Evening star., 1907-05-26
irish BILL COMMENT
Chief Topic in the British House
of Commons.
AUSTRALIANS DEFENSES
Prince Fushimi's Visit to King Ed
ward.
IRELAND WEST COAST SCHEME
Proposed Steamship Line is Declared
practicable-Revival Of Many
Old English Plays.
IRELAND WEST COAST SCHEME


In LONDON, May IL, 1907.
(, "a very small and a very timid measure
Is the general opinion of liberal and labor
members on the new Irish BILL 1t must
be remembered that the great majority of
the liberal party are home rulers, while
there is not member of either section of
the labor party who would not grant self
government to Ireland.
!! There Is a small minority of liberals who
are quite satisfied with the bill. and it Is
this section that has apparently won the
DAY in the cabinet. The Irish members will,
of course, follow.Mr. Redmond's line. They
fhre prepared to accept the bill not as a
Fsubstitute for home rule or an installment
fof home rule, but as an extension of local
government. desirable in its way. But they
Regard with great dislike certain features
lof the bill, notably the power that is given
no the lord lieutenant not only to veto the
RESOLUTIONS of the council, but to take on
himself under certain circumstances the
work of the council by carrying out the
! resolutions in his own way.
!. They are also strenuously opposed to the
plans by which the chairman of the COM
Emittees of the council are to be nominated
Eby the crown, and they demand much
larger grant to carry on the admfniStra-
Tive work of the council
Ministerialists are, at any rate, genuine
lly pledSeu WITH Tie way III WHICH NIL Ioii-
frell has deprived the opposition of the
home rule cry. Mr.. Balfour's speech was
the clever debating attack of a skillful
lawyer at his wits end for material on
which to build case against the govern
ment. Conservative members are quite de-
pressed at the moderation of the govern
ment. They expected a bill which would
enable them to raise the cry Of ''the union
( IN danger" and they find measure which
| DOCS not go so far as as the scheme for
the extension of local government which
was drawn up by Mr. Chamberlain In 1885
y Mr.. Balfour's admission that the scheme
could not be described as leading to home
bfule by any legitimate process gives some
nope that 1t may, after ALL pass the lords,
and one peer, whom met in the lobby.
declared that if the bill were as moderate
as 1t appeared to be it would meet with no
great resistance in the upper chamber,
where an extension of local government In
ireland would be considered on its merits
Australia's e 100000 Contribution.
In a conversation today with a member
of the commonwealth of Australia 1 re-
ceived some interesting light upon the cir
cumstances in which the Australian con-
tribution Of 100000 annually to the navy
has been withdrawn at the instance Of Mr.
Deakin in the colonial conference. Aus
tralia, l am told, has never taken kindly
TO the agreement with the admiralty
whereby the royal squadron stationed in
her seas is liza BILE to be employed in inn
perrin eiEeIScuSicS III any OtutE PdIt VI tuS
empire.
|. They are determined to make Australia
within herself secure IN all periods of war
as well as of peace. AT present the COM
monwealth owns little more than two out
of-date battleships, one OF them being the
Cerberus, which Is located at Melbourne.
The Deakin government Is prepared to
spend literally in view Of the expanding
revenues which the country now enjoys.
upon laying the foundations of a small fleet
built for owned by, manned by Australians,
and for exclusive service in Australian
waters.
the commander and the chief engineer in
the department of defense under the COM
monwealth are now on their way to Eng
land on an errand of inquiry as to the most
with a flotilla Of torpedo destroyefs and
other requisites of naval defense.
- The G2OO.0OO annually saved from the ad-
miralty will go but small way toward the
costs of maintaining this projected insular
notilla. but 1t is the demand Of democratic
IAustralia that her revenues shall be spent
upon herself, for self-interest Is the law
bf colonial as of other nations.
Fushimi's Visit to the King.
Prince Fushimi, who Is King Edwards s
guest at present. Is just about the size of
the Prince OF Wales, though both are
dwarfed by the towering bear skinned giants
OF the Irish Guards. who usually accom-
pany them. Fushimi has not what may be
called a typically Japanese face. 1t Is
more European than Mongoian, and sug-
Gested to me the countenance of Gen Bou-
Danger. with it's prominent. well-formed
nose, mustache and imperial In fact Prince
Fushini might very well pass for a dapper
little French general-the more so as, while
the Japanese have borrowed their military
science from the Germans, they have gone
TO France for what may be called the tailor
Ing of their army.
The dramatic interest Of the princes ar
rival the other day lay in the meeting be-
tween the prince. who Is the Japanese
"Bobs'' and the English "Bobs." The
Prince of Wales. after introducing members
of the royal family and the cabinet to the
prince. beckoned Earl Roberts, who was In
the background. to come forward. The mo-
ment the envoy of the mikado recognized
the earl. he advanced a few steps and
smilingly saluted "Bobs'' returned the
salute and then the two men shook hands
with exceptional heartiness.
Prince Fushimi' Is only an English
translation of japanese famil.- name and
title of honor. ''Fushmi Mlya Is the Japa-
nese phrase "Miya" being the word we
idea connected with Fushimi 1t is simply
the designation of a family.
Mikado and Family Names.
Sometimes the mi'eado confers a new fam
ily name. Thus recently he ordered one of
fhc of the late Prince of Kitashira-
kawa to take the new family name of
Aneda. and so he became Aneda Miya, or
Prince OF Aneda. In Japan not only the
title but the personal name follows the
family one. Baron Suyematsu, when he
was here-other Japanese do the same also
followed the western custom and signed
himself "kencho Suyematsu." In his own
country and among his own people he would
have been 'Suyematsu Kencho." the family
name coming first
This Is more than u mere difference of
, formula. as in Japan the family takes pre-
cedence of the Individual. and Japanese life
bases itself largely on that view of things
The prince gave the servants of St
James Palace. where he is quartered a
surprise yesterday morning. At $50 they
were startled by the ringing of bell, the
Indicator of which proclaimed II to be that
bf Prince Fushimi's bedroom. There was
CONSERVATION below stairs. as it was
thought that the prince must be i'll. An at
terdant who went to inquire what the
prince wanted found him already fully
dressed in riding costume. A horse was at
once found. and he went for ride in
Hyde Park.
J The prince is a Spartan In all his habits
and he probably requires as little sleep as
food. His frugal appetite was a source of
interest to those who dined with him last