Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-03-17
Fight Made by Tories wheI
Liberals Were Expecting (
Quiet Week.
One Session Continued all Night
and Nearly UntiI
Noon.
Winston Churchill Held Reins
az the Leader In Attack
Ing Tories.
MISS REMOND WINS SUCCESS

Last week was not expected to
deeYlop anything startling in the
British House Of Commons. as the
veto bill had been postponed and all
excitement which It creates was for
the moment suspended The Min
istry, In addition. was compelled 10
call a hab by the necessity OF get
ting vote on the budget and ap-
propriations. Just the same tho
week wound up with one of the
most prolonged and exciting sittings
for the last two years.
The Tories never forget the veto
DILL and have Piayed for
time every moment of the
session. They have organized
filibustering campaign against
al OF the Government business and
discuss every penny of public money
TO inordinate lengths. They never
allow even the most trivial proposal
to pass unchallenged In order to
further exasperate the situation and
waste time their speakers throw
across the floor Of the House OF
Commons epithets of insult al the
Ministers and all their opponents.
During the past week Premier
Asquith and Lloyd-George have been
away. the Premier at the bedside OF
sick daughter, and Lloyd-George
suffering from throat trouble. This
threw the leadership OF the Liberals
into the hands of Winston ChurchllI.
Young, audacious and aggressive.
Mr.. Churchill drove the Tories to
fury time and again and insisted on
applying the most drastic closures
and demanded that the budget bill
should be rushed through by any
means and at any hour. This re-
suited in several scenes OF great
violence and in sitting which be-
gan at o'clock one afternoon and
continued until l0;30 o'clock the
next day .
There were moments when passion
ran so high as to thriaten an out
burst OF physical violence between
the members OF the different par
ties. but the characteristic English
good sense and love OF fun came 70
the rescue and the sitting passed off
without any Violence except In
pPt1RAs ht ithhtla VI LuG AIlbu
party, even the oldest of them, sat
through the night rallying and en-
coureging the Liberal ranks and
thus saved the Liberals from defeat
or from such small maiorities which
would amount to defeat.
Aside from the wrangling IN Par
lament during the latter part OF the
week the Irish members were ex-
cited oniy over the success OF new
play by Miss Joanna Redmond.
daughter of the Irish leader. Her
new drama has been given unbroken
praise by all parties and all the
London newspapers.
Beaten TO a frazzle at the polls.
Timothy Healy undertook to harass
the Irish Parliamentary party by
taking refuge in certain legal
technicalities. II was Healy's pur-
pose 10 pile up such a bill OF costs
that the work OF the Redmondites
would be seriously hampered. At
this JunCture Capt Hazelton. who
had been declared elected as the
member for North Louth by a major
ity OF ass votes. declined further
contest and allowed the election TO
become null and void. Healy has
announced that he VIII again stand
for election. and the followers OF
Redmond have selected Augustus
Roche as his opponent,
Mr.. Roche is gentleman whose
political record Is not confined to
his native city or even TO the
Province Of Munster. He has taken
an honorable part In the public and
political life Of Cork for years. He
was Mayor and High Sheriff OF that
city and was Its first Lord Mayor.
In 1903 he was sent to Parliament
from Cork with William O'Brien.
When O'Brien set out to destroy the
Irish party Mr. Roche espoused the
cause OF Redmond.
The current OF popular opinion
that carried Mr. Hazelton to victory
last December has gained strength
and force since; and II viii sweep
Mr.. Roche into Parliament with a
majority that will SETTLE the destiny
OF Louth and kill faction In that
county for a generation II not for