Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
LAssociated Pressl

LONDON, Nov. 29-Politicians of all Z
parties are strainng every nerve to
crowd into few days work that in
ordinary elections is spread over weeks
or months. Nearly all the heavy guns
were in action tonight.
Arthur j. Balfour, leader of the OPP
position in the house of commons, be-
fore a meeting in Albert hail. where
he warmly supported the referendum,
described the government as puppets,
dancing to the tune of John Redmond
and his American paymasterS.
The issues are narrowing down daily.
The conservatives make much of the
menace of home rule. They proclaim
the plan of the liberals for the reform
of the house of lords means a single
chamber government, and put to the
front their new policy of referendum.
There is a great fervor among the
Liberals, feature being the sudden re-
forming zeal of the present lords who
claim that Lansdowne'S referendum
scheme is a snare because the parties
would be unequally yoked together un-
der it, that conservative measures
would always sail smoothly through the
house of lords while the referendum
would be invoked only for Liberal bills
distasteful to the peers.
Moreover, they estimate the cost of
each appeal to the people at $1O,OOO,-
900.
SPLIT ON TARIFF
An interesting factional cleavage has
occurred in Balfour's party over the
tariff reform The Spectator, the
spokesmen of the unionist free trad
ers, has proposed that the tariff re-
formers pledge themselves to submit
the question to a. referendum if the
party wins, it not being leading is
sue of the campaign.
The most ardent tariff reformers.
led by the Morning Post, contend that
it is the foremost principle of the
party.
"The Unionist party breaks into
fragments" says the Post, "if a Union-s
ist victory does not mean tariff re-
form"
MIR. Balfour tonight announced his
willingness to leave it to referen-
dunn In the meantime, the leaders
are making every appeal to the indie
pendent vote, believing it controls the
issue.
The Irish unionists sent a message
of defiance of home rulers to Mr.. Bal
four's meeting and deputations from
the non-conformist association of Eng
land and 500 ministers of non-Episco-
pal church in Ireland. have addressed
Mr.. Balfour in opposition to home rulr
The reading of the message from the
Irish unionists at Albert hall caused
much enthusiasm.
THREATEN CIVIL WAR
'In all solemnity," said the message.
1--WE now declare that home rule will
bring Ireland not peace, but the
sword. If an Irish parliament is set
up the Unlonists of the south, allied
with the men of Ulster. will not ac-
knowledge it's authority. They will
Re.
taxes"
Mr.. Balfour pronounced strongly in
favor Of the referendum as the best
method of settling deadlocks between
the two houses without requiring re-
form of the house of lords, and said
it could be carried into effect before
the house of lords was reformed.
This he declared to be Lansdowne's
plan.
The cost Of a referendum, he said.
would be nearer 100000 than Liberal
Mr.. Balfour denied the vetoconfer-
estimates of $10,000,OOO.
ence had been broken up by the un-
yielding attitude of the lords. He said
the government was threatening a
revolution. based on the wants of one
particular section, who boasted they
had not yielded an inch from the posi-
tion of Parnell.
He concluded by declaring the cabi-
net was governed by its noisiest mem
bers, who were governed by John
Redmond, who was governed by Pat
rick Ford
Don't trust the puppets who are
performing their parts on the stage"
admonished Ralfour.
Don't trust the Irish wire-pullers.
Don't trust the American paymaster
who calls for a tune Trust alone the
sound Judgment and enlightened pa
triotism of the people of this country"
j. H. Seaverns, who was a member
of parliament for the Brianton division
of Lambeth in 1906, and who was at
one time resident of Boston, has be-
come the Liberal candidate in the
same constituency against Davidson
Dalziel. Unionist, once a resident Of
New York.