The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-03-12


4 party.
1. Immediately. he turned from this
line and proceeded to discuss the Ques-
ton Of assurances, his tone changed,
and with it the aspect of his party. He
treated the suggestion that he had ever
, entertained the idea of demanding as
.surances about a n-existant bill as
the height Of absurdity. He was very
: sarcastic on the Budget, and his fol-
lowers grew more and more chilled.
Finally, when he declared: II have not
received or asked for any such guar
( antees,' the Tories cheered him madly.
swhiie the silence on his own benches
was painful. 1t was noted, too, that
while he referred to his Albert Hall
pledge he abstained from quoting its
!; terms. This was the real vital part of
: his speech. The House knew now de-
! finitely that there was no question OF
y guarantees. He then proceeded to dis
cuss the arrangements for financial
business, stating that shortage Of
25,O00,O00 pounds already existed in the
income tax returns. He outlined the
measures that would have to be taken
apart from the Budget to provide for
1.-The immediate financial requirements
: Of the situation. TO supply these not
only the whole time of Parliament
should he taken, but there would only
be all adjournment from Thursday in
Easter week until the following Tues
day, the House sitting with this break
{ only until Whitsuntide, when it should
have long holiday. After Whitsun-
tide the House would take up the veto
bill and the Budget. The speech be-
came more and more ineffective as it
/. proceeded, and tho general comment
upon it was that it was the utterance
of man who was wearied by the fight.
and had lost heart.
Mr.. John Redmond then rose, and in
stantly the House became still. He
reminded them to start with that no
calculation that included the Irish with
the government majority had any au-
J thority. They had always been and
}, still remained an Independent party,
allied with no British party of what
j.. vote was given to the Liberal party.
not merely on the strength of Mr..
s}Asquiths declaration on Home Rule
it was given because the prime minister
( and all his colleagues pledged them
selves in the clearest manner to give
priority to the restriction of the veto.
The Irish party regarded the restric-
;ption Of the veto as essential to the
triumph of Home Rule.
Following is the text of Mr. Red
mond's speech:
l rise to give expression to a point
of view entirely different from that of
h the right honorable gentleman,
. and perhaps it is we'll that
at the earliest moment in a
new Parliament the fact should be
80
members, although they have been free
ly included in the calculation Of the
government majority by the British
press, in reality stand, as they have
I always stood, apart and independent.
allied to no British party, but prepared
to accept what they consider good
: party. Now the leader of the opposi-
ton deplored the change in Parliament
that has sprung from the appearance
Of a number Of groups. He is strange
ly forgetful Of the fact that he him.
self was a member-Qaughter)- a
distinguished group called the Fourth
party (renewed laughter). But 1 pass
that by with this remark, that he can
not regard the Nationalist representa-
i tives in this House, as group in that
sense of the word. They are the
representatives of the mass of the
Irish people; they have been in an
Independent position, refusing to ally
this House for over thirty years. So
they will remain, and if that state of
Z things is an embarrassment to British
governments and causes friction in the
, working of the British constitution, the
remedy is simple, is in your hands, and
Q we have been pointing it out all these
thirty years, that it Is mistake to
bring representatives Of Ireland fore
IDLY into this House and make then
|; interfere with British matters about
which they know nothing, instead of al
I lowing them to remain at nome and
d attend to their own humdrum Irish af-
d fairs. Our only business in COMING
z to this House at all is to advance tho
= cause of what the right hon.
{ rorable' gentleman in his Albert
& Hall speech called "full self.
II government for Ireland in all