THE VETO BILL.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12723, 19 February 1910, Page 3

THE VETO BILL.

PRICE OF IRISH SUPPORT. (Received Feb 18, 10.10 p.m.) Mr O'Connor states that there will be no crisis if the Government is able to. declare that the Veto Bill becomes law despite, the Lords' hostility. The Nationalists are opposed to sending up tho Budget before the veto is deait with inasmuch as it would be tantamount to recognising that the House of Lords had the right to accept or reject it, thus restoring the very power the nation has declared that the Lords shall never again possess. Mr Wm O'Brien, in a letter to the Northeast Cork League, says he is sure that they are unshakeably at- • tached to the. policy which is already making the radicalised Irish party pause before conniving at the robbery of Ireland through Mr Lloyd George's Budget. • Mr Dillon, in a 'letter to the Kdlkhagli branch oi the League, acknow- ' ledgiug a contribution to the Pa-rlia- ' mentary fund, says another election ' may be forced on Ireland before many ; weeks. - , "The Times' " Parliamentary cor- ' respondent says that some of the ex- i treme Tadicals are prepared to move j an amendment on the Address-in-Ue-ply regretting Mr Asquith's not ask- < ing for an assurance from the King. i "The Times," in a leader, says Mr < Barnes' statement is considered a I manifesto, and its tone is distinctly ( unpleasant, but he forgets that the 1 authors of the confusion were the Go- ( vernment. They introduced the Bud- i get, which tho Lords referred to the j people, and the result was such that the Budget cannot now bepassed. The ■ Lords were justified, and tho whole case against them falls to the ground.