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Show ENGLISH LIBERALS IHBATJLE ARRAY Declare That Voters at the Polls Must Repudiate Action of the Peers. LONDOX. Dec. 1. The National Liberal Lib-eral Federation tonight issued a inani- teslo to tho count r.y, which inn3' 00 regarded re-garded as n iKirt.y rally for tho elections. elec-tions. It conccnl fates attention entirely entire-ly on the constitutional struggle between be-tween the house of lords and the house of commons. It says: "If the prescnt'action of the peers is not repudiated swiftly by the people, peo-ple, right's and privileges won so dearly dear-ly b3" our forefathers in the great struggles for freedom aro all surrendered." surren-dered." The manifesto declares the poors power of velo must be restricted so that tho last, word on legislation and liuanco will resl with the. house of commons. Otherwise, no Liberal ministry min-istry again can assume the responsibili-t responsibili-t ies" of oOicc. "In the light forced upon us," the manifesto continues, "the electors will have to decide whether they wish to govern themselves or be governed at second hand by a few hundred hereditary heredit-ary peers who have thrown the constitution con-stitution into the melting pot. in order to shift the burden of taxation from wealthy land and liquor interests to food and the necessaries .of life." Lord ltoseberv in a letter lo tho press lonighi. repudiates the charge made ly Lord Cumin that, he led an army to the walls of a fortress and then abandoned it. Lord Roseben- reil crates that throughout he has opposed and warned against the course Ihe lords havo taken as one. calculated injuriously (0 affect (lie house of lords itself, and enhance en-hance what popularity the budget may possess |