The Irish standard., 1911-07-29

many and proclaiming the German
possession of the harbor at Agadir,
English sea power and the alleged
German demand for a portion of the
Congo as intended to give Germany
supremacy over large portion of
Africa.
Sober people do not share these wild
apprehensions, but undoubtedly there
is perilous and critical.
The tropical heat now is the most
potent factor in London life Every
body is too exhausted to work. The
season is hurrying fast to it's close
and the prospect is that soon only the
politicians will be left within London.
King Delayed Crisis.
Meantime certain little difficulties
arose which prevented the crisis COM
ing to an end as soon as was intended
by the liberals. One of those difficult
ties was the movements of the king.
He has to be in London, of course,
when the final moments of the crisis
come, and he had already made his
arrangements for his visits to Ireland
and Wales. This fact alone post
poned the final word of the crisis for
q week to ten days. And, by the way.
T
Gus little difficulties that arise when
ever the king has to visit Ireland.
Owing to the bitterness of feeling
among the Orange and other ultra Pro-
testant tories, the poor king who. like
all the royalties, has been brought up
in a broad religious creed, has to pick
SO the more because he exasperated
the Orangemen a good deal by press
ing on the change in the accession
oath, and refusing to stain his lips
with the absurd and out de-
nunciation of the leading doctrines of
his Catholic subjects. He promised to
pay visit to ST. Patricks cathedral
in Dublin, the chief place of worship
frequented by the Anglicans.
To avoid misunderstanding and to
show impartiality between the creeds,
he consented also to pay visit to
Maynooth college, the chief place
where young men are trained for the
Catholic ministry. 1t was found but
just in time that the date fixed for
the visit to Maynooth was July IL,
that is to say the chief Orange ami
versary of the year. The prospect
then was that while the kings Orange
subjects in Ulster were celebrating
with beat Of drums and shrieks of fife,
the victory of William of Orange over
James ] at the Boyne. their sovereign
would be visiting the chief Catholic
seat OF learning. The program had to
be hlrretlly modified and the king
.ick's cathedral in the morning and to
Maynooth college in the afternoon.
e Chief Interest in Veto.
When the veto crisis is over, the
chief interest in the present session of
parliament will have disappeared. That
fact, in addition to the devastating
languor that the heat wave has pro-
duced III London. will cause Il big exc
dus from London. This exodus must
influence the future fate Of the big
scheme for national insurance, which
Lloyd-George has introduced. That as
founding, energetic and forceful indi-
Vidual has insisted that his bill, gi-
gantic in detail as we'll as in concep-
tion shall go through this session.
Against this proposal were arrayed all
possible forces-the big friendly soci-
cites, powerful body with us, having
millions of money in their exchequcrs,
the big worlSingmen's insurance COM
panies, some of which might give
points in wealth even to the Standard
Oil corporation, the doctors who have
declared at hundreds Of meetings that
the bill will reduce them to poverty
and, in addition to all these forces,
the equally potent forces of the fatigue
which has come to every minister and
every member of parliament during
the last few years of terrific hard
work. But Lloyd-George went on In
his own quiet and resolute way and
still insists that the bill shall become
a law by September. 1t may mean
that members of parliament will be
already on the city, but Lloyd-George
goes on undisturbed, undismayed and
inf1exible