The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-06-24
BRITAIN IN THR0ES
OF CORONATION FEVER
London City of Planks and Temp
orary Seats for Viewing Royal
Progress.
Sessions of House of Commons Not
Likely to Close Until the End
of August.
Ireland Still Suffering From Pre-
judices Wherever Politics
Are Involved.

You might as we'll talk Wall street
to two young lovers as serious poli-
tics to London in it's present mood.
Everybody is amusing himself tran.
tlcally under the impulse of fine
weather, good racing and the corona
tlon fever, says T. P. OComor, in
his special cable to the Chicago Trab-
une under London date of June II.
London is a city of planks aud
every hour sees the completion az
new rows Of seats and one wit de-
scribes it as "the city Of deal house
commons" A remarkable example OF
he present distraction from all polk
tics was given when the ministerial
whips sent scare messages to all Of
the supporters to attend in full lest
the tories should attempt snap divi-
sions and catch the government nap
ping. The liberals attended In largo
numbers but there was no necessity
for It as the house during the entire
week was yawning wilderness and
ended Its sittings of few hours at a
scandalously early hour.
Two diversions only interrupted the
even flow OF the political dullness.
| The first was the bankruptcy of the
Birbeck bank, the favorite bank of a
vast number of small depositors This
led to a campaign against Lloyd
George as the author OF this and of all
other financial disasters by his budg-
lets.
Fall In consuIs Caused Ruin.
The ruin undoubtedly was due to
the gigantic fall on the prices of con-
suls and other gilt-edged securities.
Noyd-George at last turned and rent
his critics by proving that the great
est fall OF consuls came during the
late tory administration and as 70.
suit of the gigantic and insane ex-
penditures In the wretched Boer war.
The second diversion WIS the pro.
mitigation of reports that all things
! we're not going as we'll with the veto
bill as the liberals reported. It 10
known Of course, that the lords win
insert an amendment agadnst home
rule and. up to this week, It was
, universally believed, not only that As
quith would reject this amendment
but also that II the lords peTsisted
he would have the power to oreete
new peers.
The tories started the rurnor that
the king had given no pledge, that
Asquith would have to resign on the
kings refusal and that the king would
send for A. J. Ba1four who would
Il form a ministry and then dissolve.
Thus the cry grew that another gen.
eral election was imminent
Three Things Certain.
Three things are as certain as any.
thing human can be. The first is
that Asquith will reject the amend
ment excluding home rule; the Sec
ond is that the king will have to give
the new peers if the lords persist in
such an amendment, and the third is
that the lords know this and will fin
ally swallow the veto bill including
the right to deal with home rule.
asked one member of the ministry
this week when the veto bill would
be a law. His answer was in three
weeks time. This may be sanguine,
but four weeks or five will be tho out
side limit of delay ....
In the meantime the prospect Of an
early close of the sessions recedes
every moment farther and it now is
certain that the house of commons
will sit till the end of August.
Lloyd-George remains determined to
pass the insurance bill this session
and the insurance bill alone must take
two months Churchill insists that
the commons pass the bills reforming
the mine inspection and hours of shop
assistants. Mr.. Burton, president of
the Board of trade, wants equally the
copyright bill which now is going
smoothly with no question outstanding
except the regulation Of fees as be-
tween the composers and the talking
machine makers.
An autumn session is impossible,
party because all Of the minister's