Show BUDGET BEATEN BY DY BYA BYA DYA A GREAT MAJORITY I r I P t tI tL tI tt I I I j i I i L I t OF LORDS DEFY COMMONERS For the First Time in ia Three Hundred Years the British Peers Reject Finance Finne Bill Passed by bj the Lower L House GENERAL ELECTION THE LOGICAL RESULT Liberal Victory at the Polls Means Amendment of Con Constitution Constitution Constitution and Curtailment of Hereditary Privileges SPEECH OF LORD CURZON c London a HOT ov SO The house houe of lank tonight for the first tint time in m Oo years yean refund its ita formal assent to the budget thereby it ille illegal illegal gal pI for the kings agents to collect taxes with which to carry on the gov government government action actio of the peers was taken takeD in JL direct clire t disregard of the thea advice a rioe of suck such able members as Bose Bole bery herr Korley orley Lord Id L Janes J aau of Herford Kerford Lord Cramer Croter Lord S of Bur Burleigh leigh ft the Earl of Lytton lord Court Courtney ney uey and the Archbishops Ar of Canter Canterbury bury and York L The budget will now go before the tile I country for tor its approval or rejection that la is the crown through tile the minis ministry I try will dissolve the house of com coin commons commons mons and order a general election Whether hether the present liberal house and anti ministry shall be he sustained in iu insist insisting insistIng ing In on o the budget will be thu til l issue ue in th contest at the polls After six ala da days debate debat for foi forthe forthe the high standard of the ort on oratory tory ry a awell awell well as aJ for tm arguments for and again i he the budget buet and nia iu in e evy y po sible sibl light the great cousin utie i questions que ill involved the t 8 house lit t f Ion bid ela WI t oc o d Ij The T scene was wu impressive hut but In no n sense exciting except that th tilt house was wag packed to Jt H i utmost ty A great array rf strange faces facea ws B seen teen on the benches as dB numbers numbe Jf f peers peer were wele present pre ent who appear in th t e house only in most exceptional cases Quiet Quit but I None NODe would have supposed i t tat the thee e event eat proceeding was w s destined not hot only to prove memorable In the annals of or British history but possibly Would uld in involve Involve Involve volve chg changes in m the tile British constitution Indeed there was unusual anima animation animation animation tion in the public galleries which crowded with peeresses menders of ot the house of commons and ambassadors ambassadors dors dots But on the floor itself complete calm pre prevailed ailed The vote was on Lord Lan amendment that the house houle was as not justified in giving its It consent con to t the bill b Jl until it had been submitted to the tha judgment of the country Nearly 15 5 minutes were occupied in clearing the house tellers for division dIvin being Earl Viscount Churchill Baron Denman and Lord Colebrooke When the vote was WIlS announced Just before midnight as to 75 in favor favorat of at the amendment t a few tew mixed cheers cheer were heard The Earl of Crew Crowe im immediately immediately immediately mediately moved an adjournment and the house bouse rose Eager Crowd Outside An eager crowd was waiting the re result result sult suit in the central hall and TV wilen lien the vote became known there was w a ft slight attempt at Of Officials Officials however speedily cleared tile the hall ball and In a few minutes the lobbies and precincts were empty It Is worthy of note that Lord Ft St Aldwyn who as at Michael Hick was one of ot the ablest chancellors of the exchequer of the conservative side has ostentatiously oste absented himself from all aU debates on Lord Lansdowne resolution and this morning he an Continued on Page Two BUDGET BEATEN BY BYA BYA BYA A GREAT MAJORITY Continued from Page One his intention not to go to the house for division His was due to disapproval of Lord Lans Lana downes course and aDd together with that of other weighty conservative peers peen will have bave great effect in the country Among Amons those poet peers who came down es os especially espeCially to vote was w the Earl ol ot Wemyss and March who is in his 9 id year When division was taken there was practically no excitement in the streets although earlier in the night crowds crowd gathered near the house houa and attempted a Demonstration A force of police was in readiness and so soon as the crowd showed a tend tendency tendency tendency ency to become unmanageable bk they dispersed the demonstrators being as assisted assisted slated by a heavy beaT rainfall Final Burst Buret of Oratory The final debate was distinguished by oratorical excellence particularly in the speeches of Lord Curzon Curson of Kedleston former viceroy of India and of the Archbishop of York The archbishops speech was his maiden ef of effort effort fort in the house of ot lords lor and Its elo eloquent eloquent eloquent quent periods added to Dr Or Langs fine presence and beautiful voice made a adeep adeep adeep deep impression The archbishop strongly opposed ed Lord LoM resolution declaring that It would be unprecedented for tor the lords to reject a finance bill passed by the house of commons with such luch a majority Lord Curson CUlSon was plaiNly suffering from his hia recent indisposition and had to ask the indulgence of ot the house but despite physical weakness which several times in his bis speech threatened to overcome him he spoke with his hia accustomed vigor and art artHe artHe artlie He lie maintained that the lords had an absolute right to reject the finance bill and he agreed that the country was on the eve of ot a momentous struggle gle which might lead to the reform of the house of lords Last Word of Opposition Lan Karl Cawdor former first lord of ad admiralty admiralty who wound up the debate for forthe forthe forthe the opposition maintained that there had been an attempt to evade the lords ancient right to reject each tax by placing all taxes on one bill It war was idle dle to Icy pretend he said that such sucha a change of procedure by the house of commons could affect one iota of the responsibilities and duties of the sec see second ond oDd chamber He quoted Premier As Asquith Asquith Asquith as stating on assuming the th premiership that the function of the house hOWle of ot lords lord was to check slovenly and precipitate legislation This Earl Cawdor thought fairly represented the action the lords proposed to take Referring to tacking on license pro proposals proposals proposals and land valuations to tl tIe e bud budget budget budget get he saId suld that as both thee had previously been bren rejected by the house of lords it would destroy all the power of the upper house if lords were un tin unable unablE able to veto the finance bill in which these were not included He asserted the budget already had driven capital from the country to alarming extent had stunned the building trade ant and had Increased unemployment Premier Asquith has haa called another meeting of the cabinet for 10 14 this morning to complete formalities follow following big ing I the action of the house of lords and it is ia practically certain that parlia parliament parliament parliament ment will be prorogued on Friday until the middle of January It is ia also stated with an air of au an authority authority that yesterdays council decider decided upon ensuring the uninterrupted collection of taxes on tea spirits and to tobacco tobacco tobacco bacco until the new parliament is IB able to pass pus a retroactive act regularizing the situation |