The House of Lords Veto Settled
By Editor
Referring to Our London Letter, which was forwarded before the veto question of the House of Lords was settled, we note here that the Lords, by a vote of 181 to 114, did not insist upon their amendments to the government bill. Money bills in Great Britain now become law without the assent of the Lords, and so do all other bills if passed by the Commons in three successive sessions. The speaker of the House of Commons certifies as to what is a money bill. A parliament is to last only five years instead of seven. Had these demands of the government been refused, King George would have created enough new peers to outvote the Conservatives in the House of Lords. "Emotional excitement unexampled in history" attended the consideration of these measures. The Westminster Gazette says that "gross and unprintable expressions of the most offensive character were bandied about by excited Tories." Prime Minister Asquith was grossly insulted, and refused audience. Now that the matter is settled, things will probably go on as before.