The Irish standard., 1911-08-19
VICTORY CAUSES
IRISH TO REJOICE
The Success of the Veto Fight
Opens the Way for Better
Things.
Desire to Maintain Social Pres
tige of Peerage a Factor in
Final Vote.
Strike of Longshoremen in London
is Paralyzing a Large Part
of the Traffic.

The Veto bill fight ended as l al
ways anticipated it would but it was !
closed more easily than either ",
anybody else thought it would ,,
deed up to the last moment ui
nights debate on Thursday 49,
knew what was going to happen, IS
r. P. OConnor in his cabled London
letter Of Aug. u, to the Chicago Tri
bune.
Several times during the evening the
betting changed from side to side, now
the odds were five to four on the Lords
rejecting the bill and then five TO four
on a surrender.
If one speech made two peers
change from the tory to the liberal
two extremists back to Lord Halls
bury's camp.
The situation finally was saved by
the large vote of the unionsts and
bishops in favor Of the ministers and
the desire Of the tory leaders and the
court influences to avoid a continua-
the king of the disagreeable duty of
sending five hundred more liberal
peers into the house of lords.
Irish Arc Pleased.
The liberals, and Irish are pleased
on the whole with this solution of the
Veto question though they have a lin
gering desire to, sec the house of lords
transformed from tory to liberal
assembly by the new liberal peers and
to secure thus a reader passage of
the home rule and the other liberal re-
forms.
The end of the struggle was receiv-
ed with the same astounding indiffer-
cry stage of the whole struggle. This
is partly because the government rem
ders everybody spathetic and because
the conclusion was regarded as fore
gone.
All through this year London, espe-
cially the West End, looks as ii every
sane person had already departed for
the seashore or the German Spa or
the Scotch mountains.
The tremendous strike among the
| longshoremen and the railway men
has brought paralysis to a great part
of the traffic, including the motor
busses, food and fruit vans and the
supply Of paper to the newspapers.
, This adds an element of gravclike 81
lence to some streets.
! Winston Churchill passed through
some very anxious days as a continu-
., ance of the strike would have meant
starvation in London and perhaps
wild disorder.
Churchill provided for the situation
with his characteristic vigor and
promptitude, having made all arrange
ments for sending thousands of SOL
diers into London not merely to re-
press disorder. but also help protect
the supply of food. Indeed, the mill
! tary conveys food as during war time.
Strange Career in Finance.
| Mr.. Hooley lodged in prison, even
though for but a brief period. marks
one of the most remarkable stories Of
the vicissitudes of English life that
has been recorded for long time.
1t seems but yesterday when he was
! the most powerful, the most courted
financial magnate Of England. So
powerful was he at that period of his
life that he was made tempting offers
by men themselves in the highest fl
nancial positions if he would only give
the applicants the privilege of small
share in the deals he was then max
ing.
1t looked as if he could touch moth
ing without turning it into gold. One
brilliant coup had not yet ceased to
dazzle the public when another fol-
lowed with stunning rapidity, and
there was nothing apparently TO pre-
vent Mr.. Hooley from becoming mas
ter of as many millions as he liked.
His first big coup was with the cycle
trade. The motor car had not yet
lbeen invented; the cycle was running
it's triumphant career as the amuse-
nent both Of rich and poor, of old