The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-06-18
Australia, South Africa, Canada and
Ireland Throbbing With Spirit
of Freedom.
George V Did Not Make Favorable
Impression on People of
Austria.
In England the Commons Are STR
wing to Undermine Power of
the Lords.

The next session of Parliament IL
likely to be critical for the history Of
England and not only for England, but
for that somewhat loose assemblags
of nations now designated as the
British Empire, writes Colonel Arthur
Lynch, M. p. in the st. Louis Repub.
lie under a London date of June IL.
There are signs of movement every-
wherein Australia. the first veritable
regime of the Labor party; in South
Africa the first Government of tho
Federated States; in Canada various
questions affecting international rela.
tions, particularly those with the
United States; in Ireland the feeling
grown acute that the home rule uues.
England itself a determination, be-
coming eXaspcrated in some quarters
to curtail the veto OF the Lords-and
then on the other side. and as opposed
to every one Of the movements indi-
Gated a great sustained attempt to
rcjuvenate the decayng forces Of
feudalism in this country.
What is to be the outcome OF all
this? Will South Africa, for example.
now that she Is on her feet more pow
crfully than before the war, be con.
tent to remain within the lines of
Britannia fuedalism? think that is
the sincere intention for the moment.
AS far as I know those people for
whom fought, they are people prone
to conciliation. amenabIe to discipline,
demanding only to develop their own
country in freedom. But all that de-
not be frightened from the center, that
there will be no attempt to recover any
of the lost ground and to rule or
guide" South Africa from London.
Lynch Lauds Botha.
That Is true. particularly, l think,
Of the desires of General Botha, who
may be regarded as the Washington
of South Africa, a man whose splendid
qualities I admired during the CAM
paign and whose services after the
peace were not less conspicuous. But
surrounding Botha there are men of
more active minds and in certain dis
rections Of higher talents than him-
self-the orator Merriman, the keen-
| ly intellectual Smuts, the fervid Na-
| tionallst, Herzog.
| All Of these men are either irrecon-
cilablc or they are merely holding
their hands to see how matters work
out under the imperial regime. Then
there Is the old leaven of the Repub-
lic The men who will soon be di-
recting the destines Of South Africa
are those who were young men or
boys at the time Of the war and whose
most vivid associations are those Of
the destruction of their liberties.
Australia, where l was bred and
born, is q self contained, self-govern-
ing community, too remote from Eng
land in all senses to be held in lead-
ing strings Even such a demonstra-
tion as that of the royal tour of the
present King was far from producing
the desired effect. The Australians
had already become little tired Of
the Governors sent out from Eng.
land, and when the Prince of Wales
arrived they were filled with great
curiosity and real interest, but with
none of the atmosphere Of adulation
which is carefully cultivated in Eng
land as the most precious of her pro-
ducts.
George Didn't "FiII the Bill"
And George did not "fll the bill"
There is nothing inspiring in his ap~
pearance, nor evidence of any super
iority in his manner. He scored badly
by reason of various little lapses which
would pass unnoticed here. He did
not seem quite at ease. He used to-
precede the Princess in entering his
carriage. That was probably royal
etiquette, but the Australians knew
nothing of royal etiquette, and they
thought In any case he should not
have acted like that.
(, Perhaps l should state briefly what
I would be at in my ideas Of future