The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-18
TORIES RESUME
Fight TO GET
Higher TARIFF
Rebellion Against BaIfour's
Leadership Weakens Hands
in Veto Conference
Redmond Sails on Mission TO
America, Leaving Ireland
More United Than Ever
By T. P. o'coNNoR
Especial Gable 10 The Call

truce now is definitely al an end. The
. 1rnpatience OF the tory high tariff fac
: ZION is breaking through the bounds.
Members Of this faction have an
nounoed thousands of meetings. espe-
cially in the open air. to reach the
Villagers and the masses of the people
for the next few months
This movement is due largely TO the
growing rebellion against Balfour's
leadership because Of the suspicion that
! he is lukewsrm on the high tariff
question The Importance of this re-
volt at this moment is that it weakens
Bslfour's hands in the negotiations
with the liberals on the question Of
the veto power Of the house Of lords
and makes it more difficult for him
10 adopt a reasona BILE compromise.
Bslfour now knows that many, if
not the majority. Of his followers are
looking eagerly for an opportunity to
knife" him. and If he makes any con-
cessions which the high tories would
regard as too extreme, this section
would create a revolt and disrupt his
party.
LIBERALS TRUST LEADERS
, This attitude Of the tories on the
tariff is made more remarkable by the
contrast Win LllE dlLlLuQe OF TIE I'D
erals. Not single liberal journal or
newspa per has said a word for weeks,
II not months. of Impotence or dis
trust OF the liberal negotiators. This
again means that the liberals have a
much freer hand in dealing with the
negotiations
All the events OF the present week
seem 10 justify Balfour's grim proph-
ecy that gibbets were outside the door
Of the conference room for the eight
negotiators, except that the liberia Is
appear TO stand a better chance OF
escaping the gibbet, having now a
much more rational and united party
b. behind them.
It is impossible TO say anything
definite now about the prospects of an
arrangement. as the negotiators have
- not met even casually or privately
since the close Of the parliamentary
session. but do not think the pros
. poets OF a compromise are as good as
they were at the close of the session.
LABOR TROUBLES LEsSENED
The labor troubles, which looked like
6. universal war in many parts OF the
country and depressed the markets, are
somewhat appeased and the strong de-
nuncistions OF the labor leaders at the
trades union conference which lass
week seemed to threaten the whole
trades union fabric are producing a
Etesdying effect among the working
men.
The tory outcry against Lloyd
Georges land taxes received q severe
blow by the courageous action OF
Ldoyd-George in summoning all his
eFemies and critics TO . public confer
This conference blew sky high many
Of the stupid or hypocritical criticisms
and Lloyd-George Is more confident
and courageous than ever.
] think the tide is going against the
tariff reformers and that If they force
Bslfour into refusing z reasonable
compromise on the house of lords, and
thus precipitate another general cleo
ton. they will be defeated. But this
section is so fanatical that they may
adopt this suicidal policy and land us
IN 2 general election next year.
Redmond, with his colleagues, will
sail today on their mission TO America,
leaving behind an Ireland more united
and more hopeful than for 20 years. All
Fsccounts from America promise a big
ger triumph on this mission than any
since ParnelFs most glorious hours.
labor PARTY IN CRISIS
The labor party in England is pass
ing for the moment through a crisis OF
the same time as only one Of the many
mbsrrassments that pursue il. as IN
deed Is the case with every other labor
party IN the world.
The crisis has been induced by what
IS now the historic case of Osborne.
Osborne is a working man and a mem
Der Of a trades union. who, for some
reason or other, appealed to the law
courts against a decision Of his union.
which decreed a compulsory subscrip-
ton toward the expense OF a member
Of parliament
The law courts held that the union
had no right 10 compel such subscrip-
Fio7s. one would have thought that
ia trades unionists Of England like
the socialists Of Germany. or the ma
tionalists Of Ireland. would not have
found any insurmountable difficulty
even after such decision. But for some
reason or other the English working
man has not learned yet the art of free
giving 10 those who fight for him.
a voluntary subscription was tried.
but failed. Thus. the labor party found
itself in the position of having an army
without a war chest even for its lead
ing officers.
RESORT TO LEGISLATION
Their first idea. Of course. was to
resort TO legislation and 10 have the
same course adopted IN this case as in
the Taft Vale decision IT will be re-
membered that the Taft Vale decision
b4 Allt JAlEEe e4ldD4tQ a railway CON-
pany or any other corpora ton 70 push
2 trades union for damages II given
by the courts. After some pressure
and some changes OF purpose, the lib
eral ministry resolved TO pass A law
(which would make a trades unions
funds immune from attack and the
house Of lords, avowedly because It did
not want TO come into conflict with the
millions Of working men and also, per-
hsps. because they did not consider II
their special business to look after the
business OF the great employers of
labor, many Of whom are pronounced
liberals, allowed their remarkable bill
10 pass into law.
The trades unionists now hope to in
I1ce the ministry TO act in the same
WY regarding the Osborne Judgment
and TO give TO trades unionists the
right Of q compulsory levy for parlia-
1nentary purposes on their members.
But the ministers. for the moment,
do not see their way clear to propose
q hill so drastic. Nor indeed would