingdom aud threaten the EN-
pIre.
D-aling with fiscal reform. Ma Biltuur
aroused cheers by declaring % was a grave
lulHfoTt Yne that Great BrtaIn'S DELAY ~ 4
adopting "A tauf was forcing Canada 20
make commercial treaties first with one
country and then with another. IA lgnor-
InCe ~ whether Great Britain Wa going
to Hdopt a system which woUii make
possible fulI preference bet w"cu canada .
and the United Kingdom
The Pail H1H nidsst's to-day saws thai
although matters have been patched up
for the mOrDent the Cabinei ~ sharply 4
divided on the main question Of pohcJ - .
regards the Hou-e ~ Lords and Will 60
70 the country probably IN July with a
vide divergence ~ opinion among IT.
members
The Wspaper ayers however. that
the ma Jointly ~ The Cabinet he's decided
upOn q programme WI en- shall include
the reform Of the House Of Lords and
when the veto re solutions are brought
before the House Of Commons they will
be accompanied by the outlines OF
scheme for the reconstruction
Of the second chamber.
nRITHgH IENaAra.