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HOUSE OF LORDS FUTURE

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Peers Debate Plan For Curbing PowersTathay Pacific Government To

To Persevere General Strategy With Controversial Bill

London, Jan. 28,

Every inch of floor space was taken todaywhen the House of Lords met to consider the Government's bill to curb the power of the Peers to delay legislation passed by the House of Com-

mons.

Some Peers unable to find seats or benches, squatted on the floor, while others stood in the lobbies and lined the sides of the Chamber. Some even shared the Lord Chancellor's him

Normally only about 50 Peers attend debates. To-

day possibly 300 were present for the Chamber was crammed to capacity. It is unlikely that so many Peers have assembled there at one time for years even for State ceremonial oc- casions.

Presenses.

dir behalf * Campaign is being wagged to obtain the right to sit and vute in the Ups per Chander, filled the Perigasno Gallery.

Corations

shoulder

But it was a mistake to suggest that the Upper Chamber was not a responsible and representative body,

"It probably contains a high pro ps in t the most distinguished

At the entrante, members of themen of the day in all the walks of

parked the small space life. It is rich in elder statesten, ex available wered -

TO KOMPIDGES, P-diplomats, commonnists. shrider watchi

The proceedings, and famous lenders of the Conserva-

lives

and of The public gallery was also full.

the Labour ovenient. "From the point of views «

T

POETS

with

The bill which has atrady passei thrungh the Bane of Commuias alter technical knowledge 1 betiree is roth much controversy, reduces from wo

favourably veis so he the period that the pre-Member of the

of the House of

of Commons,' เร Comervative Heater he added, amid Conservative cheers.

was essential that Can hold

il refor

It

-1

The tankled if the House of

to be modernised

Was

Ford Addison bertan by marving the Lords seand reading of the bold, its other mate tray representative,

was making for the Peers

"This Bill merely

anterment in principle.

CHIN

castically the powers of the House

At present, he salt. the Ashour [af Lords and so destroys the essential } majority in the House of Comtrrensbalance of the constitution," be main might find its work fangely sterilised tained.

[list ite House of Folds with a Con

servative majority. This was

the

with a Cservative invernment.

All-Party Discussions

the then appealed to the Govern.

|ment to postpone the bill temporarily.

Far bill was a precaution against enable all party discussions

seat with

GERMANS OPPOSE IT

Frankfurt, Jan. 27. Eight Prime Ministers of Western Germany strongly opposed, at their all-day meeting in Frankfurt today. Anglo American proposals giving the chairman of the suggested bizonal "Cabinet" full responsibility for his six DUnisters. It was report- rd.

The Premiera, it was un- derstood, demanded the pro- posal be altered to make the six Ministers directly re- ponsible to the Bizona! Economic Counell

for the "Cabinet's" actions. Reu- ter.

Europe Reacts To Franc

In Malaya

(Continued from Page 0). "It is easy to talk of the luck of an offensive spirit and of a 'retreat complex', but under the conditions described above, the withdrawal from the north were necessary, and an adverse effect, induccil by haying ta carry out a conţinuot retreat over some hundreds of milea starting front the early days of the campaign, must be attribut. to the general situation rather than to any fault in the original morale of the troops themselves.

cd

"It is possible, however, that, the need for offensive notion, even during retreat, had not been SU stressed during the training of the officers and men as to become second nature.

**For instance, there appeared to be a tendency to use réserves for supporting a weak position of a defensive position rather than retaining them at all costs for bringing about #cooker. attack.

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"Again, up to the time handed over the command, there a tendency to use an in. dependent rompany in Malaya

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a reinforcement and not fo Gury ont the functions for which it was specially intended. Farther. the officers and men must be taught thur occasions will arise when Rome parties EN BRASS have got to hold to the last man even though the main body of the force may be moving back.

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RAF Shortage

"The Royal Air Force suffer- ed from lack of staff. It was so much that more officers were required at headquarters ht sufficient should be availble to form another group a comprehensive scheme of refor Reaction to devalua-headquarters which would cover both the compost-tion of the franc develop- been formed and operated well "Fighter headquarters land ed in other capitals to-but the rest of the operations had

Irie "petition of these "unfair vetufi- Į take place with a view to praduring |

I

Volelisen kabel it shoude

The for the House of Lands, by beeting the Unvernment bill, ter Felde what should be the issues of

general electím,

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sim and the power of the House of dl.1.

Amet Lalmor cheers, be declared We challenge that implication from the very stati."

a

The Labon Party would tot cept that the now-elective House of Lands should be the Sal arbiter of

| the opinion of the people,

No Compromise

day.

the

Our only object would be co ct- sure that essential

Seward Chamber under the constitu tion shanbi be preserved and that

ק

the best and most acceptable Body

mlet be set

fra exercise these wers. There would be no rommi?- inents on either side."

IN

London, Jan. 27.

