The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-06-03

masks and fancy clothes take place
nightly.
The king and queen. at last liberat-
ed from restrictions of a years mourn
ing for the late king, now join the
gaiety, giving balls and dinners and
luncheons, going 10 the race courses
and theaters and London is gayer than
for many years.
1t is now possible that parliament
will sit into the middle of August for
the government adds new item every
way to the already gigantic program
Churchill seeks legislation for shorter
hours for store employees and for
greater safety in the mines.
Veto Bill to Become Law.
We see now pretty we'll where we
are for the immediate future The
veto bill will not be rejected on the
second reading; whatever bad amend
ments are suggested by the house Of
lords. will be promptly rejected by the
house OF commons; the lords will
make some final attempts at getting
compromise before they surrender,
these attempts will fail. and. by the
end OF July or the beginning OF AN
gust, the veto bill will have become
law and the omnipotence OF the house
of lords will come TO an end. This
creates an entirely new situation in
the whole range Of English politics.
and the consequences will be vast and
Immediate
How will this transformation effect
the home rule? The prospect is
brighter than il has been for many
long year, but there are certain draw
backs in the veto bill for home rule
which have to be taken into account.
Under the veto bill there must be two
years delay before the house of COM
mons can withstand the opposition OF
the house of lords. Two years are a
long period in the ever-shifting world
of politics and much may happen. If.
| for instance, there were series OF
bye-elections and these went uniform
ly against the liberals, 1t is possible
that the chances Of the home rule
would be prejudiced. don't think
myself there is much likelihood Of any
such tide arising against the liberals;
at the present moment. everything is
going their way, and every move by
the tories, instead OF hurting, helps
the liberals At the same time. every
body can see what an advantage 1t
would be to the home rule If the
question could be settled In one year
instead of two And this has revived
the idea that after all, the tories, see
ing how hopeless further struggle over
the home rule would be in the face
of the disappearance OF the house OF
lords veto, may be ready for deal
So far as the talk of the tories are
concerned, they are quite ready to set
tie the Irish question; their difficulty
is with the small group Of irreconcile-
able from the north Of Ireland who
are still living in the sixteenth century
of religious and ravia bigotry. What
the tories will do in the immediate fu-
ture, Of course is to wait until the
government has passed their home
rule through the house Of commons.
They would be more than human II
they did not hope that, in measure
so complicated, there would always
be possibility of the government
breaking at some point, either by diff
ference of opinion between them and
the Irish members, or by some break
ing the liberal ranks themselves.
Neither contingency is in the least
likely, believe, the liberals and the
Irish realizing how tremenduous
would be the disaster of any such
rupture between them, while the lib.
eral ranks are also kept soid]y to-
gether by their common interests and
common risks But when once the
next home-lule bill has been steered
successfully through the house Of COM
mons, do not rule out deal be-
tween the English parties as impos-
sible.