The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-14
alone boldly advocates the rejection
of the budget.

alone boldly advocates the rejection
of the budget.
1t is symptomatic of the vehement
outburst Of popular passion that the
rejection will elicit. that the Liberals
already talk of violent measures to
meet such contingency. Some reject
the idea of an immediate dissolution
and recommend either the resignation
Of Asquith and the, throwing of full
responsibility on Balfour to raise the
taxes or allowing all the finances of
the country to fall. into chaos, even
should big financial crisis with a
panic-stricken fall in consols and 9th
er gilt edged securities follow. An
other difficulty suggested is the ex-
traordinary position in which the
king is placed by being compelled to
choose between one form of revolu-
tion or another.
King May Use His influence.
1t is expected accordingly that his
influence will be thrown into the
scale against such national convul-
sion as the rejection of the budget
involves. To sum up, Rosebery's
speech was so momentus a factor
that many peers who never attend the
house of lords and are not amend
able to party discipline may be en-
couraged to revolt against the saner
councils, but the speech was by no
means decisive. and the future awaits
the events of the next few weeks.
The radicals and Irish members be-
lieve the rejection of the budget TOO
i pnnH IN ko k,,,,o
agreeing that such a rejection means
the beginning of the end of the priv
ileges of the house of lords and a
certain and early advent of home
rule.
"Birrell's land bill will pass, It is
now expected, without such mutila-
ton by the house of lords as to make
1t unacceptable by Ireland. Even the
prospect of rejection of the budget
helps Birrell, the house of lords not
being likely to add an ireland In
flames to Engand's approaching revo-
lutionary passion.
Condor and O'Callaghan's VISIT to
ireland was gigantic success. The
word revolutionary was received
everywhere with enthusiasm and af-
fection. amounting almost to idoliz-
Ing. Similar enthusiasm awaits them
In England. especially when Condor
revisits Manchester, where he was
sentenced to death forty years ago.
COndon's wholehearted approval of
Redmond and the Irish party has i'm
mensely impressed the Irishmen and
the little remnants of cranks and Iro-
quois croakers have fed in shame be-
fore this national outburst of unity
and faith.
A Difficult Problem.
No problem is more difficult to
solve in British politics than that of
chosing the right moment for going
to the constituencies. 1t Is an axiom
Of British politics that a ministry is
strongest the first day of it's exist
ence, and that 1t loses some Of its
strength every hour afterward. This
theory is founded on the natural
changeableness' of all democracies.
and on the special changeableness of
the British democracy in particular.
and this changeableness has passed
into something so closely resembling
national law that it is called by the
name OF the Swing of the pendulum
When a ministry, therefore, has last
ed four years, it has usually reached
the nadir of it's prestige and power.
This is the reason why people already
are talking in England of an appeal
to the country being forced on the
ministry by its EXTREMIST wing by
next January or March. The swing
of the pendulum if the election takes
place soon, will not have gone back
fn the T0r{nc. h1rf Nxyi11 ri ir,l,y
have gone back far enough to reduce
the Liberal majority.
Reduction May be Small.
This reduction may be large or 1t
may be small; but it will be reduc-
tfOn. This in turn means that sew
eral of the present members of the
house of commons will not return to
their place; and they would be more
than human If they did not want to
retain ali the prestige and honor of
seat in parliament as long as they
can.
The Irish party has quite differ
ent interests from the other sections
of the house Of commons. Whatever
is unstable in British politics their
position Is firm as granite. They al
| ways A0SuAn Al pIdClNtiily tuc Sdluc
strength. 1t may be eighty-four or 1t
may be eighty-two that depends OH
two or three hotly fought seats in
the north of Ireland. but it will be al
ways something like cighty-two. They
therefore look forward to general
election with quite different feeling
from other sections. For them gen.
eral election cannot come too soon.
This house of commons will then
have fulfilled its function SO far as
Ireland is concerned. This parlia-
ment cannot now tackle again the
question of home rule. and the Ques-
tiOn of home rule is their chief vital
question which will remain after the
solution Of the land problem, through
Birrells bill.
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