Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-25
HOUSE OF COMMONS
 IN A WILD UPRoAR
Premier Asquith Howied Down When
 He Attempted to Speak.

London. July 24-The last act of the parliamentary revolution was ushered in today with revolutionary scene. For the first time in it's history, the house of commons refused to listen to a speech by the prime minister. For the first time in it's history the speaker of the house was compelled to invoke the rule which empowers him in case of grave disorder to declare the sit ting adjourned on his own responsibil- ity.
 Nothing Like 1t Since Gladstone Days.
 No such hostile passions have been given free rein in a chamber which additionally carries on it's debates with chivalrous courtesy since the stormy days of the Gladstone home rule bill. Probably there has been no such passage in the American congress since the reconstruction era.
 Asquith Hooted and Jeered.
 During three-quarters of an hour MT. Asquith rose at short intervals and read a sentence or two from a manu- script only to be overwhelmed by jeers, hootings and cries, among which traitor was the most frequent, but Redmond" Patrick Ford and American dollars often distinguish able. Again and again the prime min ister tried to speak but his voice was drowned in the uproar. He gave ut terances to a few broken sentences, a word of two of which could be heard
 Would Not Degrade Himseilf.
 Finally his mouth hardened and he g1ared at his tormentors like lion at bay-an impressive figure, with straight cut features flushed with anger, and heavy gray hair He folded his manu- script and cried: T am not going to degrade myself. I shall simply state the conclusion at which the govern ment has arrived"
 Announced Governments Intentions.
 Having announced the governments intentions as briefly and hurriedly as possible-though they were not heard the premier sank back into his seat.
 Leaders of the Disorder.
 The leaders in the outburst against the prime minister were Lord Hugh of one of the patrician families, and a young barrister, F. E. Smith, who recently achieved prominence in the conservative party. The former kept cries, and the labor member, Will Crooks, in rough clothes and slouch hat, sitting across the aisle, several times jumped up as though about to assault him, but was pulled back by friendly hands.
 No Blows Were Struck.
 The speakers pleadings that the members 'ODSerVe the decenc1eS or de- bate'' were lost in the tumult The wonder was that the crowded house did not come to blows, but the belli- cose members were pulled down by their colleagues. The political hatred engendered by the veto bill made to- days session the stormiest in the memory of the oldest member.
 Speaker Had to Suspend Sitting. Every means short of physical force was successfully used to prevent MT. Asquith from pAacing the views of the government before the house and tke nations. So violent were the opposi- tion members and so indignant were the ministerialists that after two hours the speaker decided to suspend the sit ting to obviate graver disorders. Called "Traitor" and Coward" The members dispersed amid a scene of great excitement. Shouts of ''trai- tor,' coward, followed the prime minister as he departed, to which the ministerialists hurled back cries of You're beaten We will win, Purport of Asquith's Speech. Tonight MT. Asquith issued to the newspapers 8 summary of the speech the speech he contended that the prin- ciples of the machinery of the bill had been before the people at two cleo tions. By no form of referendum devis- able could the opinion of the electorate have been more carefully ascertained. The government had accepted the i'm portant amendment in the house of commons; the purpose of the lords amendment was to set the machinery