The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
REDMOND GETS
help in fight
FROM ASQUITH
Promise to Give Ireland Meas.
ure of Home Rule Stirs
Whole Nation
Government Will Return TO
Parliament With UnbrOken
Strength After Election
By T. P. o'CoNNoR
Tsneciol CnbIc 70 The CnHl

Copyright. 1910. by the Tribune Co.. Chicago.
LIVERPOOL Deg. lO.-Premier As
ouith has pronounced home rule for
Ireland the leading issue in the pres
ent campaign. This momentous pro-
nouncement was made in a small
schoolhouse Of remote village in
Scotland. but already II has stirred the
whole British islands and eclipsed all
other issues in the fight
The pronouncement was made in an
swer 10 q "heckler," as that typical
disturber Of British political meetings
Is called
is it the truth" asked this heck
ler." that after the liberal govern
ment is returned TO power IN this cleo
tion it viii give Ireland a measure of
home rule2"
Ny reply" said Asquith. lis. it is So
AID FOR REDMoND'S FIGHT
The precision, frmness and candor
OF this answer on the part Of the man
so frigid and cautious and so deter
mined TO concentrate this election on
the house Of lords Games rs a thunder
clap 10 all Of the enemies Of the lib
eral party and is a great aid TO Red
mOnd's fight.
Thought Redmond was well aware
that IL was Asquith's intention TO give
irish home rule an immediate chance,
The carpers and factionists in Ireland
have been insisting that Asquith was
a trickster and that Redmond was his
dupe But now even the Dublin lnde-
pendent. chief supporter Of the Healy
faction. confesses that Asquith's dec
laration leaves no more TO be said and
is entirely satisfactory.
Thus home rule is at last undeniably
before the eyes Of all men and IS
definitely ia sight For the general
election is practically over, and the
government viii return with Unbroken
strength 10 the house Of commons
This second declaration against the
lords ends their existing powers.
TORY PROPOSAL RIDICULED
The tories. however. are continuing
u 10 use every device possible 10 evade
this final and crushing verdict. A J.
Balfour, leader Of the opposition, who
in vain threw over his protection OF
the house Of lords and even the plura l
voting. which robs the liberals OF IN
Vulnerable seats. in the effort TO escape
defeat. now follows another line OF
retreat.
Ralfour practically demands a third
election. following closely the lead OF
Lord Roseberry, who declared that II
the liberals lost even FIVE seats II would
preclude them from proceeding with
the attack on the lords.
This ridiculous pretenslon already IS
being laughed out of court. l have no
doubt that the liberals viii propose
an antf-veto bin on the first night Of
the new parliament. viii proceed with
ID promptly. and. when il is rejected
By the lords. viii call upon the king
70 create enough peers TO carry the
mea sure through the second chamber.
KING EXPECTED TO HELP
The king undoubtedly win not refuse
this request. But If he should Pre-
mier AsQuith must, by his pledges, I'M
rnediatelv resign and leave Balfour
face 10 face with a hostile majority
IN the house Of commons which would
throw him out Of Office the next day.
Already the tories are sending up a
new flag of truce and are suggesting
new conference. but the lberal opinion
VIII not permit another conference, and
the doom Of the VITO power OF the Iords
is clearly pronounced
The only outstanding question IS the
dato Of the execution Of the liberal pro-
gram. The fight viii continue TO be
fierce. for both sides are aroused to
feverish heat. as the tremendous
struggle over the country and the mar
row maiorities in so many of the cleo
tfons nrove. but the end OF the fight.
barring some disastrous accident, now
Is visible.
The old house Of lords was said by
Roseberv TO be dead. but it now is dead
in 2 much more real sense than Rose
berry thought
IRISH MEMBERS DELIGHTED
The Irishmen are especially delighted
over this triumphant ending of their
csnloaign. They are so delighted that
thev laugh even over O'Brien's victory
in Cork city.
This victory was due to 1900 tory
votes and the transfer Of 1000 votes
controlled by a contractor named Fitz-
gerald. whom OBrien often has de-
nounced. but whom he apparently cap
fured for this election at the last mo-
ment.
The defeat OF Timothy Healy in
T,outb and O'Donnells defeat in Mayo
nullffv O'Brien's hold on small cor
ner of ireland, and. anyhow. with the
liberal victory and the coming fierce
hattie with the house Of lords OBrien
IS ? negligible quantity
Thst fight submerges all other issues
snd nothing now visible on the political
horizon can stand between Redmond
and the prompt advent Of home rule.