The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-26
Irish NauOuaII.ts Reunited.

The reasonable friends Of Ireland, who
desire To see her accept all she can get
from the British Liberals now in power
at Westminster, not a. u substitute for
Home Rule but as preparation for il,
may well rejoice at the prospect Of an
immediate and cordial reunion of the
Nationalist party, which for some years
has been discOrdant. To say nothing Of
Sir THOMAS EsMONDE, who has seemed
10 despair Of securing autonomy by %
stitntiOnal Weans, Mr.. TIMOTHY HEALY.
N. p. for the north division Of Louth,
who is n Of the most ready and enec-
tive debaters in the House of Commons,
has pursued for some years u purse
Independent Of Mr.. REDMOND'S follow
ers, while Mr.. WILLIAM O'BRIEN. ". p.
for Cork, has acted on the conviction
that although unwavering in his devO-
ton 10 Home Rule he could best serve
his country by welcoming the cOopera-
ton Of such UniOnists as Lord DUNRAvEN
and Sir ANTONY mcdonnell in the
furtherance Of lTeland's minor interests.
Now. ON the other hand. in view Of com
= " AAoN AeRV ANNNANtN HeoHNA
between the leaders Of the Nationalist
party and Messrs. O'BRIES and HEALY,
there is solid ground for the hope Il
pressed by Mr.. JOHN T.. REDMOND in a
speech made al Limerick on November ID
that the day was al hand when all Nation
slists would work together under the
same flag AZ they did in the day Of PAR
NELL's ~sscendency.
Nationalist reunion implies. Of course,
an agreement with regard to "a political
programme, and the terms Of the UNDER
standing reached have been outlined in
q telegram from London dated NOvem-
Der "a. There appears to be a consensus
that "A demand for the concession Of
Home Rule Of the kind proposed by Mr..
GLADSTONE in his second bill. which was
carried through the House Of Commons,
shall be pressed at the next general cleo
ton and that meanwhile the strength Of
the reunited Nationalist party shall be
concentrated during the coming session
OF Parliament on securing a Catholic
teaching university Of q type and On "A
scale satisfactory to the Irish people.
The hand Of Mr.. WILLIAM o BRIEN is
recognizable in another feature Of the
proposed compact. namely. the sus-
pension Of the agrarian agitation in the
grazing districts. 1t is highly probable
that il cattle driving were stopped some
much needed amendments Of the land
acts, and especially Of the Wyndham
purchase act, could be obtained through
conferences with certain COnciliatOry
landlords. Lord DUNRAvEN and his
friends are still willing to combine with
the Nationalists for almost any purpose
short Of complete Home Rule, and Sir
ANTONY MACDONNRI.L, who lately visited
this country, has shown US Under Secre-
tary to the Lord Lieutenant an eagerness
TO do anything in his power for the regen-
Grafton Of his native country, though he
is no believer in complete political indie
pendence and has no disposition to cOn-
done cattle driving or other sort
Of violation OF the law.
We have no doubt that the r~eorganized
Irish Nationalists. while declining any
longer 10 be regarded "a indissolubly
allied to tho British Liberals. will never
theless cooperate with the latter in the
effort 10 limit the power of the House of
Lords to defeat the will of the United
Kingdom, as expressed by "A majority Of
its Spokesman in the House of Commons.
The plan of the present Bannerman Gov
eminent, as we lately pointed out, is not
TO ~extinguish the hereditary chamber or
to make any drastic change in its compo-
sitiOn. but simply to narrow its function
TO the mere suspension Of legislation
for a definite period, until the wishes
OF the constituencies shall have been
proclaimed repeatedly and unmistak-
ably. Unless such a limitation Of the
power Of the upper house can be brought
about no Home Rule bill has any chance