Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-21
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KING IS RESENTED
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practise of Nationalist members of
Parliament to remain away from all
functions where members of the
House of Commons were likely to be
brought into contact with royalty.
The meeting Of the Conservative
and Liberal leaders on such intimate
footing was apparently friendly but
could not have been cordial, as Pre-
mier Asquith and Andrew Bonar
Law have been barely on speaking
terms, as Mr.. Law practically accused
the premier in the House of Com
mons of lying about recent govern
ment plans to suppress the Ulster
volunteers.
The Marquis of Lansdowne leader
of the Unionists in the House of
Lord, and David Lloyd George,
chancellor of the exchequer, two of
the other conferees, represent the
most extreme aristocratic and demo-
cratic schools Of British politics and
are generally believed to be bitter
personal enemies.
At the same time the members of
the Irish Nationalist and Ulster
Unionist factions could not have felt
much pleasure in finding themselves
in such close association.
Atmosphere Is Chilly.
Since personal feelings among poll
ticians in the United Kingdom never
ran so high as at present the atmos-
phere of the gathering could not have
been otherwise than extremely chilly
and formal.
After a brief conversation King
George withdrew from the meeting
about noon, leaving the conferees. to
their deliberations.
Resentment over the interference of
the king was growing today. The
Daily Citizen, a labor paper, voiced
the anger of the coalition forces of
the government by declaring:
THE Kings veto has been substi-
tuted for the Lords veto. The court
stepped into Curragh and has now
stepped in the Commons. The court
must heed where the next footstep
leads
The Unionists are equally discon-
! tented with the turn affairs have
| taken. They foresee as a result of
| the conference a fruitless attempt on
the part of Premier Asquith to save
his face"
King May withhold Assent.
According to the Daily News. which
represents the section of the Radicals
that resents the Kings interference,
the King intends TO withhold assent
from the home rule bill unless the
amending bill is presented at the
same time for the royal assent. the
court view being that the King Is
entitled to take this course because
the introduction of the amending bill
has vitiated the procedure under the
parliament act
The Daily News believes that it
was the difficulty thus raised which
compelled recourse to the round table
conference. II adds that the Union
list leaders at first refused to enter
the conference except on the condi-
tion that there should be a general
election in the autumn. This the gov
eminent declined to aecede to. where
upon the Kings summons for a con-
ference was put in the form of COM
mand, instead of a request.
For the first time in his reign, King
George is criticized strongly, though
respectfully, by some of the very i'm
portant Liberal newspapers, which
express the belief today that if his
majesty forced the holding of a con-
ference on the home rule question, he
overstepped the constitutional duty
of a limited monarch and interfered
with the rights of Parliament and the
responsibility of the cabinet. The
Manchester Guardian says: