The Detroit times., 1910-01-20
LIBERALS PLAN
RADICAL COURSE
Introduction of Irish Home Rule and
Other Measures Contemplated
By Them. =

LONDON, Jan. 19.-Odds of 20 to
that the Liberals will control the next
parliament were offered on the stock
exchange today witEout any takers
With a Liberal, or coalition victory
assured in the forthcoming parliament.
the Liberal party leaders are today
mapping out a program OF legislation
more radical than any ever before pro-
posed In England and that the program
viii be successful every succeeding
days voting makes more apparent
Among the measures that will be
urged by the dominant party will BIO
the adoption OF n resolution taking
the power OF veto away from the
house OF lords, the reintroduction of the
budget, the Irish home rule bill, and
bill to stop plural voting, thus abol.
ishing the present franchise handi.
caps under which the masses labor
These reforms were definitely agreed
on by the Liberal leaders today. II
successful In this legislation. the Lib
erals, with the aid OF the laborites
and the Irish natlonalists, will begin
their fight to make the house OF lords
an elective body.
The probable smallness OF the Lib
eIal majority will work toward the
enactment OF more radical legislation
than were the majority overwheim-
Ing, for the moderate members Will
have to make concessions TO the Rad.
icals in order To maintain a majority
when II comes TO voting on legislation.
The extremists will virtually hold the
balance of power.
The attempt TO curtail the lords
veto power will be the first thing at.
tempted, according TO the announce
ment OF Premier Asquith, who de-
Clares the issue TO be the most i'm.
portant now before the people.
Despite the fact that the lords are
under pledge TO cease their opposir
ton to the budget in case the present
election goes against them, there Is
grave fear that owing TO the more
radical measures that Chancellor OF
the ExcheQuer Lloyd;George will pro-
pose in the new budget the lords will
again attempt TO defeat II. The new
budget will contain heavily increased
taxes against land, swollen incomes.
leasehold freversions, unearned incre-
ment In land values, death duties and
a number OF other things.
The home rule measure will be in
accordance with Premier Asqulth'S
promise complete self-government in
local affairs, but maintaining the SUI
premacy and integrity OF the imperial
parliament. This is not all the Ma
tionalists want and II is probable that
the government will yet be forced To
60 farther than planned.
After this urgent legislation Is
enacted, the Liberals plan to reduce
the membership Of the house OF lords
To 800.
The plan Is to permit the peers to
choose 100 members who will serve
for life. the others TO be popularity
elected AS the 100 life peers die.
their successors are to be chosen by
election, the entire body eventually
becoming elective.
When the polls opened today the
conservatives had total OF 40 mem
bers and the coalitionists LAG. includ-
ing 9S liberals. % nationalists and 20
laborites The net conservative gain
is AZ. w.ich II maintained through
out the remainder of the election, viii
give them a total gain Of lO5. This
will mean that the liberals will have
to have the support OF both the labor
ties and nationalists to have ma.
jority.