13 MAY 1911, Page 2

We cannot, unfortunately, find space to deal with Lord Lansdowne's

speech, but we must say here that it was ex- ceedingly lucid and exceedingly eloquent, and in every way worthy of the great occasion. Lord Lansdowne's peroration was not only impressive but was evidently inspired by real feeling. Of Lord Morley's speech we shall only say that it certainly left the door open for the Government to do what we have urged in our leading columns they should do— namely, pass the Bill through the Commons on condition that the Lords do not force a creation of peers before the Parliament Bill becomes law.