A

New

the carried out reet by the RAF headquarters, with; the re

Thy Czechoslovak Natiount salt that firaerically all head- Bank numaneed change rate of 23.26 for 100 Franes. The rale was 42 Crowns Franes.

ex-quarters nir staff offleers had Crowns to be employed in the operations former room and, including the Air for 300 Officer Commanding, were fully

employed a working out the de-f tails of bombing and reconnais. sance, leaving no one to pinn

Denmark nunounced a rate of

compared with an old rate of 4.045 for 100.

Lord Addian then declared that fee invernment regarded the pare ing of this bill in its present farm Lord Addisu destroyed the initial essential, Afterwards, the Gov. 2.24 3/4 Krone for 100 Francs. and think ahead.

PTZUTE world ize

willing to discuss hopes of a compromise over the pre-Lord Salisbury's suggestin sent rauhyoversy By jrting the Lord Salisbury, however, could no Conservative suggestion that today's "the meressary prerequisite for bill should he dropped in favour of fruitful negatiation" so long as the one to forming the Upper Chataber, Gorerumen insisted a pressing the

Referring to the possibility of the trill to

into law, Home of Sunds using its powers i He suggested an adjournment of assert uself, Band Addison criticisect the debate until Monday in enalte tralian Pound. The former buy- emergency meeting they held dur-Lord Addison to put these argumentsing rate was 386.49 Franes. ing the summier Parliamentary reres before the Government, agal the advice of ther

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"This condition would have FARE: SINGLE HK$40 been Improved had it been pos- COACH SERVICE SUPPLIED BETWEEN TOWN AND AIRPORT sible to form another group to Sydney, Australia, quoted

The Commonwealth Bank in

operate bombing squadrons uľ telegraphic transfer selling rate overseas reconnaissance as well possibly naval cooperation and of 683.97 Francs to

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"An attempt was made to or ganise left behind partick

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Bovera lord Addison agreed to the ad- In Bombay, banks quoted the northern Malayn with the object jauement unul promises en informa devaluation Frane at 64 to the of obtaining information and to that reusion they unt to you This colleagues of Lord Salisbury's Rupee, The old rate was 35 carrying out sabotage of all view any measures passed by how very urgrat representations

departmetast

alto ne. In Paris, French busi-sorts in the enemy's rear. This the economic mish while the Hauseing himself in any fruitful result.

with though he was, he said, not committness circles predicted the new duty was entrusted to a section

of the Ministry of Economic of Comunas was not sining

The debate was then adjourneų | Kupee rate would result in de- Warfare under Mr. Killery. It was, however, started too Inte and there was no time ganise it thoroughly."-Reuter.

This, he said, was unprecedented Reoer. and the Government has no failed to notice it..

To Go On

GANDHI CHEERED BY MOSLEMS

New Delhi, Jan. 27. Mohandas R. Gandhl visited)

reased impurts of French mo

Indin.-Associated Press

I

cur to

HEATERS OUT

Asking what advantage there was Lin trjeeting this bill, Lord Addison said the invernment intended to go

Shanghai, Jan. 28 on with it even if it was rejected. a Moslem shrine today and was) The Bureau of Public Ulities Moving rejection, Lord Salisbury met by hundreds of cheering has fasued an order prohibiting described the hill as the "must dis Moslems, the newspaper "States the use of electric heaters by hottest measare ever brught before man" reportet.

British Parliament

private house-holds, Firms or considering circumstances in which it had

Gandhi was joined in prayer offices during the present short- been introduced.

by Hindus. Sikhs and Moslems age of coul supplies and at the shrine, where an annual threatening offenders with shut-

the The

The only conceivable object ol The bi

to enable the Govern- file was in progress.—Associatting off their power supply-- tent twi, years hesire to pavi

other bill to nationalise irun art

steel, he declared, and the Calriser

was divided even en chut.

After Lord Addison had interrupt

ed to deny this. Tord Salisbury maintained that the bill was offered "net the more irresponsible members of the Government to try keep them quiet for some muntiri

mure.'

Powers Defended Defending the present powers of the Upper Chamber, Lord Salisbury declared: "We believe that the power of the Second Chamber to refer bart to the electorate (by rejecting the Clovernment hill), doubtful measure ma issues greatest importance is vital to the survival of

ad

He likened the Second Chamber to that of the automatic pilut of aeroplane which preventei ike ma chinery from swinging too far either

the right or the left.

To

"That equilibrium can only be at- tained by some power of delay," he declared,

He asked amid opposition cheer why it was necessary to have the Second Chamber at all`if only the Government had the right to Inter- pret the views of the people even when those views were not accurate- ly known.

Reform Plan

Lord Salisbury then sealt with his proposal for a reform of the House of Lords, it was clear, he said, that the body exercising delaying function as the House of Lords did, 'should

be moit fitted to looptre confidence in

the community as a whole.

He partly agreed, he asld, with the

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