The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-19
ENGLAND AND Her ARCH FOE
WOROCTO SETTLEMENT LEAVES
GERWiNI VERY BITTER.
Parliament wants More Light on Foreign
Relations Europe WOrried-Mean-
time woman suffrage seems NearNic-
tory servant Insurance Grievance.
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initiated to suppose that all Europe was
on the verge Of dissolution. The anti
British outbur-t in Germany. the war in
lripph, which threatens European COM
plicatious and the breaking up of the
Triple Alliance: the ultimatum of Russia
tu Persia with the danger Of the seizure
Of territory. together with virtual anarchy
IN China and the prospect of the landing
ot foreign forces 10 protect the interests
of other countries. are some of tn" things
which made the public sit up and take
notice But the general pcrce' has not
h"en disturbed and the close Of the week
finds Great Br tain more Interested in
domestic questions than others " world
wide concern.
From an international standpoint the
aftermath of the signing of the Morocco
agreement 10y France and Germany was
probably the most important of the week =
developments. Three members of the
House of Commons. two Of whom were
Of the Government party. asserted that
England and Germany were on the verge
of war in Scptcmhcr. This and the ac-
cusatiou- OF tho German press and speak
crs with demand that tho Ministry
take the country into its confidence on
foreign afiirs. led Premier Asquith to
promise that Sir Edward Grey. the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs. would explain
in the House Of Commons the British
attitude toward Germany in the Morocco
affair. The protests against secrecy have
been formulated 10y John Dillon. the Irish
leader, into "A motion declaring that in
sufficient information has been Communi-
! Gated hv the Foreign Office to enable the
House Of Commons To- form a judgment
as to affairs IN Morocco and Persia and
that the country was entitled to fuller
information than the Government had
given in the last ten years.
Undoubtedly the bitter feeling in Ger
many which grew out of LLOYD Georges
speech of last July, in which he asserted
that Great Britain would not endure being
! Gnored in tn" Moroccan settlement. has
been intensified 10y the German Chan
Csllors explanation in the Rcichstag Of
the terms Of the agreement with France.
| The German Opposition boldly asserts
that England frightened Germany into
! accepting the French proposals and the
, jingocs uf all parties are using the accu-
sa'ion To charge the Government with
cowardice in order to influence the result
Of the coming general elections. Efforts
/ 10 hail the Crown Prince as IA popular
! hero for showing public disapproval of
| tho Government attitude were short
| lived, however. and Frederick William is
! apparently experiencing his fathers
di-plcaeurc by his enforced absence from
Berlin attractions for month
! But German dissatisfaction with the
Moroccan settlement continues in var-
| ou- forms. including demands for the
| Increase of the navy so that il will bc able
to withstand British aggression Arthur
! Ponsonby. the Member Of Parliament
from Stirling Burghs. whose speech on
war with Germany being narrowly averted
in September il backed up 10y Noel BuN-
Ton, Liberal NJ p, in the COnism pordrV
! R'riCr, and the call for less Secrecy III
| diplomatic afiarS l. general in England
| irrespective Of parties, all Of which en-
phnslze- the manner in which the public
! is hept in thc dark on momcutOus affairs.
| The cause of woman suffrage made
very definite advance during the past
! week. That woman suffrage in some form
| will pass the House ut Commons az the
next session is now regarded as almost IA
certainty. Premier Asquith made 10 :
1
three statements of vital Importance
! The first was that the Government was
determined to carry manhood suffrage.
! The second that although the bill as in
| trOduced will not provide for woman
suffrage in any form it will be 50 drafted
as not merely To permit an amendment ell
| fr1nChsng women on the same terms a.
men but also on different terms. that il
on any that the House of Commons may
| decide to adopt This point is vital one
| for although there might not be ma
| jority for womanhood suffrage at large
there certainly would he one for an amend
ment of even wider scope than that Of the
Cancellation bill which would enfranchise
about a million women. Thirdly, the
Premier declared that any amendment
carried by the House of Commons would
ipso facto become an integral part Of the
Till and receive the full support of the
Government.
The question now remains, what is the
prospect for such an amendment? The
answer must undoubtedly be that it is
excellent. Mr.. Asq,ith is himself an obst-
nate opponent Of female suffrage in any
form, but he acknowledges that the ma
jority Of the Cabinet are in favor of wide
measure while he himself is willing to ac-
cept fully the mandate Of the majority of
the House. Ii is well known that Sir
Edward Grey and Lloyd George are en-
thusastic supporters Of the women s
cause and are prepared to recommend n
wide measure to their supporters to fight
for in the country. Indeed it is generally
expected that Lloyd George will run n
strong suffrage campaign in 1912. taking
the line Of what may roughly be called
household suffrage. that Is that all women
househoders shall he qualified for Par
liamentary vote, wives being qualified il
their husbands are householders
With a majority of the Cabinet in their
favor. headed by men of such standing
, as Sir Edward Grey and Lloyd George
and with a great proportion if not actually
a majority of the House of Commons
, pledged to support some measure of
female suffrage. it will be strange il an
amendment cannot be framed so as to
pass the House and then automatically
become part of the Governments bill
The women themselves are the most
serious danger to their own cause The
= militant party protests that female suf-
frag" must he incorporated in the Gov
crnment bill from the outset. II is obyi-
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