The San Francisco call., 1910-04-10
VETO OF Peers
STANDS IN WAY
OF HOME RULE
Irish Members of British House
of Commons Oppose Tac-
tics of Cabinet
Ministers Are Divided on Oues-
ion of Asking Guarantees
From the King
By T. P. O'CONNoR
LSpeeiai Gable 10 The Cali


lcapyr-gat by the Tribune Co, Chicago. 1s1o)
LONDON. April 9.-There have beer.
during the week. the same ups and
downs. hope and despair. as 10 the out
come of the long struggle between the
ministers and the Irish members Of the
20 terms more than once and then
everything appeared TO be lost and
bound 10 end in a rupture disastrous
20 bo-h sides
There is certain amount of mis-
understanding and some temper be-
cause OF the divided composition Of The
liberal cabinet The division of their
couuse-s from political and personal
differences on the one side and on the
other side the fierce excitement OF the
irish popular mind have kept the
parties apart.
Consultations took place between the
interests of both sides, sometimes
every day and sometimes every hour.
and SIN the compromise was impos-
s-d-e 10 ind Some questions stood out
or the budget but these were the
smallest part of the difficulty.
MINISTER'S UNDER SUSPICION
The real crux was over the inten-
lions ~ the liberals after the rejec-
--ou cf tle veto by the house of lords.
There was strong suspicion among
the Irish and also among some of the
radicals that the whig section Of the
cabinet did not mean TO ask guar
a1rees from the king TO create enough
peers 10 submerge the hostile ma
-0rirT of the house Of lords. Haldane
and Grey and some others are such
strong upholders Of the second cham
aer that they continue talking of a re-
form ~ the house OF lords as necessary.
and until that is done are lukewarm in
tile campaign TO destroy the veto of
the present house Of lords
such men are not anxious 10 pre-
cip-rate fight and therefore are rot
anxious 10 demand the guarantees All
three have created an atmosphere on
all sides of morbid and almost insane
suspicion. such as preceded. aggra-
Fated and precipitated the French rev.
clution
LIKE RED RAG TO RADICALS
HaIdaue Increased this suspicion by
going out Of his way during the week
10 make a H>gh cloud in the demand
tor q reform Of the house Of lords. Any
talk about a reform OF the house Of
a red rag 10 the radicals and irish,
and makes the situation impossible.
After Haldane's speech wave Of de-
preston passed over all sections Of
the coalition. but negotiations were
resumed again after a pause. and
again patience and mutual explanations
relieved the situation and compromise
came in sight
But nothing decisive can come till
the first few days Of next week. The
cabinet council meets Monday TO decide
what policy the government viii adopt
after the rejection Of the veto resOlu-
tions by the lords, and all hangs on
the ministers decision.
PREDICTS 4 DISSOLUTION
AT present the majority Of the cabinet
is against asking any guarantees 70
pass the veto resolutions in this pres
eut parliament, but all apparently are
"a greed in demanding from the king, If
he insists. another appeal TO the coun-
try that the ministers should get con-
6iti0nal guarantees
These guarantees would promise that
II the verdict Of the country again is
against the house Of lords the king
should give new peers TO carry the
anti-vetO measure into a law.
The king certainly would refuse the
guarantees in this parliament and may
refuse any contingent guarantees for
the
ministry viii resign and BalfOur viii
attempt TO form q new ministry.
PROSPECTS FOR HOME RULE
Ny present anticipation is that the
king VIII give conditional guarantees
in the middle OF June and we shall have
the general election
II is impossible TO fOretel the result
and all estimates differ. but the gen
eraI impression is that no serious
change in the situation can be created
in such a short interval and that the
liberals viii come back nearly as
strong as they are That would mean
the passage OF the veto bill and the
beginning Of the end Of the irish
struggle.
The day the veto OF the lords is de-
strOyed means the certainty Of home
rule in a brief time. but we must wait
Tor the cabinet council on Monday TO
know where we stand
The budget continues to be the battle
ground. II is curious, however, that il
is not the character Of the budget it
self which any longer divides the two
sections Lloyd George has yielded in
advance on all the points on which
irish opinion was hostile.
At the same time the process OF ex-
aggeration and viIifcation which was
engineered by William O'Brien and
Timothy Healy has ceased 70 have any
effect and nobody in Ireland now gives
the least credit or attention 10 the
legend which these two men took such
trouble TO create, that the budget in
hicts $4,000. .0e0 additional taxation on
ireland.
DIFFICULTY ABOUT BUDGET
The difficulty about the budget is all
as to the part it is to take as a weapon
in the campaign against the lords Red
mond adheres infexibly TO the position
that he has held all along-that the
house Of commons ought not to lose all
hold Of the budget until the house Of
lords has defined its position on the
budget and until the king has refused
Asoufth the guarantees for passing the
veto resolutions in spite Of the house Of
lords
The cabinet, on the other hand, in
sists that il must have the budget. Its
members declare that the budget is so
popular with the British masses that
thev dare not face their constituencies
without IL.
The financial element in London is all
ferceIy hostile 10 the ministry and the
budget, and it is doing its best 10 add
10 the embarrassments Of the gov