The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-18
LONDON PAPERS REFER To
BLOOD RED CATASTROpHEn
Point Out Menace of Socialism
in Connection With Recent
Elections.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

tical ending OF the elections todav
(there are only one or two cons.ituen.
cies still to vote), the question a, fo
what will be done towards settling the
constitutional questions, involved in
elections, comes up for answer
The Liberals, Nationalsts and I.aho,
ties came out with a majority of l9s
lust two more than they had in the last
house.
in the opinion Of well-informed nh.
servers Mr.. Asquith must push the ycto
measure, when 1T is turned down by ihs
house of lords as it Will undoubtcdlv
be, and he must put the question
squarcly up TO King George, with de-.
mand that Il sufficient number of new
peers be created TO pass the bill. II
the king grants the demand il is prob
able the lords will reccdo and the
new peers Will not be needed. If he
should refuse Asqnith could either ro
sign, or by combination of the mod.
crates of both parties carry on the
government
The probability is SO strong that il
IS almost certainty that fhe veto
measure Will he pushed to the limit
Not only will the Irish Nationalist
insist on this, but a majorify OF ths
Liberals also strongly favor it, There
IS good deal OF talk of further con.
ierences and compromises but ii is 10
be noted 1t comes almost entirely from
the Unionists.
One of tho moderate newspapers in.
sistS that the lords veto question
should be dealt with by body having
hIp ,i L.,
and declares "tbs is the view OF aII
sensible persons not blinded by tho
pre!udices of birth or the passions OF
Socialism. -
Lords Must Make Sacrifices
The same organ declares there must
DC large concessions and big sacrifices
IN both the principle and principal. if
the klngdom is to avoid the few
more blunders and little more ob
Stinacy which would easily expand into
blood red catastrophe. -
This opinion carries all The morn
weight because expressed by a sbsu
critic OF MIR. BaHour, who also is sup
posed to he IN favor Of n new confer,
ence with broader base of authority
hing George is giving the situation
more attention than ever and has laid
ASIDE temporarily work on the corn
nation programme, n matter he iptonds
10 keep within personal control II il.
asserted that the king will urge Mr.
Asqnltn to make more comprebcu
slNe attempt to reach COMPROMISE as
10 me scope OF the second chamber
neIore increasing its membership.
IN ine Unionlsts ranks the cleavage
caused on the eve of fhe elections g.
MI Balfour's 3 opportnnist suggestion
about n referendum for tariff reform
has been deepened this week by Austen
Ihamberlaln S defiant 81 never would
have made il. -
The son of the author of the policy
is speaking for the father when hc re-.
pudiates the tactics by which the Torv
tree traders wore brought into line
Moreover. the younger Chamberlain
never omlts anything in speech or ac.
tion that might promote his ambition
10 lead the Unionst party against free
trade and against home rnle. He is
loud in his demand thai the situation
created by Mr.. Balfour's S implied prom.
Use he considered in all its aspects. This
seems TO forecast civil war in the party.
The Morning Post repudiates the ref.
erendum altogether
The Standard says it is impractica
bic.
The Times hedges dolgbtfully.
Tariff Reformers Uneasy.
Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Smith op-
pose IT: The tariff reformers are un-
easy. The Liberals make much of this
split, but doubtless Mr.. Balfour' g dip
lomatlc genius Will never let dissen
sion become q source of absolute divis
ion.
AS regards home rule, the prophets
arc at variance, but most Of them fix
1914 or 1915 as the earliest year in
which John Redmond could touch the
goal OF the parliamentary procedure
contemplated In the Asquitb bill for
ending the obstruction of the Tory
house of lords. Mr.. Redmond. in stat
ing the demand of Ireland, said:
No alteration of the constitution
or the supremacy of the imperial par.
lament is asked. but we merely want
to take our place in the ranks with
other portions of the empire-some
twenty eight in number-which in pure
ly local affairs are governed by con-
stitutions and institutions of their
own. -
John Devlin says his recent expert,
ence in the United States convinced
him that "when our American friends
hear across the Atlantic the yells and
howls Of the Tories, the man who gave
us So will want 10 add another 'tlver;,
and the man who gave one eagle VIII
wish 10 send two.
Feeling in Ulster does not improve.
1t is pure sensationalism TO assert that
actual steps have been taken to pro,
cure arms in large quantities to resist
home rule efforts by the coalition gov
But the "Orange defense fund bas
reached large proportions, and inc
Unionist associations throughout ulster
are in first class state of orgapi-
Zation.