The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-30
Unionists Hold Up Home
Rule as Blood Red
Menace,
CAMPAIGN NOW
AT ITS HEIGHT
Politicians 6training Every
Nerve to Crowd Tremendous
Work Into Few Days, and
All the Heavy Guns Are
Brought Into
Action.

London. November 2e-Thc politi-
clans OF ali parties are stralEing every
nerve to crowd into few days the
work which in ordinary elections Is
spread over weeks or months Nearly
ali the heavy guns were in action to-
night. Arthur j. Balfour, leader OF the
opposition in the House OF Commons.
where he warmly supported the ref
erendum. described the government as
puppets dancing to the tune of John
Redmond and his American paymas-
ters''
The Prime M:nister Mr. Asquith
spoke at Readirg: Chancello. Lloyd
George. at Cardiff; John Il. Redmond
leader OF the Nationalist, at Dublin;
Winston Spencer Churchill, home sec
retary. at Colchester; Augustine Bir-
rell, chief secretary for Ireland, at
Bristol; John Burns, president OF the
local government board at Battersea
and Austen Chamberlain. at Ashton.
The issues arc narrowing daily
The Conservatives make much of the
menace of home rule. They proclaim
that the plan of the Liberals for the
reform of the House of Lords means
a single chamber government. and pu,
to the front their new policy of ref
erendum.
Feryor Among Liberals.
There is great fervor among th5
Liberals, feature being sudden re
forming zeal on the part of the Lords
who claim that Lansdowne's refer.
endum scheme is snare because tht
| parties will be unequaliy yoked to-
gether under ii; that Conservative
measures would always sail smoothl!
! through the House OF Lords, while the
| referendum would be invoked only fo
Liberal bills, which We're distastefu
| to the peers. Moreover, they estimate
] the cost of each appeal to the people
/ as sloo0000o
An interesting tactfonat@ cleavag sc
| has occurred in Balfourls party over
tariff reform. The Spectator. which
| copies the spokesman of the Unionis1
free traders, has proposed that the
tariff reformers pledge themselves tc
| the party wins, 1t not being leading
Tissue of the campaign.
Mr.. Balfour tonight announced hi:
Willingness to leave it to referen
dun. In the meantime, the leaders are
making every appeal to what in TIL,
United States would be called the in
! dependent vote, believing that 1t con
trolls the issue.
| The Irish Unionists sent to Mr.. Bal
| four's meeting message of oefianc,
to home rulers. and deputations from
| the non-conformist. unionist Associa
| ton of England. and 500 ministers o
non Episcopal churches in Ireland
| have addressed Mr.. Balfour in opposi
| ton to home rule. The reading o
the message from the Irish Unionist
| at Albert Hall caused much enthu
siasm
IN all solemnity." said the message
1--WE now declare that home rule vii
bring Ireland not peace. but tn,
sword, If an Irish Parliament is Sc
up. the Unionists of the south, alliet
with the men of Ulster, will no,
acknowledge its authority. They viii
neither obey its DEGREES nor pa,
| its taxes"
Favors Referendum.
Mr. Balfour pronounced strongly i,
favor of the referendum as the bes
method of settling deadlocks betwee,
the two houses without requiring th
reform of the House of Lords, ant
it could be carried into effect befor
the House of Lords was reformed
This, de declared to be Lansdowne'
plan. The cost of referendum, h
said would be nearer S1,00O,0OO tina,
| lne eStlliIdAc VI Liz lADeldlS, SlU,UUU,
/ 600.
Don't trust the puppets who ar,
performing their parts on the stage
admonished Mr.. Balfour. Don't trus
the Irish wire-puller. Don't trust TIL
/ American paymaster who calls for
tune. Trust alone the sound judg
ment and enlightened patriotism o
| the people of this country"
| T. ri. ScavernS, who was rnemher n
Parliament for the BrIxton divisio,
! of Lambeth, and was at one time
resident of Boston, has become tn,
Liberal candidate in the same consti
tuency against Davidson Dalzeit
Unionist, once a resident Of New York
Lord Joicey, who was created a nee
by the Liberals, has announced hi
detection from that party because o
It's failure to provide for the defens
Of the country and for It's alliance Will
| the Socialists, 1t Is said that severn
other peers are tending in the SAM
direction