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Show SoNSOVER HOME RULE BILL Ministers Called "Apes" and 'Traitors" and Winston Spencer Churchill Hit With a Book. SPEAKER FORCED TO ADJOURN SESSION j Riot Follows Proposal of I Premier Asquith to Rescind 1 Action of Monday When ! Liberals Were Defeated. i LONDON". Nov. J3. The house of commons, the popular house of the "mother of parliaments." was the scene tonight of a riot over Premier Asquith 'n proposal to roscinrt the action of Monday when tho Unionists carried by a. majority ol! 2. Sir Frederick Banbury jb amendment amend-ment defeating the most important financial feature of the home rule bill. The Unionists refused to permit the debate to go on ?.nd the speaker was forced to adjourn tho session on account ac-count of the disorder. This is an extremely ex-tremely rare necessity nnd, tho situation situa-tion is considered critical. The Unionists almost unanimously llireaten that, they will continue to make business in tho house impossible unless the prime minister accepts the ameudmont. or drops the homo rule bill. Tbo.y declare that, his action is unprecedented unpre-cedented and will be obstructed, by unprecedented un-precedented measured. Their object is to force the government, lo resign. Ministers Called "Apes." Tho uproar "far- exHcedotitlrafvltJeli stifled Premier Asquitlt'H speech when ho introdnced tho homo rule bill nnd has not been equalled pineo tho freo fiht over Gladstone's first home rule measure. Tho ministers wero taunted with epithets like 'traitors" and "apes." Sir William Bull, "Unionist from Hammersmith, Ham-mersmith, was ordered from tho floor for repeatedly calling Mr. Asquith. a 4 ' traitor. ' ' After adjournment, tho Unionists doubled tip programmes and threw them across the floor at. the prime minister. Winston Spencer ChurchilL, first lord of the admirality, was hit with a heavy book hurled from the camp ofjj the enemy. A fight appeared imminent, until "Will Crooks, tho labor leader, poured oil ou the troubled waters by startinj; the singing of "Auld Lang Sync." When the session began there wero packed benches. Tho premier's followers follow-ers gave him a great cheer on his entrance en-trance and demonstrated that they wero present; in force by defeating a motion to adjourn by a vote of 327 to 2 IS. Asquith's Motion. The substance of Mr. Asquith's motion mo-tion was that the Banbury amendment bc rescinded "notwithstanding anything any-thing in any standing order of this house" and that tho order of tho house in respect to tho homo rule bill take effect as though Monday's proceedings bad nor. taken place. j Tho effect of this would bo prao-1 lically to begin again the consideration of the bill at the clause whore the Ban j bury amendment was offered. Andrew Bonar Law, leader of tho opposition op-position on the floor, quickly inquired whether there was any precedent for the government's course, and whether it would not destroy all safeguards for regularity in the houso proceedings. Amid Joud opposition cheering, the speaker replied that he could find no precedeut for rescinding a decision of i tho houso arrived at during the passage pas-sage of a bill. Whether it: would do-stroy do-stroy the safeguards was a matter ou which every member must form his own judgment. Parliamentary Wrangle. There was a long parliamentary dis cussion aud theu Mr. ABquith said that no notice had been given of the amendment offered by Sir Frederick Banbury, ?nd that its discussion was brief, lie doubted if tho members on either side had appreciated its importance. im-portance. It would reduce the .p30,000,-000 .p30,000,-000 which it -was proposed to transfer to tho government to 12,G00,000. "Jf the decision reached Monday remains unreversed," said the premier gravely, "or on reconsideration. Is found 'to bo tho deliberate judgment of the house, it would bo impossible for the govemmont to proceed with tho bill. Thcro are two reasons for tin's, In tho first place, a mortal blow would have been struck " Mr. Bonar Law "hrm been " Mr. Atiquith "at the financial nr- (Continued on Page Four.) UPROAR IN COMMONS OVER THE IfilSH BILL (Conttnuod From Pago Ono.) raimemonts of tho bill. Finally, 3 hold that a bill passing this houso should receive, upon all substantial aud vital points, tho assent of tho majority of tho house." Claimed Precedents. Mr. Asquith proceeded to point out that last week they had a majority of 121 on n. (uusliou similar to that raised bv Sir Frederick Banbury. He argued that thnrc worn precedents ' -for tho course proposed. Mr. Bonar Law replied that the established es-tablished rule of the house was a decision de-cision onco on a resolution. Tho pov-ernmnnt's pov-ernmnnt's proposal, ho declared, was nu affront to tho house. Captain Craig, Unionist, for East Down, said: "Tho Government's supporters are here under monstrous and docradinp circunistancos. A. clmngc in the government gov-ernment under tbo present international conditions if that is tho ground for the covommont clinging to office will havo do support from tho Unionist party." Ho then moved adjournment, which was defeated, 327 to 21S, Then tho storm broke. Sir Frederick Freder-ick Banbury moved that a decision reached r.onld not bo reversod at the same session. "The only honorable a-Uomativcs before be-fore tho government. " he said, "are resignation or dissolution. All tho respect re-spect with which tho members of the minority are treated 18 to have the member's of tho cabinet sitting- opposito llipm grinning like apes. The govoni-mont govoni-mont is onlv a circus led bv rebels. The best thing tho Ulster members can do is to go homo and make preparations prepara-tions to resist homo rule." Speakers Howled Down, Louis Harcourt, secretary of state for tho colonies, attempted to speak. Ilo was on his fcot for soveral minutes. Evcrv sontence was drowned by Unionist Union-ist shouts and derisive cries for Lloyd-George. Lloyd-George. Ho finally took his seat. Tlo attorney general, Sir Uufus Isaacs, had the sanio experience. Honry Pago Croft, Unionist for Christ Church, shouted: "The namo of this government ptinks in the city of London-" This roforrrd to various alleged financial scaudnls. The speaker finally adjourned the houso for an hour. Immediately it reconvened re-convened Sir Ifufus Isaacs was on his feet amid shouts of "Adjourn." Tho voico of Sir Edward Carson, who led f-ho anti-homo rulers in Ulster, arose abovo tho din. "Thero will be no more ever in this houso," he cried. Tho speaker repeatedly appealed for ordor and at length declared: "I rulo that a scene of grave dis- order has arisen, and I adjourn tho . houso until tomorrow." ' A veil of victory burst from tho ; Unionists. Tho members of tho cabinet 1 clustered on their sido of tho clcrl; 's table. No one moved to Icavo tho houso. Unionists Throw Books. On the Unionist side was a seething seeth-ing mob. An arm was raised and a document flew across tho floor. It struck the prime minister on tho shoulder. shoul-der. A shower of other papers foil among- tho group of ministers. Mr. Asquith. white and indignant, faced the attack with foldod arms. The air was thick with papers and hnts. At length tho prime minister stalked to tho door, greeted "with, yells of defiance and approval. Suddenly j Iho Unionist members, Ponald Mc- Neill, rushed lo the clerk's rE?5. seized a heavy volume. He lmfc!-t lmfc!-t the first lord of tho a'dmlraH2j Churchill, whom it struck foll'-HE idlest. There was aa ugly ru-. the Liberal benches, but tfawt!l t heads held back thoir colleagtfM,ja For a moment a battle of f istB"l,r imminent. The iieacf-makine vfl 1 Will Crooks was raiecd iMf,to "Should Anld Acqnaintanfffl.-Miftft got." Others took up the rstt&ed gradually flowed into tho loitS rfi At a cabinet, meeting lafo? W1 P determined to adhere to fho,prBi",llD |