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MR ASQUITH'S COUP-D'ETAT.

(Received July 23 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 22. According to present intentions Mr Asquith on Monday will move tne postponement of- the debate on the Veto Bill to consider the amendments of the Lords. One week will bo given to enable the Unionist Peers to guarantee that the Bill will passi as transmitted from the House of Commons, or the Government will specially create new Peers. The Times, in a leading article headed "Mr Asquith's coup-d'etat," denounces the brusque -ultimatum as the ftiost violent of alternatives, unconstitutional,, unjustifiable and unprecedented, and adds that'the King is not constitutionally compelled to accept the-advice of , his Ministers, hut he is compelled to find someone who will carry .on the administration. Mr Balfdur's Acceptance of this task would involve a, '

FRUITLESS DISSOLUTION. The King, therefore,' has no real choice but to accept Mr Asquith's advice. Mr Asquith, however, toes the line at Mr Redmond's bidding, but "Nemesis assuredly awaits him when he attempts to satisfy the impossible demand, of his Irish masters. ,

The Telegraph says that the shadow of

THE FORCE MAJEURE

over the Unionists is their only cause in.entering a straight protest against the outrage imposed on the Unionists, and i&> abjure all responsibility. The Daily News declares that the Parliament Bill is a- decisive

DEFEAT OF OLIGARCHY, and an attempt to win back more than-the grounds lost since 1832. The Morning Post says, thafc once the 'Government obtains a surrender its triumph, over the whole field of politics will be a. complete capitulation, and means the utter ruin of the. Unionist Party.

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