New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
WORRIES FOR MINISTRY
)TER M4NT N4TTERS.
Discomfort Dith Nationalist Leader
sup-Trade Unionism.
Especial by French Cable to The Tr1bune.I
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London. Aug. 31-The ministers are eniovinr
a well earned vacation after a toilsome session
but they have taken their worries with then,
Mr.. Btrreu is perhaps the most anxious among
them. for Irish affairs are going from bad To
worse The new organization, Sim Fem which
is multiplying its branches throughout the island,
gives expression TO the general discomfort with
The Nationalist leadership There is no open
challenge from this new Young Ireland move
ment grounded on Hungarian analogies. but
there is driving power in it to goad on official
Nationalism into increased activity The effect
shown in the growing bitterness in Mr.. Red
-nond's speeches and in the renewal OF the agra
ran disturbances in several counties. cattle raid
ing and other methods of harassng. Land
owners becoming insistent and the con-
stahulary force is constantly attacked by SYM
patfizers with lawlessness- The Sim Fein is
-ot shing the Nationalist machine but fore
ing the Nationalist leaders to run 1t at a higher
pressure Lord Aberdeen and MI Birren
likely 70 be confronted with campaign ot
ganized resistance TO the Castle law.
There is similar lack OF noderating influence
in trade union politics. The Independent Labor
organization, with Socialist tendencies. is op-
Grating lines similar to those Of the Sim
Fein, creating dissatisfaction with the conserva-
tive methods Of old-fashioned trade unionisnl-
There viii be trials Of strength between the
factions at the trade union congress at Bath
next week, and more aggressive policies will
p1obably be adopted. The limitation OF the
Lords veto over legislation TO a single session
will be recommended. and old age pensions and
work for the unemployed will be demanded in
unoorpromising terms as the minimum required
hy organized labor.
Apart from political agitation and the in
creased activity Of Socialist dema gogues, there
Of IN
end trades. There is a tendency TO magnify
grievances and general desire 10 test the eff
oacy OF the new law respecting peeceable picket
ing. Richard Bell is marshalling the forces of
railway servants for obtaining higher wages all
along the line while the directors are seeking to
introduce economies and give to stockholders a
larger return on Investments There is a re-
newal OF trades controversies throughout the
north. and the conditions Of labor are more un-
settled thar for long period
Mr. HaIiane is denounced for awarding a con-
tract for one hundred thousand pairs Of horse
shoes for the British cavalry 70 American firms,
and the free Traders plea for cheapness as
source OF prosperity is dismissed an old-fash-
ioned tradition The workers are not reconciled
to any favo-s TO foreign manufacturers in mill
tary supplies even when Japan. Russia and
Brazil are placing large orders in British ship
wards for battleships and submarines. The re-
lations between official liberalism and the labor
party are becoming more strained, and the diff
fculties Of the ministers are increasing steadily
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