19 FEBRUARY 1910, Page 2

The next minatory fact is the statement that Mr. Bello°

is to move, and Mr. Wedgwood to second, on behalf of the Radical stalwarts, an amendment to the Address expressing. regret that the Government have not seen their way to seek assurances that their measure dealing with the powers of the House of Lords shall become law in accordance with Mr. Asquith's statement in his speech at the Albert Hall. The Radical wing are, it is said, prepared to press such an amend- ment to a division, knowing that the Nationalists and Labour Members would support them upon it. Here we may remark that, even if this is so, the Government need not feel alarmed, for they would almost certainly have the support of two- thirds of the House in resisting it.