New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
LORDS MAY REJECT
THE INSURANCE BILL
British Tories Consider Advisa-
biIity Of Bringing Suspens'Ve
Veto Into Play.
"DlEHARDS" FAVOR PLAN
Ministry Not Strengthened by
superAuous Exchange of Or
fees, but Is Working
tremendously.
rBv cable 10 The Tribune

Tondor, oct. 9S-Parlament mas se
- 80, - work with the usual paru-
san outcries against the closure "'C'
1ou Complex measures are reNIseu
,,.,,h nainstaking care by standing com
mittees in washington PARIS beri''' az
other great capitals. but the sl"iu
mother Of parliaments prefers the olu
fasbioned method of detailed discussion
nv committee OF the whole mouse NJ
controversial BILL therefore, can be en-
acted without closure by compartments
and selection by the chairman of COM
nnittee of amendments for DIVISIONS
Scientific revision becomes impossloie
,n these conditions, and the Lloyd George
insurance bill. with the crudest scnerhe
~ social reform ever formulated VIII
he ratified. banged and guiliotlheu
through with inadequate examination
snd discussion. Its passage by the House
81 Commons before Christmas is fore-
gone conclusion, since the timelaoie
cannot be upset so long as the coalition
majority holds together
What the Radicals Forget
1ittle is known about the prospects OF
the bill IN the upper house. The Radlcais
have inferred that the Lords VIII never
venture to reject practical measure %
social reform in which the masses are
doonlv interested They forget that the
Parliament act releases the Lords from
dopcndence upon the electorate since the
creation of peerages cannot be threat
ened when the bill can be carried by the
Commons for third time Of asking.
II is well within the range Of posi-
hu,t,es that the insurance bill may be
rejected by the Lords on the ground tha'
II is an in-digested measure affecting al
classes Of the community and requiring
exhaustive consideration and revision
The I-nionist forwards favor this course
and Mr. Balfour himself IS reported 70
he willing to have the Lords impose then
suspensive veto. II is even Whispered
that the LOYALTY Of the Orchards has
been revived by his acquiescence IT
these tactics end certainly faction feel
ing is disappearing on the Unionist side
A Rock Ahead for Home Rule.
The rejection Of the insurance bill
would force the government TO introduce
II next year, and possibly thus block the
passage Of Home Rule or Welsh discs
adjustment 1t would be bold stroke
foUthwarting the projects Of the coalition
when the autumn session is being hello
for the express purpose of carrying the
insurance bill and clearing the line FOL
Nj Redmonds Irish train
The ministry without being strength
,uod by The supCrfuous exchange OF Of
urcs. is working without friction and
without any dread Cf premature defeat
% is having trouble with the O'Brier
group and also with four or five eXtrem-
lists among the Labor members who want
Co drive out the old trade unionist gang
and substitute Socialists for present
leaders II has formed 40 policy that
can act as a security against the re-
Dcval of tho railway strikes in THEN
most provocative form, yet unless what
Is now known as Asquith luck changes
It is likely To- carry its main measure
through the Commons and face a crit
ical session next February with its forces
unimpaired and with undiminshed ardor