Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-06
OBRIEN SCORES
ASQUITH ALLIES
SAYS RED M0Nn ALLOWED HIM
SELF TO BE JOCKEYED
HOME RULE HE CONSIDERS AN
MPossIBlLiTY
Nationalist Press Discusses Party's
Attitude to Budget When 1t
Is Introduced in New
Parliament

DdtSn IuSL past WiAiidHA ~ piiNii |tOrtN
hardly find words to express his con-
tempt for Asquith and mis- Irish allies.
AT Mallow he summed up the situation
as he conceiyeg Il. you will see the
house of lords abolished" he remarked,
''as soon as the moon Is turned into
green cheese, but not until then All
England is laughing at the way IN
which Redmond allowed himself to be
1ockeyed, and l am proud to say that
the roguery didn't thrive with Asquith,
for after selling Redmond he sold nlm-
self Instead of coming back with a
majority big enough to tackle the
house of lords he has como back with
his tail between his legs. after one OF
the most humiiiating drubbings man
ever received The latest elap-trap is
that Mr. Redmond will have the bal
ance OF power in the new parliament.
/ warn my countrymen now that they
are only preparing themselves for an
other cruel disappointment II they be-
lieve word of this trash. It Is simply
impossible, even IL Mr.. Asquith wished
1t, to do anything considerable for Ire
land in the next parliament, except 10
smash his own budget, and hope we
will help in that. Home rule Is an
impossibility."
Whatever reliance the government
may be able to place on the votes OF
Mr. Redmond and his following, Ii is
clear that they cannot depend on those
of the Independent Nationalists, LED
by Messrs. Healy and O'Brien. There
is likely to be no more active and re-
1entless critic of tho government in
the new parliament than Mr.. Healy,
whose objections to their Irish policy,
and particularly their finance, nave
certainly not been lessened by the
treatment meted out to him by their
Nationalist allies. Mr.. Healy provided
a foretaste of what may be expected
~ l.. H. aI
at Dundaik after the declaration of the
poll. The present position of Ireland,
he remarked was probably as serious
and as remarkable as any In Whlch she
had ever been placed They had welded
together in the course of thirty years
on the anvil of public opinion the ma.
chine OF an Independent party. What
had become IL it?
Extra Taxation for ireland
Their first anxiety was home rule,
and what did they find? The moment
the English boroughs had voted ana
the irish vote in Englandlwas no long
err a factor TO be considered, the prime
minister and the chief Liberal whip
turned round and to promises they had
made to the borough voters. ireland
would not get home rule, but sne
would get $4,000 900 extra taxation. he
told Mr. Redmond and Mr.. Dillon that
North Louth dared them to support
the budget I'm the new parliament.
"Mr. Asouith. Mr.. Lloyd-George and
Mr.. Churchill have boasted,' he con-
tInued, "that they Will put the hand.
cuffs on our wrists and gives rouno
our bodies again by passing the
BUDGET without the alteration of one
line. We say You shan'tF tell the
government that we have smashed
their budget, and tell Mr.. Redmond
that North Louth has scourged him. TO
heel TO do his duty to his country"
Mr.. Redmond and his friends, pro-
ceeded Mr. Healy. had had the good
ness TO say that they would not admit
him and a score of other Nationalists
iuto the irish party. They had set up
the extraordinary doctrine, we nave
not TO agree with Ireland. but Ireland
has got to agree with us. He was IN
the Irish party before Mr.. Redmond.
He was in jail before Mr.. Redmond.
He was looking for no chairmanshlp.
for no honors, for no emolunents-ali
no wanted to sec was some uiVluenu
for the Irish cause. What was 1t TO
him IL Lloyd-George's budget was a
great democratic measure. Inc ques-
ton for him was, did 1t hit his coun-
try? II the British government was so
good and kind to them as Mr.. Dillon
decIared--the most glorious govern
ment to Ireland since the act Of union
why did they want home rule? III
this government of archangeis was
auch a perfect instrument in the inter-
asts OF ireland. why not, instead OF
having a parliament in College green,
rely on Lloyd George and Robert EN-
met Asauith and Lord Edward Hal
dane and Brian Boru, Lord Crewe ana
ali the others of that galaxy of states
men who were concerned about their
interests? There would be small hope
for ireland IL its members were con-
tent merely TO burn incense at the
shrine of British government.
Freeman's Journal on 'ssue
Hitherto the Nationalist leaders and
their press have been completely silent
as to the official party's attitude to the
midget when IL is reintroduced In the
new parliament. Today however, a
clew Is afforded by a leading article in
the Freernan's Journal. The National
ist organ says:
.,The British democracy has declared
for the abolition of the veto of the
house of lords by a majority of 81.
rrhe Irish democracy has tndorsed that
verdict by a majority of 81. Yet these
arrogant champions of the right of a
landlords union to dictate the laws
hv which the people are to be gov
erned will have it that nothing has
really happened, that everything must
go on as before. All sorts of stale red
herrings are being drawn across the
Dnth OF the representatives or lne tIl-
iimphant democracies. The budget,
under which all the taxes of the year
except the income tax have already
been gathered, must, we are told, be
soleinnly debated, as II II were pos
sibility that the taxes which the peo-
pe have paid would be left in the
noc<ets of the tobacco importers, the
distiIlers and tho brewers and the
neople consent to pay the millions
over again on their bread and tea and
sugar. How simple and stupid and
ignorant these political wiseacres think
The people must be! The budget of
1a0e-f910 Is practically over and done
with whatever formalities have to be
gone through to legalize the taxes
which the common people have already
Maid The defects of tho expiring
budget can be remedied In the new,
and no discussion of them will distract
fhe people from the supreme issue of
ff. as is probable. these remarks are
ofirialIv inspired, they denote a radical
change in Mr.. Rednond's plans Speak
inc az Derry on December 81 last he
said: "If the budget Is introduced in
the same shape with reference to the
brewery licenses Of the last budget, we
win renew our exertions, and have
some hope. that we may succeed In re-
moving this injustice. | apply the
same remark to the whisky duty
IN the same speech Mr.. Redmond said
that II the country supported him at
the general election there will be
with regard to this budget no reason
why we will not be able to protect our
interests in the British house OF COM
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