Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-11-30
Credited with Aiding Balfour Ministry to
Reach Decision.
LANDLORDS CONFER WITH TENANTS
Secretary wyndham Promises a Land Bill
Which is Satisfactory.
EDUCATION BILL is THE ONLY CLOUD
Reported split I'm Ranks of the Irish
Party Headed by HesIy is Not
Credited with Being
at All Serious.

Cablegram-special Telegram.)-Ireland Is
on the threshold Of great events, II one
may trust the numerous portents. There |
are those who believe that King Edward. |
who has always shown sympathy with the
Irish claims, has used his influence to con-
vince the Balfour government that con-
tinuance Of the present system Of governing
ireland against instead Of for the Irish
people constitutes a grave menace to the
empire. When Sir Anthony Mcdonnell was
recently appointed under secretary for Ire
land the king sent for Vlceroy Dudley and
Mcdonnell and had a long conference with
them at Buckingham palace. Since then
on every public occasion in ireland the
viceroy has spoken in the most conciliatory
terms to the people. There Is no doubt
that owing to the work Of the United Irish
party in Parliament and the country the
Irish question is now entering the most
important phase since Gladstone adopted
home rule.
viceroy Dudley's recent utterances so
clearly point to a big move in the direction
of home rule that the London Times.
alarmed at the outlook has severely re-
buked him, telling him that his duties are
ornamental and that he has no business
to meddle with political questions. But OF
course the viceroy would not make such
speeches except at the instance of the gov
ernment he represents. One Of the most
significant pronouncements he has made
runs thus:
some Significant Utterances.
'I do not hold the view that a great
empire should be run as huge regiment
in which each nation should lose its indi-
viduality and be brought under common
system OF discipline and drill Individual
characteristics form an essential portion
of nations life and sympathetic treat
ment would help them to enable her to
provide her own constitution and play her
own special part in the life OF empire.
1T is upon that principle that shall try,
20 far as can. to proceed during my term
OF once. believing hrmly that any national
development tA lasting and healthy must
be spontaneouss must be promoted with full
and earnest regard to the special condi-
tions OF the country which It Affects"
Equally significant is the fact that there
Is serious split in the landlord party
Lord Dunraven and other leading land
lords. with Chief Secretary Wyndhams aid
have arranged for a conference with their
tenants representatives in spite Of the de-
nunclations OF the duke of Abercorn, Lord
Londonderry and the Orange landlords, who
hitherto have bossed the landlord party and
the Irish government.
At the hopeful moment a somewhat un-
fortunate question has arisen to temporarily
cloud the prospect. The Irish Catholic
bishops have intimated, through Archbishop
Walsh, that they disapprove the action OF
the Irish party in Withdrawing from Parlia-
ment during the autumn session, taking no
part in the debates on the ministerial edu-
cation bill. which affects the CathoEc
schools in England. The reply Of the Irish
party. through it's chairman, John Redmond,
is this:
THE party supported this bill from June
20 the August adjournment in it's critical
stages, and the BILL being perfectly safe
in the autumn session. the party withdrew
TO Ireland to carry on the work OF the
United Irish league in order to resist CO.
ercion and force the government to bring
forward its big land bill at the next session.
The Catholic schools in England have there
fore suffered nothing through the partys
absence. as they could have gained nothing
by its presence at Westminster. while the
party's fight against coercion in Ireland
would necessarily have been less effective II
II had attended Parliament giving supernu-
Gus support TO a ministry which had grossly
abused its powers in an attempt to break
down the league organization in Ireland"
Forces wyndham to Act.
The effect of the policy Of the Irish party
has been to cause Chief Secretary wynd-
ham 10 promise a land bill for the next
session which he says will settle the land
question once for all, while the indomitable
stand made against coercion throughout
the country where the league members. un-
deferred by heavy sentences as common
criminals for making public speeches. are
still holding meetings. has resulted in con-
Vincing Wyndham that coercion Is useless
and in compelling him to undertake to re-
form the administration at Dublin castle.
The action OF the Irish Catholic bishops
Is regarded with regret and pain by the
Irish party whose members. however.
recognize that the bishops in their ecele-
siastical capacity could not refuse Cardinal
Naughan's appeal TO bring pressure 10 bear
on the Irish party to support the educa-
tion bill. But the Irish party knows that
the bishops will give no support TO the
half dozen diseredited factionists led by
Mr. Healy. who. with the aid OF the English
unionist press, is using the bishopsi' in
tervention to hamper the party in Its night
against eoerston.
Must Not ReIAT Pressure.
Mr. Redmond and the Irish party know
that II the pressure OF the League on the
Irish government is relaxed now the value
OF next years land bill Will be lossened
proportionately and the Dublin castle re.
forms now admitted TO be necessary would
be dropped Al the same time, in defer
ence to the wishes Of the bishops. a. Yhsr
the education bill comes back TO the House
of Commons from the House OF Lords, the
Irish members any chance Of improving
Il In respect to the Catholic schools. they
will be summoned back 20 Westminster b.
Mr.. Redmond to press amendments.
The talk about forming a new Irish party
Is the merest mOonshine. The present
party is absolutely solid. Even Mr.. Heal,
has diselaimed any such project. knowing
that IL would result in a ridiculous hAseo.