Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-27
slsHHEs TO STAY CUT OF ARMY

LONDON. May 2s-when Parliament
meets tomorrow Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-
herman. the prime minister. VIII tell the
country what the cabinet proposes TO do
with the Irish council bill. Everyone ex-
poets II viii be dropped with as little oere-
mony as possible. bat Mr.. Balfour. leader
OF the opposition. Is not likely TO let pass
80 fine a chance TO remind the country how
the liberals IN his opinion. muddled the
business. The chances that the govern
mert VIII 90 anything for ireland this ses-
sion are small. since the members Of the
cabinet resent the repudiation by their
Irish allies. Mr. Birrell. chief secretary for
Ireland. betook himself 70 the country be-
fore the Dublin convention and his secre-
tary refuses information as 70 his where
about 20 would-be intsrviewers
A revival Of troublous times for ireland.
after several years Of unwonted quiet Is
expected The society called Sim Fein,
meaning literally For ourselves" com
posed % the hottest OF the anti-Britons.
majority OF whom are young men, has
gained considerable Importance lately. Its
program is for the complete boycott Of
England for the Irish members 70 decline
70 attend Parliament for Irishmen 70 re-
fuse 70 enter into business or social rela-
tons with the English in Ireland. and. as
Tar - RIHaiuArs A0E AElhL4lLlen 70 ADhLAlu
from eniisting In the army and from buy
ing English goods. Edward Martin, its
leader. is q wealthy land owner and littera-
teur. Recently he was expelled from the
arissOcratic kildare club, the Dublin land
lords rEllying place. This incident caused
a great dUtter IN Dublin
The next move OF the IriEh members OF
Parliament probably win be q united at
tempt to induce the government TO remove
Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonneI under
secretary 70 the lord lieutenant OF Ireland
When he was appointed In 1902 the couser-
vatives considered him too friendly with
the Irish, but he failed to satisfy them
SIR Anthony has had many years service in
India, where. among other posts. he held
the lieutenant governorship Of the North
gSst provinces and the chief commissioner
n y Of oudh and some Of the prominent
ishnent say he treats the Irish as he dId
Nsas- Indiana. @t+
A cabinet. meeting was held Saturday TO
consider the attitude Great Britain will
adopt on the various questions - be taken
pp at the approaching Hague conference.
earlier action having been prevented by the
pressure Of work consequent on the meet
ing Of the imperial conference and the
heavy legislative program in Parliament.
Instructions wiz be given TO delegates TO
az AAAAAH INC NtEAs HAL IlE gov
ernfnent will not make any announcement
concerning Great Britain's attitude in the
House OF Commons or elsewhere. before
the conference meets.
DUBLIN. May 2s-John Redmond holds
that the Irish convention decision in re-
jecting the Irish council bill had three
weighty effects. The devolutton idea, he
says. has gone by the board: the influence
Of the Rosebery group IN the cabinet has
been killed. and the strength and cohesion
Of the Irish party has been secured
Interviewed on the future Of the home
rule movement. Mr.. Redmond today de-
elared 20 the Associated Press that II was
his conviction that the conventions action
would not delay home rule a single hour
He said . powerful and friendly goverur-
ment had endeavored % smbody the devolu-
tOn idea in the bill and had failed and
that no future government would renew
the attempt He anticipated that the pres
ent Parliament would be dissolved In $50
% enAble the government 70 appeal 20 the
country against the House OF Lords The
liberal party's Iriah program must nov
be home rule. while had the convention
accepted the devolution bin Il would hay,
been rejected In the House OF Lords anc
oevolution would nave remained the higf
water marx or liberal policy. not uerei,
IN the present Parliament. but In the next