The Irish standard., 1910-04-30
United in the Fight Over
the Budget and Veto in
House of Commons.
Failure of O'Brien's Attack
On Lloyd George Costs
Him Advantage.
The Hideous Story of the
London Times Revived
Against Parnell.

With the kind permission of the
Chicago Tribune, we reproduce the fol-
lowing copyrighted London letter from
7. P. O'Connor, dated April 23:
The suspense Of the week has ended
in the complete Identification of the
Liberal and Irish parties with the veto
campaign and whole hearted support
of the budget. This has naturally pro-
duced an aftermath of tranquility. The
transformation of the whole situation
has produced a corresponding trans
formation in the temper of the parties
and of the House of Commons.
The final hope of the Tories and the
Irish factionists disappeared when, on
Monday, William O'Brien's attack on
the veracity and the good faith of
Chancellor Lloyd George and on the
policy of Redmond ended in pitiful
fizzle.
O'Brien's charges were so complete
ly disproved that even Balfour, in
whose interest the attack was made,
dropped O'Brien and accepted Lloyd
Georges good faith.
o.Brien, with Healy, now is steadily
supporting the Tories and the House
of Lords, but O'Brien's power is crum-
bling daily, and Healy's vitriolic at
tack on Redmond and the Irish party
seals his doom in Louth at the next
election.
The Tories. jubilant for weeks in the
hope of defeating the Liberals by the
Irish vote on the budget, now are sunk
in despair. The budget is passing
through all the stages with perfect
months of fierce denunciation. Every
Liberal is looking to the next election
and straight fight over the veto of
the lords with perfect confidence, while
the Tories are resigned to despair.
The Tory papers already are raising
a cry of compromise, but no comprom-
Use is possible on the terms which the
Liberals, Tories or Irish could accept
The next general election will be
even more fierce than the last.
The Tories will attempt to play the
popularity of the king against the Lib
erals and will wave the bloody shirt
OF anti-Irish feeling, representing the
Liberals as being kicked into the at
tack on the king by Redmond.
1t is UNCERTAIN as yet what line the
king will take. O'Brien and Healy
have played into the hands of those
who advise him to resist the advice OF
the Liberals by lauding him as tho
most popular man in England and rep
resenting the Liberals as playing g
dirty game with Redmond in driving
him into corner.
All Ireland stands enthusiastically
behind the action of Redmond. will
which the Irish in England, who al.
ways have favored the budget, espe.
cially the land taxes, are generally
sympathetic. The Liberal and Labor
parties are inexpressibly relieved a
the avoidance of rupture between the
English and Irish democracies. Tht
two democracies, indeed, are more
closely knit in this fight than in an!
previous epoch of the history of thu
two nations. The Irishmen in Eng
land will swell the gigantic popula
demonstrations now preparing to de-
mand the abolition of the lords veto
All of the British democracy also il
immensely grateful to Redmond fo
that firmness of attitude which in
duced the Liberal cabinet to finall.
adopt stern, uncompromising ant
prompt action in the campaign agains
the lords.
The week wound up in one of tn
fiercest storms for years in the com
MONS Anderson, head Of the secre
service, who found LIE Caron as q wit
ness for the Times in the commission
to inquire into the Pigott forgeries
confessed part authorship Of tn
Times infamous libels and gave th'
Irish party y splendid opportunity TO
reopening tie hideous story of tn
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