The common-sense view of the Dyestufts. Act controversy has been Well upheld by the House of Lords, who insisted on having it inserted in. the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill for another 12 months; and the Government were wise to give way.
"hey could not sacrifice the Bill, or the Rent Restrictions Act would have come to an end, which would have raised a storm' anion the followers, and their majority Against the Lords was only six, opinions being much divided among all parties, Of the 87 peers who voied on Monday for continuing the Act. several were Liberals. "And When the Government first announced that the Act must laps group of Socialists handed in an amendment to allow it to continue for 12 months, for a wider inquiry into the results. Which is exactly what the Lords wanted, ceived a num! the Act should lapse, and accordingly decided, as Mr, Snowden is reported to have said, "to call the House of Lords' bluff," But even the "textile manufacturers were much divided, as a letter in yesterday's "Times" from Sir "Henry Sutcliffe Smith, executive director of the Bradford Dyers 'Association and chairman of the Colour Users' Association, conclusively pro And the Lords were not blating.
How the Voting Went of the voting on to-day's sting and signi-ant. Of the 246 members, in-ling tellers, who went into the government lobby 226 were memders of the Labour Party, 19 were Liberals, and one was an' Indepen-
Liberals, there is an understanding. The Government have definitely promised to include in the Electoral Reform Measure the Alternative Vote which Mr. Lloyd George has accepted; and both this and the repeal of the Trade Dispute Act will come forward early in the New Year. Would it be unbecoming to say "What need we any further The House adjourns to-day for the Christmas holidays after one of the most infructuous and unsatisfactory sessions on record. The Government's short comings are exaggerated in the heat of party strife, But it is difficult to exonerate it on the charge that it has shown no grip of realities in face of rising unemployment and. depressed industry; that it has added heavily to expenditure when every circumstance cries for eco! my; and that it threw away great chances at the Imperial Conference. Reuter has sent you a long telegram about the wonderful eonstitutiofial achievements of the Conference. But here not one person in thousand has over noticed them and, excepting Ireland, the Dominions were indifferent to them, "The Thunderer's" Severity The severity of "The Times, which ever does its utmost to sup: port whatever Government is in power, is eloquent of the opinion of coo) and thoughtful men. One quotation from yesterday's leading article, pointing the contrast with the Prince of Wales's stirring speech at the Incorporated Sales Managers' Association dinner: ts 1 the 240 members in the Opposition lobby. 218 were Conserva-ives, one, Major Church, was a Labour member, 19 were Liberals, and two were Independents. Twenty-eight Conservative members were paired in favour of the Dyestuffs Act against 27 Labour members and one Independent.
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