"THE ALL POWERFUL VETO."

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 312, 16 November 1910, Page 5

"THE ALL POWERFUL VETO."

LIBERALS CLAIM EQUAL RIGHTS By Telegrapji.— I'ivs- Association. -Copyright Received November 15, 10.50 p.m. London, Yesterday. Lord Knollys has had a prolonged interview with Mr Asquidi, who visits the King to-day. Mr Winston Churchill, in a letter to his constituents, says the Conservatives seek whether in office or in Opposition, to remain in possession: of the all-powerful veto, which can be used to harass, damage, and linally dissolve, any Government they dislike. The utter blank of the sullen veto bars every path of progress. The Liberals have long claimed equal political rights in the Constitution and was now going to take them. Mr A. Bonar-Law, M. P., speaking at the Constitutional Club, regretted the failure of the Veto Conference. The Liberals professed they did not want a Single Chamber. The Unionists meant to reform the Lords, and let them be a real form. They were not satisfied that the Upper Chamber

should entirely be hereditary, but the factions represented by Mr KeirHardie and Mr Redmond made settlement impossible. The "Manchester Guardian" states that Mr Asquith has received strong representations against a reversal of the Osborne judgment from Scottish Liberals.