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Show VETO BILL PASSES! THyEADING LONDON. July 20,-The house of' lords passed the third reading of tho veto bill without a division today aft-tcr aft-tcr only three hours' debate. The re- materialize One of them, Baron ? ErKra,,8ed hls vo,co t0 demand , a vote, hut found no support ' The futuro of tho meaaiim mr... u i predicted tonight with reasonable cor-I Ulnty. Premier Asqulth. in the house of common. on Monday, will move tS rejection of tho house of lord?amend. I ments en bloc. This done, the pXc minister will announce that if SS ' house of lord persist there will Jo 1 u course open for him hut to orte? .the k nff certaln advJcQ whJch w sure tho passage of the bill -A.TiV,,d not bc ln accordance with I The, house of lords- whf meet on .Thursday and -Lord Lansdowntf W?H move tntr acceptance of the blU. pV" dieting its. repeal -aB soon as tho ' Unionists return to office. If the ox tremlsts rally around Halsburv anri yote for the rejection of the hi? LorH Lansdowne is expected to summon hi, followers to vote for It it i V tlclpated that IlalsburySvlU TLZ j - than 50, perhaps not more than a score, to make the last stand, and J the greatest constitutional revolution1 ii m,ost a century will be accom- pli9hed. 3 Three considerations have impelled Jj the peers to swallow this bitter medl- fi cine a desire to save their own caste trom cheapening, to shield the king h from an embarrassing position, and to prevent the Immedlnte enactment S of extreme radical measures, such as '; home rule and the dis-esablishment j of the Welsh church. What tho ultimate effect of the hu k millation will be on the Unionist par- ? ty lies in tho future. That far-seeing 1 , leadership might have prevented It r no ono denies. Who will be tho final a scapegoat Is the question ,1 S The scene today n the anciont i chamber was more funeral than bel- 1 Hgercnt. Diplomats sat in the gal- V lerles, but there was nothing of the E J festive spirit which welcomes a great ' voice, despite his S6 years, rang with J passion and indignation as he de- I N nounced, the passing of tho old regime. fl Other speakers were diplomatic ft rather than oratorical. Mr, Balfour J has summoned a meeting of tho lead- J ers of bdth houses- for tomorrow to j consider future policy. j nn 1 A |