New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-25

Two hours. 0CclUtO w S"'tN'
in order to obviate graver disorders
The members dispersed amid scene
NJ violent excitement SHOUTS Oh
TRAITOR. and Coward following the
Prime Minister as he departed, TO whcn
.h. Ninisteriaiists hurled back cries OF
..v.,,rs beatenr 1--WE will vim
Mfr. Asouith tonight issued TO 'he
newspapers p summary OF the speeC"
\. Was prevented from delivering III
the sreech he contended that the prin-
,,,,es of the machinery Of the oil mao
he.n before the people at two elections
Nv no form Of referendum deVisao'e
could the opinion of the electorate nave
bsen more carefully ascertained.
Lords Proposed Junta.
The government. he said, had accepted
important amendments IN the House o'
Commons; the purpose Of the lnros
amendments was to set the rnachinery
aside. The government had proposed
specifically 10 describe what were finance
bills; the Lords proposed to create
committee. which the Premier describrd
a. a junta. To determine what were
finance bills and what were matters OIL
great cravity--whatever that might
mean-which should he put before the
country by referendum. There was not
a great budget Of the last seventy years
which could not plausibly have been
thrown out by such a iunts.
When YOU have a Unionist majority
~ both houses" continues the Prime
Minister the whole thing becomes a
dead letter. Then measures Of the most
farreachipg effect may he passed in de-
fance OF public opinion and over the
heads of the electorate. Then you live
under An unchecked ard undiluted
single chamber government but with n
Liberal government in power you would
hsve House of Commons fettered be
yord all its predecessors in control OF
finance: and IN all cases where an ire
sponsible and non-representativc body
independent of both houses. should so
determine. every d.a dlock will be settled
end settled only nv referendum.
These amendments" adds Mr As
quith, taken as n whole. amount 20 r.
lection of Gu i'll" He then quotes In
detail constiti .onsl writer's and the his
tory Of the lJssage Of the reform bill
in the days Of William ". and gives his
promise to invoke the royal prerosstiv
for the creation of enough peers 20 in
cure the passage Of the present bill.
Salfour Heard Amid Quiet
\. ]. Balfour. leg der Of the Opposition,
when his turn came 10 reply to the
speech which the Premier vas unable 10
make. received a quiet hearing lie was
somewhat apologize. saying: Il frankly
regret that / was unable to hear the
Prime Minister"
everybody will understand" he con-
t!nued. that such proceedings as those
IN which his majestys ministers have
INDUCED cannot but excite the deep and
passionate feelings of the great mass of
the community.
Nevertheless. my oun feeling is that.
however deep and passionate may be the
resentment produced by that line of
the indignation We feel against those
responsible for il. in this house. at any
rate, n is desirable that ve should dis
cuss them"
Here the Home Secretary. Winston
Spencer Churchill Interrupted with who
set the example,"
The Cnionists advised Mr.. Balfour 70
ignore the Home Secretary. but the
Conservative lnader declined the sug
ssstion and said: II remember him
when he was the ringleader of gang
of disturbers who. when an unconstitu-
uonal question was at stake. kept a
minister standing an hour without per.
uniting word 10 be heard"
Mr. Balfour then reminded Tho uouss
\ that the Parliament bin had not beer
N rejected by the House Of Lords ".rbe
Prime Minister seems assured tha. the
constitution provides for the creation nj
peers as the ordinary machinery for
dealing with a deadlock between thr
two houses" he continued.
Il admit that revolutions mav 10 noe.
rsEsry. hut the Prime Minister is do
RroyinR the preroya tive Of the crown
ard the Independence ~ the House ~
Lords 3t ono stroke-not to avert va,
OF 20 carry mes s1rcs which the nasse.
Of the people are passionately desirou,
81, but for one object only 70 prevent
the people IF this country from express
ine any ne" verdict on question which
they had twice before expressed in tbeil
verdict on Home Rule. With a light
Eeart the Prime Minister puts the crown
under compulsion, on an excuse so trum-
pcry and contemplate that IL would not
justify the creation Of single peer"
Mr. Baifour accused the Premier of
Dragging the crown in the dust and of
sbusing the confidence ~ the sovereign
sgsinst the views Of himself and his col
leagues because they arc puppets of
forces he cannot control, forces which
had waited long, which had issued or
d.rs and which must be obscquiously
obcyeo"
In Voice Tense with Passion.
sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Score
tar3, usually the mildcst member Of the
Cabinet, followed with a ringing expires
zion or the jority's loyalty 10 the
Premier He also had q hearing. lie
spoke in = voice tense with passion.
Never did sny leader Of party in
nla1orf'- I'm tho House OF Commons,"
said the Secretary, have behind him a
more chivalrous personal LOYALTY or q
more united political support than the