The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
Liberal and Irish Members of
British Parliament Join in
Support of Budget
0Brien and HeaIy Assist Tories
in Attempt to Wreck AS
guith'S Government
By T. P. O'CONNOR

parties with the veto campaign and
whole hearted support of the budget.
This has naturally produced an after
math of tranquility. The transforma-
tion OF the whole situation has pro-
duced a corresponding transformation
in the temper Of the parties and of the
House of commons.
The final hope Of the tories and the
Irish factionists disappeared Monday,
when William OBrien's attack on the
veracity and the good faith of Chan
cellOr Lloyd George and on the policy
Of Redmond ended in a pitiful fizzle.
OBrien's charges were so completely
disprOved that even Balfour, in whose
interest the attack was made, dropped
O'Brien and accepted Lloyd Georges
good faith.
. O'BRIEN AND HEALY WITH TORIES
O'Brien. with HeaIy. now is steadily
supporting the tories and the house of
lords. but O'Brien's power is crumbling
daily. and Healy's vitriolic attack on
Redmond and the Irish party seals his
doom in the south at the next election.
The tories, jubilant for weeks in the
hope of defeating the liberals by the
Irish vote on the budget. now are sunk
in despair. The budget is passing
through all the stages with perfect
tranquility, even apathy. after many
months Of fierce denunciation.
Every liberal is looking to the next
election and a straight fight over the
veto of the lords with perfect con-
hdence, while the tories are resigned
TO despair.
The tory papers already are raising
a cry Of compromise, but no compro
mise is possible on the terms which the
liberals, tories or Irish could accept
FIERCE FIGHT IN SIGHT
The next general election viii be
even more fierce than the last. The
tories viii attempt to play the popu-
larity OF the king against the liberals
and VIII wave the bloody shirt OF anti
Irish feeling. representing the liberals
as being kicked into an attack on the
king by Redmond
y II is uncertain as yet what line the
klng will take. O'Brien and Healy have
played into the hands Of those who ad-
wise him to resist the advice of the
liberals by lauding him as the most
popular man in England and represent
ing the liberals as playing dirty game
with Redmond in driving him into
corner.
All ireland stands enthusiastically
- behind the action Of Redmond with
which the Irish in England, who al
ways have favored the budget. espe-
cialfy the land taxes, are generally
sympathetic.
DEMOCRACIES ARE UNITED
The liberal and labor parties are in
eNpressibly relieved at the avoidance
OF a rupture between the English and
the Irish democracy. The democracies
are more closely knit in this fight than
in any previous epoch in the history of
the two nations
The Irishmen in England viii swell
the gigantic popular demonstrations
now preparing TO demand the abolition
OF the lords veto.
All the British democracy also is
immensely grateful to Redmond for
that hrmness Of attitude which finally
induced the liberal cabinet TO adopt
stern, uncomprOmising and prompt ac-
tiOn in the campaign against the lords.
The week wound up in one of the
fercest storms for years in the COM
mons. Anderson, head of the secret
service, who found lie CarOn as a
witness for the Times in the commits
sion to inquire into the Piggot for
geries. confessed part authorship of the
Times infamous nbels and gave the
Irish party splendid opportunity for
reopening the hideous story of the joint
campaign OF the Times and the tory
minister in 1889 to destroy the Parneil
irish movement in the house of com
- mons.
RAGE OVER LIBEL ON PARNELL
Anderson thrilled the house with his
terrible stories Of the visits Of detec-
tives and agents OF the Times to John
DAILY and other Irish prisoners under
going life sentences with tempting
offers OF liberty and mercy on condition
Of their giving perjured evidence Ia
connect Parnell with the dynamite and
other outrages.
So terrible was the case that Balfour
3 Joined in the condemnation of Ander-
son. The violent denouement OF the
debate came when James Campbell. the
Irish attorney general in the last tory
ministry, repeated that it was still
doubtful whether Parneu was not as
ISOLATED with the Phoenix park murders
The presiding officer refused 70 compel
Campbell to withdraw, and the Irish
members, bursting into wild indigna-
tion. determined to shout him down
Hoarse cries Of rage filled the cham.
:, her and physical violence seemed GER
tain until an opportune closure motion
by Winston Churchill brought the scene
10 an end by closing Campbell's mouth
So strong was the rage of the Irish
men that the fate Of the ministry hune
In the balance for some minutes lesi
a combination of Irish and radicals
should defeat the government, entail
ing the immediate resignation oi
Churchill and perhaps breakup OF the
ministry.
ILOYD-GEoRGE IN MINORITY
E.EGrNtHlnE
p ence between guarantees and conditiona
guarantees. The only one in the cabi-
net who still holds out for guarantees
in the present parliament is Lloyd.
George. but ] believe he is in the mi
noritv The ma ajority of the cabinet
favors conditional guarantees. The
conditional guarantees mean that tho
king. after he has insisted on another
appeal to the country, should place the
ministers in the position to say to the
country that he would enable them tc
- SIS their veto bill into law whether
fthe peers liked il or not.
II is Of course difficult. indeed i'm
possible. 10 say whether the king vii
give even these conditional guarantees
He has been quite friendly to the lib.
eral government up TO the present
has made no objection whatever tC
their policy, and when the ministers