The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-08-06
MIR. Asquith's Statement Regarding
Conference is Received -
Favorably.
Irish Party Still in Position to
Pass or Reject the
Budget.
Conference Will Meet Again in Oct,
ober to Sit Until it Agrees
or Disrupts.

Ihe reception of Mr.. Asquiths states
ment With regard to the conference on
the issue of the lords veto power was
l"N"rapie III most quarters, says II. y.
OConnor in IL special cable to tho
Sunday Chicago Tribune Some Offs
Gals still complain that the premieY
mas not mentioned the exact date when
either an agreement or rupture will
be announced. In several quarters
there remains suspicion that both
Liberal and Tory negotators NAV
agree to drag OH the proceedings in.
definitely. and even until after the corr
onatlon. in mutual desire to sava
that solemn event from the feroc,t,,
OF an internal party fight. This, how
ever, is morbid SUSPICION The geu-
eral impression is that the eight ne.
gotiators. all shrewd men, could noA
nave met twelve times without know
ing whether there was no possibla
chance of coming to terms and it ts
said that if some compromise is not
Yet reached one will in all probability
be found. ..., .-..
The conference will meet again in
October and it is said that 1t will. ait
continuously until it either agrees or
disrupts. If the conference be still in
sitting on Nov. Ii. when parliament
conferees are agreed in principle and
are working out the details.
The Irish party still is master of tho
situation. 1t still can pass or reject
the budget and if the conference pro-
ceedings become obviously dishonest
the Irish party would destroy both the
budget and the government Tho
present prospect then is that, by No.
vember the conference will propose q
compromise and that it will be car.
ried through either in the autumn sit-
ting or next year. This compromise
will make some rule inevitable and
perhaps even bring it Immediately for
opinion grows hour by hour that set
tlement of the English controversy
means also the settlement of the Irish
problem and the land question
The movement towards federal
settlement giving local assemblies COM
pete control of local affairs and re-
constituting the imperial parliament
as a parliament with representation
from all parts of the empire has made
enormous strides. Even this week the
Daily Express, one of the most rabid
, Tory journals, declares itself favor.
able to such solution. and even the
Daily Mail prints an article advocat.
ing home rule and federation. This
also is the solution which the king is
supposed to favor.
Few Oppose Measure.
The passage of the measure to modi-
. .fy the kings oath with it's insults to
the Roman Catholics with the assent
of all the leaders and the bulk of all
parties in the House Of Commons is y
remarkable proof Of the desire of ev-
erybody to meet the Irish problem in
a different temper 1t was a remark
able fact in the debates over this bill
that Mr.. Balfour openly cut himself
adrift from the Irish Orange group
and that three fourths of his followers,
although strong Tories followed his
example. The opposition to the bill
was confined to Orangemen from Ul-
ster and small group OF Catholic Lib
erals. The significance of this split
is that II the Liberal and Tory leaders
agree to a settlement of home rule,
Mr.. Balfour will equally throw over
the Ulster Orangemen and will bring
three -fourths Of his party along with
him on the path of conciliation to Ire-
land.
The present session of the present
House of Commons will always stand
out from all it's predecessors and per-
haps also from it's successors as quite
unique.
There has never been anything just
like It; there may never be anything
just like it again. Usually it is d
noisy. exuberant and light hearted -