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Show BRITISH ELECII01 111 DECEMBER LONDON. Nov. I.V A enteral flection flec-tion before Christmas I.-; practical ceitainty, but the xti-ps whereby this v. Ilw l be bronchi -.ibn it m v still unknown un-known The king Is cvi b utly taking tn active part lu the matler and the majesty's Influence may have an Important Im-portant bearing on tile skuation. It Is understood the government will fecedo to lord l,'insdown'-'s demand to have the bill submitted to the house if lords. As it cannot tin supposed that the lords will accept the bill, this move is not likely to hav much effect ef-fect on the general sitii.vlr n. The delay de-lay In Premier Asmiltli's official state, rnt-nt to parliament was made in deference defer-ence to the convf-nlt-nr-e of Mr Hal-four, Hal-four, w-ho has an engagement at Nottingham Not-tingham on Thursday. An indication of the L'nionlsi policy coii'.s with the I ubllcation of the resolutions which Atiten Chamberlain, after a consultation consulta-tion with Mr. Balfour and lord Lans downe will submit to the Unionist conference con-ference at Glasgow on Nv. 2V These resolutions onc-o that the possession of a peerage should ni longer of itself give tin right to sit in the house of lords and welcome any nasonable proponls wh'.-li will in- I I ease the efficiency of ilc house uf lords by the addition of life peers or lepresentatlvcs fleeted for a trm 01 ;.cars from those outside Iho peerage. At the same time, the lesolutlom maintain that when the t.o houses disagree on vital Issues it is ".he people a'one who have the light t ) decide between be-tween lllHlli. |