The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
PessimiStic Persons Think Re-
port VIII Be Delayed Until
After the Coronation
Premier Asqsitl's Statement
Regarding Conference Is Well
Received Generally
By T. P. o'CoNNoR
TSPecial Cable to The CALI

the lords veto power was favora BILE in
most quarters. Some radicals still com
plain that the premier has not mem
toned the exact date when either an
agreement or. a rupture viii be an
nounceoL ln some quarters there re-
mains suspicion that both the liberal
nQ tory negOtiators may agree to draw
On the proceedings indefinitely even
Mntll after the coronation. in mutual
desire 10 save that solemn event from
The teroclty of an Internal party fight
This. however, is a morbid suspicion.
b; The general impression is that the
negoriators all keen men. could not
nave met T. times without knowing
whether there was no possible chance
Of coming TO terms ana il is expected
THAT il some compromise is rot yet
lso2csled one VIII in all probability be
found
70 MEET IN OCTOBER
The conference viii meet again in
october and il is arranged TO. sit CON
-I1n4ously untl il either agrees or dis
rupts,
III the conference stilI is sitting on
No$ember Is, when parliament reassen- =
9iesf III must mean that the confefees
are agreed in principle and are work
ing out tire details.
Tie words Of Asquith's declaration
preclude ali dilatorE proceedings: Any
= tempt at post pouin& the conclusion. of
. The conference Indefinitely would be
made impossible by a radical revolt and
sun more by the Irish party when
parliament reassembles in November.
3he Irish party still is master Of
. .the situation. II can pass or reject
the. budget and if the conference pro
. eeedings became obviously dishonest
3. lhe party would drop both the. budget
2 and the. government.
= The present prospect therefore is
s1flat t2e conference will promote a
: compromise ana that ii. VIII be carried
Though this; or next year a com
promise will make home rule inevi-
4 a'5le and peIlla pS even bring Il imine-
date ~ for tfre. opinion grows hour bX
/ hour That settlement OF the EsngIish
@coutroversA. ulea ms also. the settlement
-ef.c the Irish problem and the land
qBtstiop... IL is well known that the
. des.re .of .tbe king is 10 have a con-
tented Ireland and it is the equally
strong desire of. all parties to make
lie coronation..a big sendof for the
new reign
SETTLEMENT EASIER
All: win help make the settlement of
the irish problem easier and it now is
desired almost equally by all parties
= . The mo vef9ent toward . federal set
!. tlsnent giving local assemblies COM
% 'pieere confroF of local affairs and re-
; constituting the 5mperial parliament
-as-.a. parliament with a representative
FROM al parts Of the empire. has made
;. enormous strides even this week. The
. Daily Express. one. of the most .rabid
tory j0urna Is. declares itself favor
able 10 this move. and even the Daily
p Man prints an article advocating home
--rLle ard federation. The king has a
.-StroT e -inrlination toward some form
. of grand inlpeTial .Initv.
-. The passage Of the measure to modify
the kings accession oath with its in
= suits to- the Roman Catholics, with the
assent Of All the. leaders and the bulk
. of all parties ia the house Of commons.
. Is a remarkable proof Of the desire of
everybody to meet the Irish problem
in p different temper. 1t was a re-
markable fact in the debates over this
bin that Balfour openly cut himself
adrift from the Irish Orange group.
and that three-fOurths Of his followers,
although strong tories. followed his
was confined TO Drangenen from u
ster and small groups Of anti-Catholics
The 81 signilicance of this split is that
II the liberal and tory leaders agree
10 a settlement Of home rule. Balfour
viii equally throw over the Ulster
Oran ngemen and will bring three-fourths
q of his party along with him on the path
this historic session.
BEGAN IN DARKNESS
IL began in darkness with every
prospect Of each day developing such a.
breach between radical and Irish forces
as would have postponed home rule an.
other generation.
= Then Redmond's firm policy finally
was adopted by Asquith. The liberal
qhd Irish forces now march together.
In "a
10 see the triumph of their policy by
q reasonable compromise on the con-
stftutional question. which will make
home rule come soon.
The present session Of the house Of
commons is unique.
There has never been anything lust
like it. there may never be anything
inst Like il again. Usually it is a
noisy. exuberant and light hearted as
seinbly where men play the game OF
politics with Yigor, sometimes even
with passion.
The present house Of coAmons is for
the most part indolent, apathetic and
,ufte gentle in spirit. This is part of
results that have come from the con-
ference.
Ii is impossible for the rank and file
ia keen shooting at each other while
their chiefs are inside trying TO devise
means of ending the warfare.
OFFICERS MUST WEAR NUSTACHES
your first impression of the house
is an elaborate array Of beautiful and
dowery Waistcoats. of striped trousers
and patent leather boots. Most Of the
young gentlemen are now clean shaven.
that being the modern tendency among
fhe youth OF England.
So much, indeed, has this been the
tendency that the war office the other
dav issued an order market private"
maj already published in all the papers
~ remfhd young officers that the rules
stfiF expected them to wear mustaches
The last election had the effect of
bringing out Of their ancient castles
an the available young men of the
aristocracy. They regard the new land
tax of Lloyd-George with such panic
that they feared the old feuJal domi-
nation Of the country was about to
totter.
Therefore they We're called upon TO