The Sentinel=record., 1910-02-22
POLITICIANS ARE so DIVIDED MAY CAUSE ANOTHER
 ELECTION.
Premier Win Try to Curb the House Of Lords Which the Irish Will Fight Against Laborites
 Unsettled

Lonlon, Feb 20-The players in the game of politics hrew their c1rds upon the table in the House of Com mons today The government is with out the allies necessary to carry las islation and the present prospects is tha. the country will be stirred up by arother general election vitMn a f.w months.
 Premier Asquith announced thlt tho financial legislation would he put ahead of the proposals to cuyb the power of the House of Lords.
 John E. Redmond. the Irish leader. declared na.ly that the NationaHsts would not support that program The l labortes are holding a meeting to de- eide their course They probably will follow in the footsteps of t1e Irish members
 The government may be able to adopt the budee. by the grace of con servatives, who possibly will vote for it in order to avert financial chaos and keep the wheels of the empire turn 1 ing. But the enactment of the budg will, as Mr Redmond pointed out. leave the winning cards in the hands of the Lords, who then will be free to reject the bill for the forming of their house and force another election
 The meeting of parliament today was a momentous one, for the cabi- nets policy was not revealed to the country until the moment Premier Asquith took the floor Seldom in the history of the House of Commons have its proceedings been watched with more intense interest by the small but distinguished assembly of spectators, who were able to gain ad. mission and the millions who depend upon the newspapers for their infor nation.
 Mir. Redmonds Irish colleagues controlle dthe course of events. His pronouncement that the Irish mem bers would not support the prime minister was the sensation of the day, and it appears to have settled the ad- m5nist1aton's gte. It is reported that twenty-five radicals have declared their intention of supporting Mr. Red. mond against the governments course anu that greet pressure is being brought to bear from the radicals to induce Mr. Asquith to resign forth. with
 Austen Chamberlain will oppose an amendment to the kings speech in favor of tariff reform and imperial preference. at the same time, deplor- ing the failure cf the ministers to re- cognize in the speech the nature and gravity of the state of trade and em ployment
 The state opening was marged by all tEe pomp and pageantry associated with those occasions since the access sion of Edward VII The royal pro- eress through the trcop-lined streets from Buckingham Palace to the Pal. ace at Westminster drew the usual huge crowds.
 Prince Henry of Prussia rode in the royal procession and attended parlia- ment He appeared in the uniform of a British admiral nd the crowd gave him a reception less warm than wis. iting members of royal families usu- ally receive.
 The kihe's speeches usually are nrosaic. but one clause in that today is regarded as mos significant Re ferring to the proposed reform of the House of Lords. the speech contained the qualifying clause:
 "Tn the opinion of my advisers" which is interpreted as meaning that the king wants to disassociate himself from such proposals
 The kings speech made plain that the work Of the session would be con- fined 70 Inc matter Of finance and tho oroetion of the House of Lords
 His Majesty opened with the usu1l 'raforences Co tbc friendly relations