Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-16


parties. Prime Minister Asuuith has driven
through the House of Commons the three
resolutions dealing with the powers OF the
House OF Lords. In substance the resolu-
tiohs em~bodying the liberal party plan OF
reforming the upper chamber propose de-
privinx that body OF all power i'm relation
TO finance bills. on all other measures the
right Of rejection may be nullifed by the
passage OF the Objectionable bill by the
Commons az two separate sessions. The
lie OF a Parliament is to be reduced from
seven to five years. These resolutions, II
given the force OF law, would reduce the
Lords to a body of advisory power of re-
lection over any measure submitted for its
consideration. 1t is a definite proclamation
Of the supremacy OF the Commons as the
final Legislative power Of tho empire, It Is
pertinent to contrast the Commons plan
Of ending the Lords and the tentative
plan Of intending that body outlined In
Lord Rosebery's resolution recently given
qualified assent by the peers. The latter
afflrms the need OF the two-chamber prin-
clple, but would abolish the heredity right
to a seat In the upper chamber. Regarding
the membership the Rosebery plan pro
vides that the reformed chamber shall
consist of the lords Of Parliament chosen
In part by the peers themselves, in part
by nomination by the crown, in part cleo
tive from the outside, and OF others sitting
by virtue Of their offices and amplificatlon,
the term Of office Of all to be the same.
Both plans are now before the peers for
consideration.
Occasionally the holy city Of Rome
presents q scene Of licensed anarchy on
parade calculated to grieve religious people
Of every denomination. The London satur-
day Review and the Paris Temps prints
details Of a celebration held in Rome on
Sunday, February 10. There was a process
sion Of about 10000 persons. comprising
anarchists, revolutlonaries, anti-elericals
and. anti-everything. Red flags were so
numerous that they looked like a river Of
blood pouring down the Streets inter-
sected with banners bearing ~blasphemous
and seditious inscriptions. Revolutionary
speeches were delivered against the church
and the monarchy from a platform wherein
Mayor Nathan stood and expressed sym
pathy with the proceedings. From the
crowd came such edifying cries as Down
with Christ Down with the Pope
Death to Religion - Neither God nor
Master, Death to the King and Queen"
Fearing lest the holy father would not
comprehend the meaning of the turnout,
leaders Of the crowd established headquar-
tiers across the street from the Vatican,
decorated It with red flags and offensive
inscriptions, and in the evening turned a
se~archlight on the windows of the Vatican
to better attract the attention OF the in
mates. Such conditions are sufficient ex-
cuse for the irritation manifested at tho
Vatican, and measure the growing revo-
lutIonary fires menacing the orderly ex-
~istence Of the Eternal City.
British tory circles are very angry over
the confession Of Sir Robert Anderson in
Blaokwood's Magazine that he wrote the
Infamous ',Parnellism and Crime articles
which appeared in the London Times in
1881. Tory wrath is not concerned with
the infamy OF fabricated evidence. In
dienation is caused by Sir Roberts indis-
erection IN dragging a deeayed cat out of
the party,s political bag. Sir Robert was
chief of the secret service OF the govern
ment at the time and was in close touch
with the then tory government. Any means
Of dlscrediting Parnell and the Irish party
was welcome to the ministry, especially
II It tended TO identify The Irish leaders
with the Phoenix park tragedy. The arti-
Giles we're timed to appear during the dis
cussion and votes on a coercion bill, and
were designed to inflame the public mind
to q pitch which would Justify wiping out
any remaining fragment of Irish liberty.
The fabricated evidence served that end,
but it's exposure FOLLOWED before a court Of
tory selection, and both author and pub
fisher were proven character assassins even
before the fotger and fugitive Piggot sent
the fatal bullet into his brain in Madrid.
/ Ct, ID .AorA vaa,al,r Fn1Iovvoa tho rao4tno -
a long line OF predecessors, Manufactured
evidence against Irish political agltatofs is
a regular British industry. and a very
successful one. IT was in active operation
under Prime Minister Pitt over a century
ago, and was second only to the British
"slush fund" In ~strangling the Irish Par
Lament. Many an innocent ITishman has
been jailed, exiled, or sent to the gallows
by Just UGH means as was employed to
destroy Charles Stewart Parnell and his
associates, and the long line OF purchased
informers, from MoNally and Armstrong
to lie Cafon and Piggot, bear melancholy
evidence to the success Of the industry.
The campaign opened up in France last
Sunday with a keynote Of stones and re-
volVer shots. Radicals of all sorts organ
ICED violent demonstrations against Pre-
mier BRAND, ~disrupting his meeting and
forcing him to seek safety in flight. 81.
Chamond, where the disorder occurred. Is
a converging point for revolutionaries OF
France and Spain, and their outbreak is a
natural result OF encouraged or tolerated
anarchy. Fortunately for the candidates
the campaign Is too short to afford OPP
portunity for serious ebuiibons Of political
temper. The election takes place on the
9th OF this month, and secondary baliotins
on May g. Predictions as to the result are
on par with political predictions in other
countries. A great number Of party fac
lions are represented in the contest, each
promising to save the country in return
for the job. TO the serious minded elector
the grayest problem is to remove the stain
on the nations integrity caused by the Of
fetal grating and squanderlns OF the
church liquidation funds Equally disturb
ing Is the Issue Of religious and secu ar
education. The ministry expects to offset
the effect OF these fundamental Issues by
the new expedlent OF old age pensions, in
creased taxation OF the rich and lessened
burdens on the poor.
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The Russian Duma is not as picturesque
In emphasizing It's dislikes as the Hungar-
ian Diet. but 1t has a way OF throttiing in