The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-17
PEERS ARE HAVING
PRETTY WARM. TIME
Irish Party Hopes to Get the
Balance of Power in the
New House

London, Dec. 1.-THE Irish situa.
tion Is deeloping with exciting randi
lty. The pronouncement of the ma.
tlonal directors of the United Irish
league, advising Irishmen to vote for
the government, is regarded as Of lit
tie real moment, for It will only affect
votes which have gone to Liberals in
previous contests. What Redmond
really has done is to put a powerful
weapon into the. hands of his bitter
opponents within the Nationalist
party, who hold that he has eiven
away the cidadel without securing
guarantees that Asquith really means
business. They are using, with mark
ed effect, Redmond 8 own previous
declarations that home rule stands NO
chance at all If the prior place in the
Liberal program is given to a bitter
~ contested, long-drawn out consti-
tuttonal conflict over the house OF
lords and such other questions as
Welsh disestablishment. Even II the
Radicals are returned these two uues-
tlons must occupy the first two ses-
Slams Of the new parliament. leaving
arela2a tne s. m!lerest me crumbs Of the LIB
= A New Irelsnd.
Redmond's hope is that Asquith will
be returned by so small q majority
that 1t will leave the balance of power
IN the hands of eighty Nationalists, in
which case they will compel Asquith.
at the risk of his political life, to plecs
home rule open before the lords uues-
tfon. Meanwhile the land purchase
scheme of the Unionists and Radicals
alike have been creating q new Ire.
land with protectionists ambitions. to
which 1t is believed, tariff reform
makes strong appeal. The Uniontst
leaders are being infiuentially urged
to run tariff Nationalists constituen.
| cies. Some of Asquith's moderate
friends are also insisting that by TAX
ing up home rule again he Is killing
his own agitation against the lords.
If the Radicals go to the country on
two separate issues and win they
must expect to be told that they have
not got clear verdict on either.
Peers Severely Hecklod.
Peers all over the country are
| throwing themselves into the thick of
the fight. being severely heckled by
working-class audiences. Amusing
scenes result. In the Stamford d.
vision last night, Lord Kesteven was
practically refused q hearing. DO
you want song?" his lordship ask
ed, when Interruptions compelled him
to resume his seat A general uproar
followed, and shouts of "the constitu-
ton" III you'll only let me get a
word In edgeways. only edgeways,' y
pleaded the noble peer. An elector
wanted to know by what right Lord
Kesteven controlled these villages
Lord Kesteven replied" Because I've
put my money into them" Then as
Interruptions broke out afresh he
went on: Il love all this. It is all
JOY and fun, this fight, and what I
like" whereupon someone shouted:
Eyes, and you'll have a fight this time.
| too"
Peers Pathetic Question.
At Camberwell Lord Newton asked:
What Is the actual situation?" Some-
one promptly replied: Helping land
lords and brewers. But the climax
came when his lordship asked: eff a
peer, myself for instance, makes an
ass of himself, is 1t open to the COM
mons to say that the house of peers
are all asses" The audience laughed
too heartily to reply. Lord Harris,
endeavoring to speak at a tariff re-
form meeting at Sheerness. found the
opposition too strong and ultimately
left the hall in indignation. AS q rule,
however, the peers are making q far
better showing than most people ex-
pected.
Bunch hits OF the situation by a
cartoon today. picturing crowd of
working men outside factory, faced
by the mildest looking of.peers. The
wording below the cartoon is as fol-
lows: Average peer on stump-"La-
dies and british work.
man In audience to those around)-
"Ullo mates. where's 'is sinister eye
and is ravening nav an blood-stain-
ed dagger an all, same as In, papers,"
The cartoon ID headed /" "Disillusioned."' y
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