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Show Favor Destruction of Veto Power. London. Months ago Information was cabled that King Edward depro-cated depro-cated a general election in tho circumstances cir-cumstances then existing lest it sound tho death knell of tho hereditary principle prin-ciple in the British constitutional system. sys-tem. It appears today decidedly as If tho king's fears would bo justified. The progressive forces making up tho present majority in tho house of commons, com-mons, whntever their dlvergenco of view respecting tactics, are n unit for the destruction of the veto power of tho house of lords and ultimate purging purg-ing of that chamber of tho hereditary principle. Obviously tho cabinet must ylold to this demand or suffer Immediate Imme-diate defeat. |