The Irish standard., 1910-08-27
While England is Quiet, the Main
land Witnesses Many Un-
happy Condolences.
Cattle Driving as a Weapon in the
Struggle For Irish
independence.
A Foremost Figure in That Move
ment Has Been the Fiery and
Intrepid Grinnell

There is a strange contrast in politl-
cal conditions at this hour in England
and on the continent, says II. p.
O Connor M. p. in his regular Lon
bunc under date of August 20.
The coincidence of the anniversary
of the opening of the war of 1870, COM
ing mt the same moment as Frances
triumphs in aviation, has awakened
bitter memories. Germany snorts de-
tlance to Frances suggestion Of what
might have been if aviators could have
warned against such surprises as that
of Sedan.
Spain approaches the fierce passions
| of a religious war. In the Balkans the
renewal OF sanEuinary encounters in
Macedonia brings Turkey and Bull
garia again to angry protests.
In England, the only interruption Of
the holiday has been the profound sor-
row of the simultaneous loss of those
two splendid national figures Spencer
and Florence Nightingale.
Lloyd George, in hurried words dur
ing his holiday motor tour through
Wales. promised to tackle the qeustlon
Of state insurance against illness and
| unemployment next year.
The position of the veto question
for the moment was summarized in
last weeks cartoon in Punch, THE De-
Of London. Many are starved to death
While their owners enjoy the holidays.
The veto bill was represented as a de-
serted holiday cat. The politicians.
| except George, are silent, including
Redmond, who remains at his Wicklow
retreat.
London on Holiday.
| Now is the time when the vacation
fever is strongest in England. Every
| body seems to be on one. The stock
exchange is still open and some Of the
Offices in the city and all the banks,
but men are keeping AS SHY as possible
If the business center as if it was
the desert Of Sahara
May Need Some Steam.
1t is. indeed. one Of the weaknesses
Of this method of doing business.
1t is especially prejudiciaI, it is
tn ught to the Liberal cause, and
especially s" at the moment when it
| is necessary to have a semi-revolu-
ticIlary fever" in order to carry q
revolutionary change in the constitu-
ton.
Cumbersome Rule by House.
One of tho rules is a. very cumber-
some one with very unexpected and
oftentmes nconvenient results. Any
member can place on the order paper
uf the house notice of a motion with
regard to any subject under the sun.
There is in the Irish representation
a somewhat detached member named
Grinnell He is one of those schol-
arly rcvolntionaries, many of whom
are found in any country trying to be
free; a man deep ir erudition, stu-
dent of the classics, we'll read in Eng.
lish literature, author of a book or
two; and. as a skilled stenographer,
he earned his livelihood for some years
rs secretary to Mr. John Dillon. He
has one of those fiery and uncontrolla- :
bic souls. and might have been e.
pamphleteer in the days when the
French revolution was being planned.
He was one of the foremost figures
in that cattle driving movement which
swept over Ireland for a season, and
which now has practically disappeared.s
Cattle Driving Irish Weapon. NJ
What is cattle driving? Not new,
but an old weapon in the struggle for.
Irish independence
One of the most cruel and one OF
the most morbid features in the strug-i
gle between the Irish landlord and the:
Irish tenant was the Transformation Of
, arabic land into grazing land. a.
necessary incident to this operation
was that the arabic land had to be-
cleared of all the people who lived
upon it. In this way hundreds re