The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11
BRITISH ELECTIONS FUTILE
MINISTRY TO FtCE ON PROB
BLEW WIN SAVE WFtkNEsS.
|sssimsnsi and the laborites Dirtators OF
tns Common. Z nieni.ts Predict An
other tslection I.ls,d GrSrse says u
Won't Br on the Lords Veto Issue.


House OF Commons have hrCn returned
aisfi neither tn. Liberals nor rhr tnlonis's
hay. as vet improved their position 10 IN"
eEfsnt Of even oRs seat for TN. gains and
ltssses exactly couutnrhalanc.
Day by day as IN" polling prnc"od@ 1t
has been pointed out IN thcs,. d..spatch"-
that though on N" Who'll" throughout
the country ih"rn has he"n a turnover
81 votes ~ th. lnioni-t sid" 1t has not
been sufficient 70 .T"C, "A change IN ~"
representation "f m" two great parties
in the naw Parliament IL s.,ms certain
now that tho hattie ~ u" finish " Ill 30 a.
at pre~rnt, a drawn one. And that tn
next House of Commons will IT, pra'tI-
cAlly the same A. thu LAT
Englishm"n prld themselves IN their
knowlsdgr of their own politics Every
Englishman you meet when poli'tcs ar
interesting talks a. ala "Np"rt. but non"
to-day can Civ" u satisfactory answer TO
the questions What - ~" meaning ~
this rlrctiong- and What will happen
when the New Hur!-" rn"cts:"
'It In strang" to road IN such u stanch
Tory organ ~ th- Morning Post state
nysnt Of opinion that "a sweeping Liberal
majority would have bs.-n almost more
tucOuraklng T"-l4lt IMAM Illr present. rpF
iewould hav" shown that the mass If ria.
people had taken a stand on" way or rhr
other The conclusion then drawn ~
tAAf the mass II m" r"oplr simply fol
lowed the party faCs n it were the same
Old battle Of the ms and IN. outs, being
san unaw are that there are real is-,I-s
in politics now
1t is true that MIR Ralfour sprung has
for Its Significance 10 sink into the slow
moving minds Of IN" British electorate.
but what seems Ih.' moral Of rhis c-ction
is that the present method NJ getting N
ths peoples opinion has broken down
Rsprssentariv" government run on m"
present lines does not seem ANY longer
truly repr'.s.ntativ" or i'"-slhl" - be
so without a means II simplifying the
complex ISSUES which pull rho voter in
half q dozen Cl,eren, directions a, the
same time,
Mr. Balfour suggests a referendum
on great vital point. How the idea III
apneal To III. British people vhrn they
have had Tim. Z" fully cons Ilsr 'hc matter
10 In difficuit to say bur its PROPOSAL by
tho former Premier ami leader of tn"
Opposition at such a tiru. will render
tnkA EXTRAORDINARY '.'.l IN tteUpTADs
and probably .p. Oh max ing
For the rnOm.nt how r,"r. krcner in
forest must he tat"n IN The n"tr future
than in broad constitutional questions Mr.
Balfour has predicted already that before
long another apr cal will hay" - b" madr
TO the final court Of appeal m" cl"ct1-
rate This IL the general tnlpni-t
OPINION.
IL Is now plain thar John Redmond
and the Laborite~ WILL be able COM
pleleiy to sway IN" next Huus" The
Unipnists argue thar # the Government,
was not satisfied with that conditIrn
whom il dissolved without submitting
an item Of its programme to either house.
how can IL he satisfied Ia attempt 20 gov
ern under exactly tn. same circumstances
when Parliament reassemhl.- in Janu- |
arW Mr.. Redmond repeats his warn
ing % the Irish:
Trust me. not the English Govern-
msnt nor tn. English Ministry Home
Rule Ia safe; SPEAK with know l.dg.
bufyou must not ask m. 10 say too much
now
". Lloyd -,i"orsea Al A IN Getting IN Bangor
roindly declared Yesterday. when asked
how many NOR. general elections would
DS Jesrs-%lFF lH'iOET lll'@ NfIb power OF
tho House Of Lords would b. abolished.
Not ONE Asked when th, Liberals
intanded to introduce. - home rule hril
he said: Il hope at the first available
moment Whether mere hope vii
satisfy Mr.. Redmond IL open To DOUBT,
but he will have power when tn" Hous.
assemblies Mr. Lloyd-Georg. went on Ia
say:
1T il not merely extending -elf gov
eminent to ireland Wales, Scotland
and England want --if-governIn"nt W.
are trea1iing on each others toes. Par
Lament ia not dong any work hecaus"
Parliament. which should look after
Inasters Of IN" greatest moment Is ut.
ieusiing only 10 trivial matters which
would be beneath the attention II many
county councils After dispensing u tho
veto the first thing will IN. tn reconstruct
the imperial machinery :" "a to free the,
Commons from trivia! local and provincial
"details
kns opponents --i7cd eagerly IN IN.
Chancellor IT the fNch"Iuer'S word, g.
ask: will hls parliamentary muster.
Redmond. be satisfied for Ireland To have.
merely gov"rnanr" 81 TRIVIAL local ana
provincial derails'-
majority will the Lrh"rll party b. abb.
to deal finally with IN" vote up".trur. VI
Lloyd -t;aorg" answered That IS . very
CRAFTY question Won must not ask rr-
too much about that. hur Won may d.p..ui
up@n il that II th. Liberals have an add
aIiate majority there. wal ~" no other
election in m" Huu-. Ut LORDS
Here argument again comes round IN
a vicious circle II IN" majority com
posed 81 Irish menb"r- and I.ahorit"~
was inadequate IN November can - u" .
considered adeIuat" ~ January l. 4
Parliament - b" under tn" i"-pDIC sway
Of Redmond when undertaking the vast .
project q demonstrating tn" imperial
Such ar. the questions
men are asking each other
Thirty-two results of Yesterday poll .
in@ show tn. return II fourteen TnionI-r-
fifteen Liberals and 'Lr"" lahurite-
The Liberals mad" gam . 'hg". scat
Sir Wilfrid Iaw+Ou won tp.N,ru.rIrr
q. vrnyn Th.. I'rt,rtt-f-