New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
BALFOUR D|SAPPOINTS
THE TORY EXTREMISTS
Fails to Declare, as They Had
Hoped, That Home Rule
Means Civil War.
NOT EXPLICIT AS TO TARIFF
Sir John Simon and Augustine
Birrell Meanwhile Make Close
Study of Question, with View
to Drafting of Bill.
lev cable TO The Tribune.

J.ondon. oct. 7.-Arthur j. Balfours
first campaign utterances since the pas
60 Of the Parliament bill have disap-
POINTED the last ditchers,' but that is
not his fault so much as theirs. they
are obsessed with the idea that miracles
can he wrought by sheer defiance. They
want 10 he electrified with the declara-
ton that Home Rule will be fought by
civil war in Ulster and Lancashire as
well as by the legitimate processes OF
parliamentary opposition. and that the
Unionists are prepared 70 perish In the
last ditch before allowing the disruption
Of the empire TO go on.
Mr. Balfour speaks with a proper
sense Of the limitations of leader who
does not command a majority Of the
House Of Commons. He knows that the
Home Rule bill can be passed If the
coalition holds together until the au-
tumn Of 1913, and that the best hope of
defeating it lies in the adoption Of
Fabian tactics. BY which fun advantage
can be taken Of feuds on tho govern
ment side
His first object is the restoration OF
unity i'm his own party. and his refer
onces to Home Rule, colonial preference
and The socislistic trend of radical legis-
Iation are designed to promote "a recon-
citation Of the Unionist factions.
lie has not taken the field against
windmils. nor has he explained in de-
tail what he will do for organized labor
and social reform if he returns power
nor what sort Of tariff he will impose on
foodstuns for the sake of encouraging
Canadian loyalty. Meanwhile the Tariff
Reform League. without waiting for its
sluggish leader TO make up his mind. has
determined to oppose the Unionist can
didstes who exclude the taxation of corn
and meat from the regular Chamberlain
programme.
The Prime Minister himself remains in
the background, arranging peerages and
ministerial changes with the King, if any
are requisite, and obtaining the advice
of the Archbishop of York respecting
episcopal appointments.
Mr.. Lloyd George and Mr.. Churchill
ing an armed reconnaissance against the
Labor party. Hence. there are threats
that the unemployment section of the
insurance bill viii he withdrawn unless
the trade unions come to terms with the
friendly societies, and broad hints that
Labor seats will be contested by Lib
erals and that the question will be
raised Of state ownership Of railways. on
purchasing basis of twenty-five times
the annual profits of the roads, if the
reasonable recommendation of the COM
mission respecting the recognition Of or
Sanized labor be rejected
Discussion Of Home Rule is being
avoided as far as possible by ministers
as next years harassng problem. Sir
John Simon is making a close study Of
the question with Augustine Birrel the
Chief Secretary for Ireland. and may be
the author and chief defender Of the bin.
Mr.. Redmond's Manchester speech is a
most adroit and conciliatory contribu-
ton to the Home Rule cause but it does
not foreshadow the terms which the Ma
tionalists Will accept in settlement Of the
financial relations of England and Ire
land. II minimizes in mastery way
the religious difficulties in the way of
final solution and the controversy over
the British supremacy.