The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
WAR ON PEERS
PRESAGES Home
RULE FOR ERIN
Tories Taunts in House of COM
mons Tend TO Intensity
Irish-LiberaE Unity
Demand Will Be Made Upon
the Crown for Guarantees
5. Against Veto by Lords
By T. p. o'coNNoR
:Tspeoiol CabIe 10 The Call


: Copyright by the Tril,ane Co.. Chicago. 1900
LONDON. April 3o.-The contrast be-
tween the enthusiastic. chattering and
chatting house of lords which met to
reject the budget last November and
the sullen. silent assembly which
passed it at breakneck speed Thursday
synlbolizes the changes in the temper
of both parties.
To add to the confusion of the tories
in the house. Of lords, the: lord chan
celIor. one OF the stoutest of the radi--
Gals in the ministry, reasserted in en-
phatie language the determination of
the liberals either to resign Office or
break down the veto power of the
house Of-lords. and since then the tories
have exhibited the same confusion and
despair in the House OF commons.
MONEY TROUBLES OF TORIES
!. They can not hope for any great
change in the situation before another
election Their most sanguine pPoph-
.ets do. not expect a change of more
than 20 or 50 seats. which would leave
:The liberals still handsome majority
Sufficient 20 carry the anti-veto legisla-
ton
. This prospect seems a scarcely suf-
*ic1ent return for the immense expendi-
ture Of money which another election
would cause the tories with their funds
depicted by the enormens~ cost of the
last election and with the big brewers
and publicans so hard hit by the bud
= get as. 10 be unable to subscribe largely
TO .t4lis election.
y. Barring some unexpected accident,
see no reason to doubt that the. road 10
liheral success. and 10 home rule with
gin three. years is now clear and open
ONT1 EULL BEFORE STORM
*Fhe@ present luIl before the storm
.uayrcontinue for weeks. Yet the coun-
= try SIS -stEa NICELY quiet TO all appear
ances. but much volcanic stuff Is bub-
=. .bEIlG.*und nderneath The liberals are or
ga.nizing '+huge~ meetings. hundreds
r ~ read ya-are taking: place every week
-an q WlIen:the summer is more advanced
zthefe~ Ayi]3. be. giant gatherings in all
.J1re great. centers.
:aI5aIf a million persons. Will assemble
I'm: HEdenark. where the cabinet minis
tiers 4Vill take the Unusual course of
.appearlng. on open air. platforms Prep.
"a aFatLons are being made for a great
? demons ration in Manchester
Tire Eog.Iish and Irish masses are.
acting .cQrdl al y:.to gether in. this cam
pail En. Two IN undred- thousand London.
y *l-Flslnlen- viii swell the Hyde park
gathering with the bands and banners
= Of e very Irish organization. The same
zfEing VIII happen IN Manchester, where
~ sEe. is a: large Irish population. .
! DEFTsIN IsLECTRIFTEs HOUSE
...: A great personal triumph and also an
.inGtes tion: Of the same cordial union. of
libegal and. Irish forces this week was
~Jgse{5h.- l4ex1Ins feat in the house of
commons :During the third reading Of
the budget William O'Brien made a
= brief. feeble attack on the budget and
the. liberals and above all on the Irish
:paTty fer:uo destroying the. budget
-. aevin. without notice. or preparation,
@del5s-ered a speech. His#eloquence and
psssiOn electrified. the house of rom
) mons, and when the speech closed
.cheers. for several minutes. came from
the liberal and Irish benches. Pre-
ynier Asquitll -eomplimented Deviin in
<1is. speech closing the budget debate.
Winston Churchill wrote him letter OF
thanks.
s.. Even the tory attacks on the liberal
ministry tend to augment the prestige
of the Irish party. Their whole cry
now is that Asquith attacks the king
by demanding the guarantees on the
dictation Of Redmond. These attacks
doubtless will rally large masses of the
ignorant anu-Irish tories, but viii
help. on the other hand. to increase
THE respect and gratitude of the real
British democrats 70. Redmond and his
colleagues for forcing the issue against
the lords to the present vigorous and
promising: campaign.
COMPROMISE TALK FOOLISH
= The talk OF a compromise in the tory
journals is not worth consideration
except as flags Of distress. A refer
endum is vaguely haunting certain
minds in the hope Of Avoiding the ex-
penser and trouble. of new election,
7buc a. referendum is impossible with
out the assent Of the tories and the
.ll.S -0f frfr-7
E.: a large section Of the liberals and
.Irish are equally hostile, so a general
~election in the middle Of June; al
though. q liberal triumph, still seems
.inevifable.
: Tsie final. decision came with rush.
The whole cabinet, face to face with
sthe inscrutabie attitude of Redmond,
with the revolt In its own ranks, with.
the specter Of Lloyd George and Win
.ston Churchill leading a great radical
and Irish revolt against. it, took the
plunge at. last. All hesitations were
swept away and In an hour the cabinet
: unanimously agreed. to Asquith,s tre-
niendous statement. This was Wednes-
DAY afternoon. The Statement was
scheduled to have beer. made Thursday
a bout Z o'clock.
TRICK AIDS AsQUITH
=. l. gave YOU last week the account of
, this historic scene, but IL is so i'm
portant that j must add a few details
this week. A combination Of felicitous
condolences brought the statement out
into tragic relief. First the statement
was preceded by a debate raising the
whole home rule question on tory
amendment that home rule should be
excluded from the subjects which could
be dealt with when the veto of the
house Of lords was destroyed. This led
to an important though brief home rule
debate. and gave Churchill the oppor-
tufity of making vehement home rule
declaration. illustrated by the beneh-
cent fruits of a home rule policy in
South Africa.
Sir Edward Carson, member for Trim
ity college. Dublin. was arguing away
against home rule on the old tory lines
when Asolith entered the house of
commons. looking pale and distressed
carson went on with his prolix speech
until a quarter past T. and, owing
TO closure rules. Asquith could not
speak after half past Z. Asquith then
was helped enormously by mean little
trick OF Balfour.
Balfour raised a. point or order