BRITISH POLITICS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9184, Issue 9184, 7 April 1910, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

GOVERNMENT AND CROWN.

"AN AGITATION OF SHAM LOYALTY." (By Electrlc Telegraph—Copyright./ vPkb Pp.i ss Association.) LONDON, April 6. The Daily News protests at tlic senseless talk about an inevitable dissolution. The probability is, says tho paper, that King Edward will do pretty well what King William did in 1832. Just as national commonsense killed the Dukes' outcry against the Budget, so it is likely to support the settlement of the Lords' veto by a constitutional course. The electors do not want another consultation. They have given their orders, and want them carried out.

The Morning Leader declares that the Rt. Hon. Alfred Lyttelton's speech shows that the obvious policy cf the Opposition is to embroil the Government with the Crown. The country now sees the Opposition frantically beating up an agitation of sham loyalty on behalf of the King. . APPLYING THE CLOSURE. A "WAIT AND SEE" GOVERNMENT. LONDON, April 6. In the House of Commons, Mr Asquith moved his guillotine resolution. The Lords have recently discussed similar resolutions allowing four and a half days for the discussion of the veto resolutions, including the abolition of the hereditary principle.

The Government proposed eight and a half days for the discussion, and moreover. gave opportunities for detailed discussion when the Bill was introduced' if this was done without unnecessary delay.

A long and lively debate took place on th-e resolution, which was eventually carried bv 217 to 133.

Mr Asquith so frequently replied "wait and see" to questions concerning the Budget, that the Opposition interjected the phrase to annoy the Premier, almost every time he spoke. Mr Bonar Law. Unionist member for Camberwcll. described the Government as a- "Wait and see Government."