New-York tribune., 1910-11-30
BRITISH CAMPAIGN
GROWS STRENUOUS
BaIfour Describes Liberals as
Puppets of Redmond and
American PaymasterS.
TARIFF REFORM TO FRONT
Drastic Changes in the House of
Lords the Burden of Speeches
by the Government
Leaders.

oertfes are straining every nerve to
crowd into few days the work which
,n ordinary elections is spread over
weeks or months Nearly all the heavy
,,,ns were in action tonight.
Arthur J. Bslfour. leader Of the Oppo-
s,,ion in the House of Commons, before
6 bie meeting in Albert Hall, where he
--a~Trlv supported the referendum. de
s-.lhed the government as puppets dane
,ne 10 the tune of John Redmond and his
American paynasters-
The Prime Minister. Mr.. Asquith-
.roke al Reading. Chancellor Lloyd
George at Cardiff, John Z. Redmond,
,,o5sr Of the Nationalists. at Dublin;
winston Spencer Churchill Home Sec
-.,a~v Al Colchester; Augustine Birren'
,~hisf Secretary for Ireland. at Bristol;
,.hn Rurns. President of the Local Gov
<,-rrnent Board at Battersea, and Aus
tn Chamberlain at Ashton.
The issues are narrowing daily The
Conservatives make much Of the menace
- Home Rule They proclaim that the
,lan Of the Liberals for the reform OF the
House Of Lords means single chamber
government and put TO the front their
new policy Of referendum
There is great fervor among the Lib
.-sls who are making a feature OF the
su5den reforming zeal on the part OF me
House # Lords. They say that Laf2s-
ao,,.,,.-s referendum scheme is snare,
,...s,.sa the parties would be unequal!y
- ,oee1l7e~ under il: that Conserva-
- measures would always sail smooth
,, -fro,gb the House Of Lords, while the
-.4.ra,,d,,n7 would be invoked only for
!, f,..,.l hills which were distasteful to
- reers. Moreover. they estimate the
.c.s, of each appeal 10 the people as Slo,-
0eooea.
R.+e-endur on Tariff Reform.
Al interesting factional cleavage has
,,c,,rre5 in Mr BaIfour's party over
,ari4f reform. The Spectator" which IS
-ba s,.nkesman Of the UnionIt free
-rad4rs. has proposed that the tariff re
formers pledge themselves to suoi'll'
the question 10 referendum II the
,er-v zins. il not being leading issue
=. Inc t-slrllTsaisn- The most ardent taT'I
rsfo-r7crs. led 10y The Morning Post
conter.d that il l. the foremost principe
n tb.. rsrty. The Unionist party breaks
sr-o fra-rlcrts.'' says The Post. ii
Tui,ni.t victory does not mean tarlii re
fern.
Nr. Ralfour tonight announced ms
Willingness 10 leave i TO referendum
In rb- mean time the leaders are making
every appeal TO what in the United
States would be called the independent
zute. HeIieving that il controls the issue
The Irish Unionists sent a message 81
defiance TO Home Rulers 10 Mr. Baiiouf :
meeting and 'depUtations from the Non
confo,nlIsi 1 nionist Association Of Eng
land and siua ministers Of non-Eplscolal
churches in ireland have addressed Mr-
Balfo5r in opposition to Home Rule
The reading of the message from the
Irish Cniouists at Albert Han caused
much enthusiasn- In all solemnity,
SAD th. message. we now declare that
HON Rule viii bring ireland not peace
but the sword II an Irish Parliament
Is se1 UP the Uuionists Of the South
slIied with the men OF Ulster VIII not
acknowledge its authority They VIII
neither obey its DEGREES, nor pay It's
faxeS"
NJ. u. -four rronounced strongly in
favor of the referendum as the best
method Of settling deadlocks between the
iuo houses without requiring the reform
O. the House Of Lords. and It couId be
carried into effect before the House OF
Lords Was reformed. This he declared
L. b. Lansdopne's plan The cost OF
referendum. he said. would be nearer
$1,000. aaa an the estimate OF the Lib
erals-gfa eco. .o09.
Wants Vote on Home R@le.
some PEOPLE seem to think" contIn-
Uel the opposition leader. that asking
whether would submit tariff reform 10
q referendan7 would put me ia a hole
frankI, say taat tariff reform would
be great change. This election cannot
be deserted IS taking place on tarln re-
FORM simply and ] have rot the least
objection 10 submitting tariff reform 10
2 referendum 1t seems To me that our
Opponents should respond with the gen
erosity of honorable combatanls' ana
Say, W agree that Home Rule shaii
b subject 10 a referendum TOO.
Great cheering followed this statement
Nh. Ralfuur denied that the veto 'oiii'i
enCes had been broken up Icy the tii-
yielding attitude 81 the Lords. He as
serted that the government was threa'-
en-ng = revolution based on the wants
q one particular section, who boaSt-
&c that they had not yielded an ilch
from tie position OF ParneIl.
He concluded by declaring that tIe
Cabinet was governed by its nolsleS'
members. who were governed by Johh
Redmond who was governed by PatlcA
Ford. Don't trust the puppets VINO are
Performing their parts on the slase'
aGmonished Mr. Balfour- Don TRUST
lhe Irish wirepuler. Don't trust me
american paymaster. who calls Tor
tune- Trust alone tie sound judgment
and enlightened PATRIOTISM of the people
@ This country"
J. IL SeaVerns. who was member O.
Parliament for the Brixton division OF
Lambeth in 1886 and who was at one
1iile resident of Boston. has become
uie Liberal candidate in the same con-
S''uency against Davidso Dalziei,
NAlohist once a resident Of New York
Lord Joicey. who was created peer