The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
POSITION
OF IRISH PARTY
Conference Announced by Prime
Minister is not Taken
Seriously.
Cause Of Liberty Cannot Progress
if Veto of House of
Lords Remains.
Never Greater Need to Maintain
Sn1id and limited Trioh
Never Greater Need to Maintain
Solid and United Irish
Organizations.

The wisdom of Mr.. John Redmond's
policy and his advice to the National
lists of Ireland and the Democrats of
Great Britain is now more vividly clear
than it was at any time since the
great Constitutional crisis began to de-
velop, says the Dublin Freeman.
His policy was grounded upon the
words, I'VE stand by our guns" and
his advice to the people was, Stand
has been at least one party standing
by the guns all along; it is we'll that
there will be one Party at least stand
ing staunchly by the guns to the very
end. The Conference which the Prime
Minister has announced Is not taken
very seriously in some quarters. 1t
Is, indeed, recognized that the issue
Is SO grave, SO deeply penetrating; 30
vital both to the people and to the
PSSAo LHoI IL WVulU UC IOLllIlk SuOTl
of a miracle If it were arranged by
Conference-for it is accepted that on
the part Of the people there can be
no compromise. There cannot be any
compromise for the very simple rea-
son that~=their liberties are at stake.
1t would, indeed, leave things worse
than ever; for the peers, unless they
are beaten, will emerge from this grave
crisis at least as effective and power
full as they were
Struggle Must Be Fought to Finish.
Keen political observers, no doubt
believe that the Conference will only
serve to aocentuate the life and death
character Of the struggle, and demon
strate conclusively that it can only
be usefully terminated by fight to
finish. 1t is certainly plain enough
that anything but an arrangement
likely to last for a substantial period
would be worse than useless. If even
there was any certainty in the political
life of these countries it is that the
cause Of the People, which is the
cause Of Progress and Liberty, cannot
get on as long as the Vote of the
House Of Lords remains. If that po-
litical truth be brought into the Con-
ference room by whoever will repre-
sent the People, or the anti-peers' side
Of the controversy, and If it is there
enunciated as a proposition that must
be regarded as a condition precedent
to any arrangement or compromise
call it what you will-how long will
the Conference last? Whoever does
not see that fact is too blind to be
instructed; he Is Just in a state of in
vincible ignorance, and it is not worth
while delaying to point out the 4ruth
to him. So unless there is a betrayal
of that first principle of the Peoples
cause, or unless the peers have come
to see that the game is up and that
they will avail of the opportunity to
put an appearance Of grace on their
acceptance Of the inevitable, the Con-
ference can have no result If that
essential proposition be betrayed in
the Conference of course the Confer
ence arrangement could not bind the
People.
Irish People Must Stand by Party
Mr.. Redmond and the Irish Party
have already saved the situation at
least once when 1t was seriously en-
dangered. There can be no doubt that
the attitude Of the Irish stiffened tho
backs of the British Labour Party
The combination thus created is still
immensely powerful. There can be no
compromise that could possibly last
for more than the briefest spell with
out their acquiescence. Now that
great combination of the two great
really Democratic Parties in Parlia-
ment will be just as strong as tho
People are strongly organized behind
them. Leaving the British Democrats
to take care of themselves, we would,
therefore, address ourselves to the
Irish People here at home and abroad,
in America and Australia. and in
other parts Of the world. The mere
fact that Conference has been pro-