Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1910-03-12
Home Rule For Ireland Seems
Certain Now Unless All
Signs Fail.
Lloyd-GeOrge in the Breach
When Asquith Fell
Down.
TRUCE UNTIL AFTER EASTER

John e. Redmoud's bold stand
against the propositions of Premier
Asquith was not only beneficial to
the cause of home rule for Ireland,
but it caused Lloyd-George, the
chancellor and author of the bud
get, to jump into the breach and
save, at least temporarily, the Gov
Iernment from dissolution. T. p.
lO'Connor, NJ. p, one of Redmond'5
ablest lieutenants, says:
'Asquith's proposals were all
right, and his speech, though not
free of his characteristic faults, was
satisfactory. The Premier has now
ANNOUNCED the almost complete
adoption of the tactics. pressed upon
him by the Irish party for weeks
and steadily resisted by Asquith and
some of his colleagues. Instead of
pushing the budget to the front
Inviting an immediate disastrous
collision with the Irish party, the
Premier weakened at the last mo-
ment and announced that the veto
Ipower of the House OF Lords would
be given first consideration. He
also stated that resolutions would
be given first consideration. ii also
lstated that resolutions would be pro-
posed in both the Houses of Com
mons and Lords that guarantees
would be asked from the King, and
If refused the Ministry would re-
sign.
Mr.. Redmond, while acknowledge
ing the large approach of Asquith to
the Irish demands, pointed out GER
tain omissions and made his vote
that evening on the proposal of
Asquith to take the time of the
House dependent on satisfactory an
swers to the questions. Lloyd-George
at this juncture made an inn
passioned speech, which saved the
old situation He made even palmer
than the circumlocutionary words of
lAsquith that the Government would
propose and press forward the veto
RESOLUTIONS in both houses, would ask
for guarantees without delay, and
would resign if the guarantees were
refused"
According TO all accounts Balfour,
the leader of the opposition, funlSed.
One reason says il is because he was
i'll, but the general impression pre-
walls that he did not want to help
defeat the Liberal Government, when
he would be called upon to form
new Cabinet. This Discrimination 20
take office by Balfour was aggravat-
ed at the moment by the dread that
the vastness of the deficit created by
the rejection of the budget by the
Lords and the accumulation of un-
,paid taxes would enable the protec-
Itionist wing of his followers to
force him into Immediately propos-
ling high tariff, to which he is
strongly opposed.
The final result OF the eyentful
session of Monday night of last week
Twas that neither the Tories nor the
Irish opposed the Governments reso-
luton and it was carried without
division. Ireland in the meantime
watches with exuberant delight the
commanding position of her leader
land representatives in the Imperial
Parliament and shares Redmond's
triumph in forcing the Irish tactics
on the British Ministry. Meetings
are held in ell parts o. heland TO
pledge confidence in Redaond and
subscriptions are pouring in from
Irish populations from all parts of
the world.
The Irish members still adhere to
the policy of veto before the budget,
and this is their line of reasoning:
IF you begin your campaign by
again sending the budget up to the
House of Lords, are you not begin
ming by a surrender? For of course
IF these gentlemen had the power to
reject last year they will have the
power to reject this year as well.
%, but they won't reject the bud
lget,' say good many people. Posi-
IDLY not, but how do you know?
And anyhow, whether they reject
. the budget or not is not the ques-
ton. II is, on the contrary, a mis-
understanding of the question, a
fatal evasion of the issue. For, by
, Sending up your budget to them, you
, admit their power to accept or re-
ject, and whether they do one thing
or the other does not give back to
lyou that great position which you
have won by the verdict of the ma
tion, the verdict that they have no
right to reject the budget. 1t is, on
the contrary, restoring to the House
of Lords the power which the nation
commanded you never to allow 10
. them again"
For the present at least all danger
lof the dissolution Of the Government
has been avoided. The truce which
{ Twill give breathing spell to Parlia
! Iment until after Easter is welcome
/ to all parties as well as to the com
!, TRY at large The Government nov
: is committed to single chamber
linoliov dacnffa fha oos.+=at ~ f.r.,,,t ~,
Z of several members of the Cabinet
: The dissenters' objections have beer
! silenced for the present at all event
e Iby the life or death threats of TIL
5 Irish and radical allies.
/. In the meantime the unioDists will
s bring forward at the earliest mo
ment genuine scheme for the re