The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
BRITISH PARTY
LEADERS DODGE
POLITICAL War
Premier Retires to Scottish Moor
and Opposition Chief Takes
European Trip
King Calls Lloyd George From
a
0berammergau and Redmond
Rests in ireland
By T. P. o'coNNoR
go q . The CeNl

the same profound political peace as
81 August. What engae eements the
English politicians VIII fUldu viii be
mainly abroad. Some CT the members
OF parliament viii attend the interna-
Uoasl parliamentary peace conference
i1 Belgium and many labo-ites are in
Copenhagen among the European So
cialists.
At home nobody opens his lips. Bal
four has settled down after q brief con-
tinental trip. Lloyd George is scam
peTins back from Oberammergau to
attend the king al Bsimoral, a distinc-
ton much commented upor. Asquith
IS making his way TO his lonely Scot
Ush home on a moor where he finds
freedom from constant meetings with
his fellow beings. which he desires
above AL things. IN short. nobody can
work up interest in any kline Of party
difference.
FOREIGN TOPICS DISCUSSED
l. This partially accounts for the in
'crea sed interest in such foreign topics
as the German emperor's speeches and
lioosevelts tour, which is fully record
90 IN his London journals and Japan's
annexation Of Korea. Regarding the
latter the English journals are siIenced
by Engisnd's treaty with Japan and
put Ihe best face on the transaction.
but one can read between the lines an
prehension as TO the future OF the trade
relations under Japsn's tariff bill
against English goods.
Ahls poor return by Japan for the
oenehts of the English alliance and
american friendship is cooling the once
ardent feeling OF friendship to japan
and Is also being used by the high pro
tectionlsts in England as demonstrat-
ing England's inability to resist such
attacks on account Of the absence of
an English tariff il is impossible to re-
tsilste on the other hand the dearth
OF food in France and Germany and the
outcrT from the United states OF the
increased difficulty Of living have kent
DICK the protectionists. Bad weather
mas oone a great deal of harm I'm Eng
land and still more in Ireland
REDMOND ~ MOUNTAINS
Aughavanns. where John Redmond
takes his vacations, is the sort of re-
treat that could only occur to a man
fond OF silence and solitude.
II is miles away either from the rail-
way station or the telegraph Office. The
nearest town is Aughrim. and that is
seven miles away There is nothing hut
somewhat rough mountain road be-
ANESu LAt mouse ana The town.
AughaVanna might well be compared
10 the home OF an eagle that is. so far
IS me inmates are concerned. and from
24<scenic standpoint. for there is little
To Asee but open sky and the heights.
Il dates from the days when the
mountains Of wicklow were the last
asylum OF the rebels OF 1895. It vss
over the mountains around il THAI Cen
erai Holt and other leaders roamed.
setting At defiance soldiers and other
pursuers that tried 10 track them down.
On al the heights around Augha-
wanna you are shown spots where a
battle or miraculous esca pc has thrilled
the countryside. 2 nd among the scsnt
population. scattered in the few houses
there remain survivsls Of the divisions
and passions that rent ireland when
people had TO choose between fighting
and dying for their country or support
ing the invader.
LEGENDS MADE LEADER
When the rebellion Ess suppressed the
authorities thought il would be wise
20 build q barracks on this drearv
mountain top so as 10 keep the natives
under the wstchfui eve OF the soldiers
When the country had settled down
somewhat the barracks was trans
formed into police station and a police
barracks at Aughavanna remained for
generations.
Hle lat duuEls / nave no N0uDt 2N-
ditional satisfaction to Parncn when
became into possession of the house
on the mountain. For ParneH was
made largely what he was by rhe
stories he heard as a child OF the ex-
cesses committed on the people of his
native county Of wicklow in the davs
OF the rebellion.
] was once on q visit to Parneil at
his house IN Avondale-which is not
mari miles away from Aughavanna-
snd% was then that / realized for the
first Kline the profound depths Of pas
sion that underlay the calm ana even
icy exterior OF that remarkable man
Parnell.
He told ne how the csptain Of the
yeomanry. a kind of militia. the mem
ory OF whom resembles in ireland the
memory of tho Eessisns in America
sentenced a man to be fiogged
FAMILY TOOK BARRACKS
The brutal officer insisted that the
Jogging should be on the stomach in
stead Of on the back and the poor
fellow was beaten until he was merely
rnangled heap The peasantry OF
Wicklow. among whom Parnell spent
his childhood and youth. stin hand
down these tales OF the olden times.
Psrnell eagerly drank them in
And thus this son Of landlord, this
. descendant Of a Welsh invader brought
up IN the rank and file OF the aris-
tocracy. learned 10 become the fierce
Irish nationalist which he ultimately
became.
when. in time. it was felt that the
police barracks was no longer necessary.
the Parneli family acquired the place.
But II was Characteristic Of Parnen
who was q dreadfully careless man In
the smaller affairs OF life, that he never
attempted 10 put the place in good
order. It IS not in good order yet.
The house consists OF three parts.
There is the center. and this is the
Zihsbited part, but at either end there
Nc blank, staring walls, which are
empty from the ceiling 10 the floor.
PARNELB NEGLECTED MAN
Here il is seldom that a human be-
ing enters Parnell neglected his own
beautiful home in Avondale That
house stands on 2 gentle Hill and is
surrounded by a most beautiful coun-
try, and within z short distance is
the Vale OF Avoca, which was respon-