The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-02
HOT CAMPA |GN IS now
GOING ON IN ENGLAND
Balf0ur Calls the British Cabinet
Choice Names
PUTS THEM DOWN AS PUPPETS
RiOt0us Scenes Attend Appear.
anCe of Winston Churchill
at Colchester

London, Nov. 3O.-The politicians
of all parties are straining every nerve
10 crowd into a few days the work
which in ordinary elections is spread
over weeks or months. Nearly ali the
heavy guns are in action
Arthur j. BalfoCr, leader of the op-
position in the house of commons, be-
fore a big meeting in Albert hall,
where he warmly supported the refer
endum, described the government as
puppets, dancing TO the tune of John
Redmond end his American paymas-
tiers.
The prime minister, Mr.. AsQuith,
spoke at Reading; Chancellor Lloyd
George at Cardiff; John E. Redmond,
leader of the Nationalist, at Dublin;
Winston Spencer Churchill, home sec
rotary, at Colchester; Augustine Bir-
rell, chief secretary for Ireland, at
Bristol; John Burns, president of the
local government board, at Battersea,
and Austen chamberlain at Ashton.
Riotous scenes attended the appear
ance at Colchester of Mr. Churchill.
Thousands c0ngregated in the streets,
jeering and shouting. Many of them
gathered around Mr.. Churchills car
riage, at which they threw fish, eggs
and other missiles. Many Of the win
dows in the Liberal Headquarters were
smashed A large draft of police was
sent out to patlol the streets, the au-
thorities fearing counter demonstra-
lions.
The issues are narrowing daily. The
Conservatives make much of the men,
ace OF home rule. They proclaim the
plan Of the Liberals for the reform OF
the house OF lords means single
chamber government and put to the
front their new policy of referendum.
Fcrvor Among Liberals.
There is great feyor among the Lib.
erals, feature being the sudden re-
forming zeal on the part of the lords
who claim that Lansdowssa's referen-
dunn scheme is snare because the
parties would be unequally yoked to-
gether under it: that conservative
measures would always sail smoothly
through the house of lords. While
the referendum would be invoked only
for Liberal bills which were distaste-
full to the peers. Moreover, they esti-
Of N
people as $1O,0O0,000.
Mr.. Balfour has announced his will
ingness to leave the issue of tariff re-
form to a referendum.
The reading of message of defiance
to home rulers from the Irish Union
lists at Albert hall caused much en-
thusiasm In all solemnity," said the
message, I'VE now declare that home
rule will bring Ireland not peace, but
the sword If an Irish parliament is
set up the Unionists of the south, al
lied with the men of Ulster, will not
acknowledge its authority They will
neither obey its DEGREES nor pay its
taxes"
Mr.. Balfour pronounced strongly in
favor of the referendum as the best
method of setting deadlocks between
the two houses without requiring the
reform of the house of. lords, and it
could be carried into effect before the
house of lords was reformed. This
he declared to be Lansdowne's plan.
Mr.. Balfour denied that the veto con-
ference had been broken up by the I'M
yielding attitude of the lords. He as
serted that the government was
threatening revolution, based on the
wants of one particular section who
boosted that they had not yielded an
inch from the position of Parnell
He concluded by saying the cabinet
was governed by it's nOisest members,
who were governed by John Redmond
who was governed by Patrick Ford
Don't trust the puppets who are per
forming their parts on the stage" adj
monished Mr.. BalfOur.
Don't trust the Irish wire puller
Don't trust the American paymaster
who calls for tune. Trust alone the
sound judgment and enlightened pa
triotism of the people of this country"