Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-09
REPLY To THE
NAT|0NAL|STS
UlTIMATUM BRINGS PROMPT
RESPONSE
Announcement Made In the Spectator
That Incoming Government viii
Be Supported to Secure
Free Trade
BY Associated Press.

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LONDON, Dec. 0.-The ultlmatum
issued by the Nationalist convention at
Dublin demanding home rule has been
promptly answered by an announce
ment which appears in the Spectator
this morning. This publication, Ill
though q Unionist organ, has through
out strongly opposed Chamberlainism
and now announces its intention to
support the incoming government as
the only sure means of upholding free
trade. In an evidently inspired para
graph the Spectator declares:
THE new cabinet, If 1t commands n
majority in the next parliament. has
no intention to introduce a home rule
bill 1t will not even appeal to the
country for q mandate to endow Ire
land with q separate Legislature. The
essential issue to be placed before the
electors VIII be the maintenance of free
trade, and the opposition will be given
no excuse to eVade that question or to
pretend that the home rule issue has
taken it's place"
The Spectator further expresses the
belief that Sir Edward Grey will be
appointed secretary for foreign affairs
and says that It thinks that the foreign
policy could not be placed in better
hands. IF. as is presumed, the Spec
tator is we'll Informed, this would inn
ply that Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man has succeeded in enlisting all sec
tions of the Liberal party, including
the partisans of Lord Rosebery, in the
new government by giving assurances
thnt r,fN rt.t11 Ir Il 30 tot
per with the union and that no pre-
election pledges will be given to John
Redmond.
Whether or not Mr., Redmond, as Mr..
Chamberlain asserts, has accepted
promise of some sort of concession from
the Liberals in the nature of a step
ping stone to home rule cannot yet be
stated. 1T appears to be certain, how
ever, that Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man has practically completed his
cabinet and that King Edward will
come to London In readiness to hold
council on Monday next for an ex-
change of seats between the outgoing
and the incoming secretaries. The in
dicationS therefore are that Mr.. Red
mond has acquiesced in some FORM oil
compromise so as to avert the danger
of the general election resulting in an
throw Ireland's hopes again into the
distant future.
Chamberlain Pattern for Unionists
Mr. Chamberains speech last night
is to be the pattern for all the UnionlSt
election speeches. The Unionists are
entering the campaign with the greatest
zest and are using to the full Balfour's
lead to attack Liberals on the question
of maintenance of the union. Unless.
therefore, Sir Henry Campbell-B Banner
man has secured some concessions from
Mr.. Redmond, he will be confronted
with one of the most difficult problems
ever presented to n British premier.
The cleverness of Mr.. Balfour's tactical
move in forcing his opponent into
defensive position on the question of
the maintenance of the union is daily
becoming more and more apparent.
1t is understood that Siry Henry
Campbell Bannerman has finally de-
cided to remain in the house of COM
mons. The strongest reason from the
point of view of the Liberal parry
against the elevation of Sir Henry to
the peeraSe is that the party would
thereby be deprived of his services
during the campaign as members of
the peerage, by an unwritten law, are
not permitted to speak In behalf of
candidates for membership in the
house of commons.
The Daily Chronicle this morning an
nounces that David Lloyd George and
John Burns, representatives respect
lively of the Radical and Labor parties,
will be included in the new govern
ment.
The Times this morning says that
Sir Edward Gray will probably become
secretary of foreign affairs in the
Campbell-Bannerman cabinet, while all
the Liberal imperialists except Lord
Rosebery will hold important Offices
The Times believes that Sir Robert
Ihreshie Reid will become lord high
Herbert Henry Asquith
of the exchequer. John Nor
ley secretary for India, Lord Elgin sec
retary for the colonies, Richard Burden
Haltaine secretary for war, Herbert
Gladstone secretary for the home de-
partment, the earl of Aberdeen vicerov
for Ireland and James Bryce chief Sec
letary for Ireland.
Tribute to BaIfour
Joseph Chamberlain, speaking at Ok
ford tonight, paid IL striking tribute
to Mr.. Balfour the retiring premier.
who, he said would leave a deep inn
preston on the minds of his friends
throughout the country. He asserted
that nothing had arisen which In the
slightest degree affected his personal
or his political relations with Mr.. Bal
four. Referring to the new govern
ment, Mr.. Chamberlain said the coun-
try had now passed into the hands
OF the home rulers and little Eng
landers." Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man. 1t was his opinion, intended to
give ireland home rule by installments
on the hire system. Mr. Chamberlain
charged Sir Henry with having made
a bargain with John Redmond along
these lines. He asked what would be
thought when II British premier took
his orders from the enemies OF his
and when he used his high
position to undermine the constitution
which he was there to support.
Mr.. Chamberlain then turned to fin
ance matters, repeating his old argu-
nents and contending that the sug-
sested tax on wheat would be practic-
ally insignificant and would be COM
pensated for In other ways.
Among those present at the meeting
was DR.. William Osler. formerly of
Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore.
and now regius professor of medicine
It oxford. who moved a resolution cali
Qg for tariff reform aS thQ hest nanne