Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16
USE THE SOCIAL BOYCOTT
British Aristocracy Trying to Coerce
Liberal Ministers.
LORD MAYOR HAPPY MAN
Has Secured Agreement of Both
Parties to Attend Meeting in
Favor of Arbitration.
By William T. Stead.
leyrsm to The Star.


Special Csblezrsm to The Star.
LONDON. April ia curious side
issue at the present moment threatens to
weaken the forces that are making for
the concession of self government to Ire
land. There is the strongest feeling In
favor of Women's suffrage in Ireland
among the women, but the nationalist
party as n whole is very unsympathetic.
There are some exceptions, such as Willie
Redmond and few more. but it is very
doubtful whether if Ireland got home T. =
tomorrow a home rule parliament would
ever Concede the franchise to Irish
women.
Hence, the suffrasettes are very keen
about forcing the suffrage question
through before home rule is granted.
They succeeded the other day in getting
a vote passed authorizing the lord
mayor of Dublin to request that he be
heard at the bar of the house of commons
in favor of womenS suffrage. rms Is d
privilege which he and the lord mayor
of London enjoy by virtue of their of
flee. Twenty-four hours had not passed
after the resolution had been carried
in the Dublin city council before Redmond
telegraphed, insisting that the resolution
be Cancelled The lord mayor, however.
is not disposed at present tamely TO
obey the mandate of the nationalist ma lead cad,
err. and there promises TO be a very
pretty kettle of fish.
Many Irish nationalists women declare
that they are reconsiderinS their position
Firmerly they subornated suffrage to
home rule, but they say that if Redmond
Is going to domineer in this fashion they
will put suffrage first and let home rule
wait. 1t is usually the unexpected that
happens in Ireland, and no one knows
what the result will be if the women
suffragettes and the Protestant senti-
ment of the country as exampled in the
Mccain case should join hands in weak
ening the unanmity with which Ireland
demands home rule
Society Bars Ministers.
1t is surprising to find the extraordi-
nary savagery of sentiment which pre-
walls in society against the ministers, es-
pecially against Wirston Churchill and
Lloyd-George For the moment Lloyd
George is in the background owing to
his throat concerning which an immense
number of lying reports is circulated by
those who openly profess the desire to
hear the news of his death,
Fortunately for the country and UNI
fortunately for those malevolent indl-
viduals Lloyd-George's throat is getting
on all right Winston Churchill is now
in the forefront of the hottest battle, and
every means of social ostracism that Cali
naturally belongs are being used without
any hesitation ii order to make him feel
that he is regarded as little better than
a leper.
If he or Mrs. Churchill is known to be
going to any social functions numbers
OF the invited guests will decline to meet
them. English tories always had ten
dency to develop very bad feeling to-
ward their opponents. / am old enough
to remember two previous occasions when
a leading English statesman was treated
as II he were the devil incarnate. In
both cases Mr.. Gladstone was the per-
son upon whom society vented its wrath.
The first time was when he opposed
Disraeli when the tories were trying to
embroil England in war with Russia
in order to prevent the liberation of Bull
garia- The second was when there
seemed TO be a chance of carrying home
down because the classes. and especially
the great landed class. feel that their
purses are endangered by the fiscal legle-
lation of the government Hence they
empty out their Walls of wrath against
the ministers. who. however. do not seem
q penny worse for all the vituperation to
which they are exposed.
Primate Cold to Arbitration.
1 spent the entire morning today
with the lord mayor OF London at the
Mansion House. i found him in the
highest spirits over the success which
has attended his efforts to secure a
great meeting at the Guild Hall on the
subject Of Anglo-American arbitration.
Both Mr.. Asquith and Mr.. Balfour VIII
attend and speak. This is the first time
in the long and illustrious history of
the city Of London that the leaders OF
both political parties have attended
city meeting in support OF any political
proposal whatever.
n aChfaVa6
the lord mayor. is sufficient to make
my mayoralty memorable"
Much dissatisfaction is being ex-
pressed in various quarters at the at
titude of the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury, who has been a persistent wet
blanket upon a demonstration of ma
tional feeling Of Anglo-American ar
bitration. The Anglican clergy are very
seldom to be relied upon in the cause
Of peace.
During the Boer war an enormous
majority of them was either absolute
ly silent or enthusiastically in favor
of war with the Beers. The Arch
bishops wife the other day christened
one Of the new dreadnoughts in the
presence and with the approval Of her
husband have nothing to say against
that, but when archbishops take so ac-
tive and prominent a part in promot-
ing peace by ornaments il is doubly
incumbent upon them to be equally &C
tive in promoting peace by arbitration.
Not Done With Archbishop.
However, the advocates of arbitration
have not done with the archbishop vet
and q formal appeal will be made to him
and to the other heads of the churches
of England and Scotland to constitute a
committee of appeal TO the religious or
ganizationS OF the country in accordance
with the recommendation of the lord
mayor.
Harry Britain tells me that everything
Is going well for the dinner which the
Pilgrims Will give TO the prime ministers
OF the overseas dominions on May %
next Lord Roberts will preside, Si, Ed
ward Grey will be present and the Amer
lean ambassador. II will be the first
occasion on which the represer tatives of
all the Englishspeaking communities of
the world will be gathered together.
Coming as IL does directly after the
Angio-American arbitration agitation, the
banquet Is likely TO be historic.
Old Hunters Ambition.
From the PittsburS DisDa,-h