Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-29
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lJDrOdr in Commons Over
Veto Bill.
TRAITOR" YELL OPPONENTS
Premier For Three Quarters of an
Hour Vainly Tries to Get
Hearing to Move
Reconsideration.
TRAITOR" YELL OPPONENTS

London, July 25.--There was con
siderable excitement when the house
OF commons met, as the first bushes
after routine matters was the parlia
ment or veto bill, as amended by the|
house OF lords
When Prime Minister Asquith en-
tered the hall he received an ovatiopI
from his supporters. but was greeted
with ironieal cheers from the oppos.
tion benches. One Unionist member
shouted Traitor" when the premier
arose to make a motion to the effect
that the hovse proceed TO consider the
amendments to the parliament bills
and the speaker promptly called him
TO order.
Ne parliamentary event of modern
tires has so quickened the public
pulse as the present political cris s
arising from the veto bill, and anxiety
to know the exact terms of Premier
Aseuitns ultimatum to the peers
crowded the house and its galleries in
a way not seen before for many years.
The members of the lower chamber,
usually so decorous, gave vent to them
feelings by rising and cheering franti
cally and waving handkerchlefs q S
their respective leaders entered. There
were some groans from the Unionist
benches, intermingled with an coca
sional shout of "Traitor'.' when AS
quith made his appearance
The opening scenes of the historic
session were among the stormfest ever
witnessed in the house. AS he rose to
speak, the premier was encouraged by
roar of applause from the Rrdical
Irish and Labor benches, but an an
swering voiley of jeers came from the
opposition, while a small group oil
stand patters" busily chanted ira tor.
traitor, traitor" until Speaker Low
Their warned them to control them
selves.
Prominent among the disordarly
ones was Lord Hugh Cecil. the Con
servative Free Trader from OxfGrd
university, who necessarily chanted
divide, divide, divide" This created
fierce Indignation ON the Radical side
from which the members appealed to
the speaker to metaphorieally turn him
out.
Frederick E. Smith, Unionist for the
Walton division of Liverpool, injected
the claim that the Unionists were en-
titled to protest in this fashion if they
thought that the cabinet had degraded
the political life of the country.
This led to a renewal of the out
break. Meanwhile Premier Asquith
stood at the table waiting lull in the
storm. His first word, however, was a
signal for another cyclone, and for
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. 1--WE viii
listen to Redmond" they added. This
taunt is meant to show that the Irish
members, holding a balance of power.
had forced Asquith into his present at
titude.
During the next fuIl the premier re-
sumed:
But for the death of the king and
the temporary truce (cries of "A bright
sort of truce) il would have been
passed at that session through all its
stages. The constitutional conference
proved that with the best will set
Element by agreement was impossible.
This bin was presented to the lords
1t was laid aside in favor of an alter
native scheme put forward by Lord
Lansdowne on behalf of the responsiI
ble leaders Of the opposition"
IA pra-efar cnplro bo yrnrraT
was continued. and only snatches of
what he said could be heard. He re-
fened to criticisms of the lords
amendments. Only slight verbal
changes were required, and very few
such changes to after the whole sense
of the bill to which, after due time and
consideration, they We're going to ask
the house of commons to consent.
After trying va My for three-quarters
of an hour to get hearing, Premier
Asquitb cut short his projected speech
and amid hubbub declared that il the
lords would not consent TO restore the
veto bill. even with reasonable amend
ments, to substantially its original
form, the government would Zoe com
PEELED TO invoke the exercise of the
ropal prerogatiye for the creation of
new peers.
A serious situation faces the Union
list party The attitude imputed to
Lord ansdowne-namely, a willing
ness to submit to superior force
meets with the strongest criticism
among certain of his followers, who
are Of the opinion that the government
should be forced to carry out IT'S
threat Of making peers.
The difference is believed to have
reached very considerable dimensions.
Lord Halsbury, Lord Selborne, Lord
Salisbury and Lord Willoughby De
Broke are clamoring for the adoption
OF a policy of no surrender, and they
claim to have the support OF a hun
dred other peers.
Pore Plus Has Sore THREAT