The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-01
The Huge Liberal Majority, of Which So
Much Was Expected, May Go to
Pieces Over Birrell Bill.
The Irish Nationalists Will From This
Time On be Thorn in the Side
of Their Former Allies.

which they say was originally strong,
but gradually weakened by the un-
tling down.
One requires to be neither a proph-
ct nor the son of a prophet to predict
that should &C. B." endeavor to force
the three gentlemen named to accept
a policy in agreement with Mr.. Red
mond and with his own, there will be
another anti-home rule split, similar
to that which led to the formation of
the unionist party and which left Sir
Henry Campbell -Bannerman one of
the few thick and thin supporters of
Mr.. Gladstone.
At the time of writing there are ru-
mors that &C. b. is i'll and weary of
the abortive strife and of the growing
dissensions among his party and may
very shortly go to the House of Lords.
There is undoubtedly great trouble
brewing in Ireland and he is too old.
to face it.
1t is said that the bulk of the party,
with their great parliamentary major
ity, are in favor of taking advantage
of the present situation to throw off
the Irish yoke under which they have
writhed and groaned
Happenings of the week have made
the political situation intensely inter-
esting. On every issue affecting Brit
ish or imperial interests since the gem
eral election the solid Irish vote has
been placed at Campbell-B
absolute disposal. The Prime Minister
agreed to pass the bill as the first in
stalment of repeal of the union and
the nationalists in consideration of
his promise agreed to keep the radicals
in office.
What will they do next? That is a
question which is easily answered.
They will be another thorn in the side
of the government and the proceedings
in the House of Commons are not like
ly to be humdrum between now and
propagation.
The wonderful silence of the nation
aists at st. Stephens has lasted for
eighteen months. 1t is long time for
Hibernian eloquence to be bottled UP.
What an Irish-American. writing to
leading Scotch newspaper, the Scots
man, says regarding the situation is
significant.
There never" he writes, was a
moment in the history of the home
rule movement when the Irish Parlia-
mentary party was more dependent on
Irish and American assistance Just
now the war chest is better filled than
it has been since the time of the Par
nellite split, but for this the party has
to thank chiefly their Irish American
supporters.
THE money being raised in Ireland
would not keep the party going. In
deed. but for foreign assistance it
would in all likelihood have been bank
rupt financially before this time. Ger
tain it is that it would have been i'm
possible for it to maintain it's attend
ance at Westminster. In such circum-
stances it is obviously imperative that
Mr. Redmond and his followers should
toe the line marked for them in Amer
ica.
1T is little wonder. of course, that
the rish-Americans are dissatisfied
with Mr.. Birrell's bantling. They were
led to expect something very different
They had been assured that big step
was to be made on the road to separa-
ton and national independence.
"'Home rule is coming, and coming
soon, was the cry of the nationalist
orators few months ago. Although
it's coming was not to be Immediate,
it was not to be long delayed, and
meanwhile there was to be a really big
instalment.
THE resentment of Irish Americans