The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-12-17
Says the Tory Party Habitually
Enters the Elections
With a Bogy.
Since When Has British AristOcracy
Despised American Money, the
Chancellor Asks.
The House of Lords Has Always Been
the Barrier to lreland's
Progress.

Lloyd.George, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, is not in sympathy with the
Tory cry of American Dollars. In a
recent speech in London he said:
This time we mean to have deci-
sion on this subject. 1t has been said
that We are doing all this at the die
tation Of John Redmond. The Tory
party must always have a bogey.
Last election the Germans were the
bogey; in 1900 it was the Dutchman;
in 1895 1t was the Irish, and in 1885
il was Joseph Chamberlain; having
exhausted the last thing they are
coming around to the Irishman again,
but he is a different lrishman to
the Irishman of 1895. That Irishman,
If you remember, was q midnight as
sassin, ragged, tattered, fierce, but the
1rishman of today is gilt edged
bogey; he is framed in American DOL
lars.
LandIordism and American Dollars.
What should like to know is this {:
Since when have the British aristoc-
racy despised American dollars? am
creditably informed that there is a
newspaper in London-a Tory paper
run by American dollars. And what
about the Irish landlords? Their cruel
rack rents-who paid their rack rents
The children of the Irish peasant,
driven across the seas into exile in
far-off lands, used to send their earn.
ings to Ireland to keep the poor old
people from being thrown out Of the
cottage they built with their own
hands, and how many American dol
lars passed through America to Ire.
land to pay Irish landlords? In TWEEN
ty years, eighty million dollars.
The money which Mr.. Redmond col.
lected to carry on his campaign for
liberty for Ireland did not all come
from America. A large proportion
came from Canada-and since when
had Canada become foreign coun.
try? When Canada and Canadian
statesmen were to be used as an ex.
cuse for taxing the bread Of the peo
ple-they were our kith and kin be-
yond the seas-our dearest relations
and when Canadians subscribed mon
ey for the purpose Of enabling Ireland
to win the same measure Of self gov
ernment as they themselves enjoyed
then Canadians were aliens tearing
down the constitution.
Lords the Barrier to Progress.
AS far as the last Parliament was
concerned, the quarrel with the House
of Lords was a British one so far az
self government for Ireland was con
cerned. They stood by the position
they had taken, but the House OF
Lords was just as much barrier tc
relieving Ireland Of its oppression az
it was to the democracy of England
Scotland and Wales. The Lords, how
ever, said the government plan was d
violent one. In fact, they said it was
Socialistic plan. That was another
bogey. John Bright was the first man
10 propose the plan which they now
Urged for the acceptance of the coun
try. Who else started It? Lord Rose
bery-and was he Socialist? There
was no man in the country who clune
more tenaciously than Lord Rosebery
The Lords had tabled a series Of
esolutions-wonderfu resolutions z
great scheme and no particulars
These would be filled in If the people
gave them majority. AS far as
can see 1t was a plan whereby Tories
could carry tariffs and tax all thu
necessaries of life without a check
but no Liberal government could pu
an extra penny Of taxation on thu
wealthy. They could not tax monop
olies. Every Radical bill would hav,
to go to a referendum and the natior
would be fined $1O,000,0O0, the cost o
general election, every time Rad
ical bill had to be proposed. But ;
conservative bill would just cante
over the course.
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