Show PROMISE CHISE PLEDGE tentatively GIVEN BY BRIT BRITISH ah PREMIER IN SPEECH BEFORE COMMONS threat of women to refuse to lecog nits any change in franchise in favor of fighting men has ha 1 ll 11 effect london the decision of the cabi net not that the undertaking of new fran iran chise and registration reform in the midst of a great war aar aas as too complex and controversial contro verdal a problem aa an bounced by premier asquith in the house of common commons on monday at a time aid said the prem premier fer when the war had hail reached a happy pron promising IsIng stage and wh wha n it more than ever required the absolute concentration of the gov emment emro ent it was impossible to cun consider sider the large questions lone involved in a revision of the franchise lie further implied that any new bill tor for tran chise reform reforms in the future must of necessity include women after a brief criticism by sir ed ward camon carson who urged that every combatant irrespective of ace age was entitled to vote and contended there wa was no reason why the omens claim claims should stand in the way of at lying giving all combatants a vote the house passed the first reading of the bill ex tending the life ot at abu present parlia ment for eight months A separate bill bringing into force a new regis ter on the baste basis of present fica lion on may 21 next will be introduced in the bouse house there is no doubt 0 stat at one ot at the rusin 1 reasons for he the governments govern mente avoidance of the franchise problem naas as the threat of 0 the omen that they would to recognize any change in the ir sr anchise in favor of fighting men which failed at the same time to recognize women rights to the franchise |