The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
Extraordinary Emotion Caused
ny Death of Edward VII
Continues Unabated
Politicians Compelled to Defer
Contest Over Veto Power
of House of Lords
By T. P. o'coNNoR
ISncoinl CnbIe 10 The CalIl

the death Of King Edward continues
uuabatcd Tt has a more personal and
\ sore genuine note even than the grief
over the death Of Queen Victoria, who
was loved mare as a great institution
:Jhan as a personality.
2 King Edward, by his human quail
-.4.as. by his extraordinary energy and
o.. lis immense triumphs in the world as
= peace maker, and even by his great
human weaknesses. inspired an i'm
= mcnse personal affection
- The suddenness Of the kings end
-9.T hc uupreparedness of the public for
s1nis strange interruption of its normal
= fe and the details Of the pathetic
= anxiety Of lie king to do his public
~*tbusiness within a few hours Of his
:|ieath have all caught the popular i'm
Il .aginatfou. In addition, Englishmen,
s the bottom. are intensely sentimen-
= faL and now the emotional tide flows
= strongly.
: PAUSE IN NATIONAL LIFE
:. The curious pause in the national
-.lffe speaks even more eloquently than
the universal wearing of black dress
-. Politicians are compelled, like 9TH
:>ess TO bow to the immense tidal wave,
=. and for the moment any serious dis
"cussion Of the grave conflict between
- The liberals and the lords would be
g secuted as indecent
r. The liberal ministers accordingly
2 have wisely resolved TO postpone any
= decision on the future action till the
..s-it nlosphere Of the funeral has time to
- disappear. but certain things are rec
.z Fzyuized as inevitable.
1.-THE final crash between the lords
3 and liberals can not occur, as was eX-
.epected. at the beginning Of June, and
Z This first pOstponement necessarily IN
. wolves a further pOstponement The
~ fberaIs can not allow the general eiec-
p. sion either in july or August, these
months being always fatal TO them IN
.eIectfoneering.
p LIBERALS AGAINST COMPROMISE
The liberals still are resolved to
: make no compromise on the essential
fnciples. especially on the power TO
ress home rule and the Welsh church
lsesta blishment bill in a single par
- tiamenn Compromise, nevertheless, Is
: I'm the air, especially as the new KING
favors it. and all parties shrink from
p .r6e responsibility of throwing him,
..fsrus early i'm his reign. into the vortex
of such a fierce controversy Some of
=fhe tories are said TO be ready TO make
.:lsig concessions, but this remains 10 be
:*6eeu.
3 :" one of the most curious develop
.sT6ents Of the situation is the enormous
!. Growth of a softening feeling among
tho English masses, and even the pom
b. ficians. with regard TO Ireland home
fslle For the first time in the history
Of the two countries the death OF an
- English sovereign has caused an out
: burst Of genuine sorrow from all Ire
- land. Everywhere meetings end with
!. sympathetic messages TO the new KING
= srld his mother.
/. 4aFsPQRTI NIFTY FOR IRELAND
T = This surprise has produced an i'm
--s>-freuSe effect, especially on the KING,
..*;iyho at the moment speaks more
ss5l.armIy Of Ireland than Of any other
:; :.:5s5untrv and doubtless is inspired by
fIfa same desires as his father 20 re-
shove during his reign this great weak
= Css Of imperial strength and prestige
g ..znd dynastic sOlidity.
.....=Kt is possible that Ireland by pru-
J. '.ederce and tact. may therefore mo TINS
T. :one Of the most propitious moments IN
? :-her- history for producing reconcllia-
.ffon with England on the basis Of Irish
. self government.
- Of course. however, all Of these
- Feelings and tendencies of the moment
3 .sslisr be discounted because Of the abb
=. ror-nal atmosphere created by King
.. =Fdvar ard's death, but for the moment
=: :this feeling has a tendency TO weaken
:. he tories in their extreme hostility to
Il
-. Most OF the Irish leaders are scat
tered. Redmond still is on the conti-
tre-+ and the.other members are in Ire
T>1anS where vast meetings were ar
i..ranaed weeks before the kings i'll
ness.
IRISH LEADERS ABSENT
Few Of the Irish leaders viii be in
o. London accordingly at the kings fu-
3 neral which is unfortunate, as their
,F
feet on the English feeling, now open
as it has not been since Gladstone s
siav Of omnipotence to Irish approaches
-Joseph DeVlin who has rushed to
great prominence during the last few
weeks in the British house OF commons
is :. remarkable instance of what large
y. sources Of political Intelligence and
.political integrity lie deep down in an
expected quarters in the masses Of tbs
Irish people Born Of poor people, one
.rof . delicate family, most of whom
have died of consumption, compelled
flus from his earliest boyhood TO be {
6reas winner for many others, he haC
10 take the first work that came TO his
hands and for several years had to ac
rs manager of small Belfast saloor
--oq not high wages.
.-r- But even when breathing this pesti
ieutial atmosphere physically ant
otherwise the fne soul and mind o.
no effort on his part he became the
friend and the leader OF all the youns
men OF has city. organized them, no
p for any Doodle campaign or any per
sonal purpose. but as soldiers in ths
- nationalist army Of ireland.
He looked after their intellectual a:
weu as spiritual education, founded
literary societies, a national club. and
organized bigger subscriptions toward
the funds Of the Irish party than wer,
econtributed by any other city in Ire
land
\ DEvLIN COMMANDS RESPECT
y He also had TO keep watch over th,
lives and property of his fellow Cath
olics in a city where they form onl.
a fourth Of the population, where tory
lsm and Professionalism are of par
1cularly violent type, and where re
ligious riots. some of them very san
culinary. have not been infrequent.
Belfast is a city of terrible contrasts