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Show TOO III THE HOUSE Premier Asquith Howled Down When Attempting to Present Veto E ill TRIES IN VAIN FOB " , NEARLY AN ECV2 No Modern Event Has So Stirred the English Putllc LONDOIT, July . 4 Scenes of wild dlaorder marked tha session, of toe house of commons today. Half a dosea tlmaa tha premier rose to 'mora canal can-al deration of tha lords' amendments to tha parliamentary bill and each Urns he waa Bowled down by a din aa Urrtflo that tbe speaker had difficulty la mak- , tag hlmaalf hoard aa ha appealed to both aides to observe parliamentary ds-ooram. ds-ooram. Again Asquith assayed to apeak bat was unable to prevail against the uproar. After trying vainly for three-Quarts ra f aa boar to get a hearing. Premier Aaquith cut abort bia projected speech and amid a hubbub declared that if the lorda would not eonseat to restore the veto bill even with reasonable amendments, amend-ments, subetsntially to its original form, tbe government would rift, com- polled to invoke tbe exercise of the royal roy-al prerogative for the ereatioa of new peers. House Much Crowded. No parliamentary event of mod era times haa ao quickened the public pulse aa ths present politicsl crisis arising from ths veto bill sud snxiety to know the sxset terms of Premier Asouith 's sltimatum to tbe peers crowded the souse and ita gallerioa in a way aot seen before for many years. The members of ths lower - chamber, usually so decorous, gavs vent to their feelings by rising aad cheering frantically fran-tically and waving handkerchief aa' their respective leaders entered. There ware some groane from the unionist benches intermingled with aa occasional occa-sional shout of "traitor" when Aaquith made hia appearance. ' . . Tha epeniag scenes of .the historic seasiea were among ths stormiest ever witnessed la tbe house. A. he roes to apeak the premier was sneouraged by a rear of applause from the radical aad labor bene bee. but aa answering volley, of c beers - came from the opposition." while a email group of stand patters busily chanted " traitor, traitor, traitor,' trai-tor,' until Speaker Lowther warned them ts control themselves. Lord Osefl Arouses Wrath. Prominent among the disorderly ones was Lord Hugh Cecil, the eonservstivs free trader from Oxford university, who laeessantlv chanted "divide, divide, divide." di-vide." Thia crested fierce indignation oa ths radical aids of the chamber,' from which the members apnealed to the speaker ts metaphorically turn him oat. Frederick B. Smith, snlonist for ths Walton division, of Liverpool, inieeted the claim that tha unionists were entitled en-titled to protest in this fashioa if they thought the cabinet had degraded the political lifs of tbs country. This lad to a renewal of tha colore col-ore a. . , Meanwhile, Premier Asquith shood at the table waiting a lull ia tha storm. His first word, however, wss a signal for another eyeloas and for twenty miautes ths premier stood enable ts get ia a word. Cries of "barren far Bedmoad," ths real leader, suddenly broke out from tbe eonservstivs beaches. "Wa will listen to Redmond," they added. "The British aristocracy," was tbe scornful reply of tha radical.; "look at 'am." Adjonrnnsant Danigd. Sir Edward Henry Carsoa, unionist for Dublin, then moved adjournment. Tbs speaker said bs would be delighted to entertain ths motion, but ths proceedings pro-ceedings hsd not yet started. Again and again Asquith tried to apeak, but a whirlwind of ciiea drowned his voice. "Divide, dlvldef "Let us know the terms of tbe bargain!" "Writs another an-other letterr "Toe the Una."' were among the favorite ehouta. A strong appeal by the speaker ftnaty caused a momentary cessation of the verbal tornado, and Asquith got oat a ' couple of eentencee. aeeertlng that the principle of the parliamentary bill waa affirmed sa far back aa leu7 and afterwards after-wards wss eon Armed at the general elec Uon. Interruption followed, tha - Union let a ahoutlng. ".Cann wa hear tha 4a tatorT" Aaquith went on. " "The houee of eomnwiw carried: a reeolutlon In favor of the bill In IflO by a large majority, aad bat tor the death of King Edward" "Keep tha king out of poHtlcar "Who killed hire? Tou dldf reenuoded fct the oppoeltlon benches, v During the next lull tha pramiar re-euraed: re-euraed: Pramiar flkatchaa rroyiaaa. 1 "But for the death of tha king and the temporary truce" (eriee of "A bright eon of iruHT : f it w crura mis omn pressed at that aesalon through all Us , stages. Tha constitutional conference . proved that, with the best will, a set tic-ment tic-ment by agreement waa Impossible. This bill was preeented to the lorda It wma laid aside In favor of an alternative schems put forward by Leord Laansdowne on behalf ef the reaponelble leaders of tha opposition." As the premier spoke, the aproar waa continued, and only anstches of what ha eald could be beard. He added: "A altuatloa haa been ereatsM Oils a of ''By Redmond") "from which there Is only constitutional escape. That Is. unlsea tha lords consent to reetore thia bill, with, tf you Mke. reasonable amendments amend-ments consistent with Its principle and purposes, we shall be eompe ted ia torosve tha premgatlvee of the crown." At thle declaration the turn alt waa renewed In ail Its early atrenath. There were enouts of "Shame! Rfrlnrvond. you are dlagraoed; you are aa prime nil luster!" lus-ter!" Asouith concluded tn a few n-veej tnaud'Me to those la the p a . but evidently uttered la rrnT hci i :rh emhasle. As he t o n Y- i.. oeived aa evaUoa from h s -. |