The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
MINISTER'S SAT- {
TILL |. |. AFTER EASTER.
No One Can Tell What viii Hap
pen Then in Englisl,
Politics.
c c: o N FUSION I. INEvlTABL 1t
Many Arc Predicting Another
General Election by
Midsummer.
ny WILLIAM r. STEAD.
Especial cabl. 10 Til. Times dispatch.

Especial Gable 10 The Times -Dlspatch.l
London. March 5.--The ministers
have this week made their peace with
their supporters. and they are safe
TIL Easter. but there is mo longer
any pretense that they will revive
their budget OF last year.
Next years budget will be two bud
gets rolled into one, and 1t is very
doubtful II they will be able to pass
that before next election
] have had long conversations with
the leaders OF the parties at West
minister. and opinions as to the future
are most divergent. The irish Ma
tionalists confidently anticipate that
Premier Asquith Will demand guar
antees from the King as soon as the
veto resolutions arc passed by the
Commons and rejected or hung UP by
the peers Tho King will refuse. and
the ministers Will resign or dissolve
before the budget is voted. Great
financial confusion Is inevitable, and
the net loss to the exchequer Is esti-
mated at from five to ten million
sterling--a heavy penalty to pay for
the Lords usurpation OF the Commons
right Of supply.
On the other hand. In the ministerial
quarters some optimists believe that
the peers will concedo to the Com
mons the uncontrolled right over
finance and postpone the question OF
tho legislative vets until the qucs-
is arranged. On those lines 1t Is
hoped the present Parliament will
carry on TIL next year. That depends
q. cha nter Of aCcfdentSs
Much III-Feeiing.
Much il1-feeling exists In the Liberia,
ranks concerning the ministerial adop-
ton of proposal to reform the House
OF Lords VariouS rumors are current
as to the cause of the adoption. The
policy is repudiated by nine Liberals
IDENTIFY repeated. attributes this to Lord
Rosebery's influence on Haldanc and
Grey. former members Of his Liberal
League. On tho other hand. "a Cabinet
minister assured me that Winston
Churchill and Lloyd George started
that hare, and that Lloyd-GeorSe is
now disposed to bark back.
What Is certain is that the cabinet
is divided on the subject.
The dissolutionists expect another
general election in midsummer. Red
mond expresses himself as confident
that the Nationalists will receive
American subsidies. and is much en-
couraged by remittance OF $4,000
from Patrick Ford. collected by the
Irish World. William O'Brien's pro-
posal to start rival organization at
Easter is not regarded seriously. His
party consists OF himself. the two
Healys and half a dozen political
ciphers. The priests everywhere are
against O'Brien, although diminish
ing number support Healy Financial
support is given by the Tory land
lords to OBrien's newspaper in order
to prejudice him in the Nationalists'
eyes.
Ny interview with Devlin led
,O,Brien to threaten to prosecute the
Daily Chronicle for libel. A favorite
method OF O'Brien Is to slap out a
writ against any newspaper or speaker
who refers to him adversely. His last
libel action against the Freeman's
Journal brought him cent damage
on each OF six counts. but the action
cost the Freeman's Journal $4,000
legal expenses.
IS I am going over to Ireland to see
the situation on the spot and will re-
port the results next week.