Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-07-24
'R0AR IN HOUSE,
Of COMMONS
Premier Asquith Is Howled
Down and Cannot Get
a Hearing
DIN FOR ALMOST AN HOUR
Finally Threatens to Invoke
Royal Prerogative to Gre,
ate New Peers.

ate New Peers.
(By Special Leased Wire TO New Mexicanl
London July 24.-Scenes Of wild dis
order marked the session of the House
OF Commons today. Half a dozen times
the premier rose to move considera.
ton of the Lords amendments TO the
parliamentary bill and each time he
was howled down by din so terrific
that the speaker had difficulty in max
ing himself heard as he appealed to
both sides 10 observe parliamentary
decorum.
Alter trying vainly for three-quar-
| ters OF an hour to get nearing. Pre-
mier Asquith cut short his projected
speech and amid a hubbub declared
that if the Lords would not consent
! to restore the veto bill even with rea-
sonable amendments, to substantially
its original form the government
would be compelled to invoke the ex-
ercise of the royal prerogative for the
creation of new peers.
Asquith Called Traitor.
London, July 24-No parliamen-
tary event of modern times has so
ouickened the public pulse as the pres
ent political crisis arising from the
veto bill, and anxiety to know the ex-
act terms OF Premier Asquith's ultima
tum to the peers, provided the house
and its galleries in way not seen be-
fore for many years.
The members of the lower chamber,
usually so decorous gave vent to their
feelings by rising and cheering fran
tically and waving handkerchiefs as
their respective leaders entered. There
We're some groans from the unionist
benches intermingled with an occa-
sional shout of traitor" when Asquith
made his appearance.
The opening scenes of the historic
session were among the stormiest ever
witnessed in the House. AS he rose
to speak the Premier was encouraged
by roar of applause from the radi
| cal and labor benches, but an answer.
ing volley of cheers came from the op.
position. while small group of stand
patters busily chanted Traitor Trait
or, Traitor" until Speaker Lowthep
warned them to control themselves.
Unable to Restore Order.
A. j, Balfour replied that the gov
ernment, by this one stroke, had mis-
used the prerogative of the crown to
destroy the second chamber. Others
attempted to speak but were howled
down and unable to restore order.
Speaker Lowther decided the sitting
suspended until tomorrow.
Turn Him Out.
! London, Eng, July 24.-Prominent
among the disorderly ones was Lord
Hugh Cecil, the conservative free
trader from Oxford University, who
necessarily chanted "DiNde-Diyide-
Divide" This created fierce indigna.
ton on the radical side of the cham.
Der from which the members appealed
to the speaker metaphorically to turn
him out. :.
Meanwhile, Premier Asquith stood
at the table waiting a lull in the
storm. His first word, however, was
E. signal for another cyclone and fol
twenty minutes the premier stood, un
able to get in word.
Cries of 'Hurrah for Redmond, the
real leader!" suddenly broke out from
the conservative benches.
I'VE will listen to Redmond" they
added.
"The British aristocracy," was the
scornful reply of the radicals, Look
at 'em!"
| Again and again Asquith tried tc
|speak but whirlwind of cries drown
: ed his voice.
A strong appeal by the speaker fin
ally caused a momentary cessation
| of the verbal tornado and Asquith got
J out couple of sentences, asserting
that the principle of the parliamen
! tary bill was affirmed as far back as
1907 and afterwards was confrme ed al
the general election.
Interruptions followed, the Union
lists shouting: Cannot we hear the
!, dictator?" Asquith went on: "The
House of Commons carried resolu
tion in favor of the bill in 1910 BY
a large majority, and but for the
death of King Edward-!" Keep tbs
king out of politics!"
Killed the King.
"Who killed him." "You did," re
sounded the opposition benches.
During the next lull, the premier
resumed: "But for the death of the
king and the temporary truce (cries
of bright sort of truce') it wouli
have been pressed at that session
) through all its stages. The const;tu
tional conference proved that at the
best settlement by agreement wal
, impossible. This bill was presented
to the Lords. 1t was laid aside II
favor of an alternative scheme pu
} forward by Lord Lansdowne, on be
half of the responsible leaders Of tn,
deposition"
AS the premier spoke, the uproa
!. was continued and only snatches o
/, what he said could be heard. He add
ed: "a situation has been create,
/, feries of "by Redmond") from whicl
there is only one constitutional ef
cape. unless the Lords consent to re
{ store this bill, If you like, with res
: sonable amendments consistent wit
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