The Irish standard., 1911-08-05
Lloyd Georges Remarkable Speech
Makes Situation Serious for
Time.
Violent Agitation of Extremist
Tories Giving Way to Saner
Deliberations.
T. P. O'Connor Does Not Believe That
Asquith Will be Forced to
Create Peers.

The whole political sky was enor-
mously cleared during this week and
with Chancellor Lloyd Georges re-
markable speech about Morocco, which
gained additional seriousness by
Lloyd Georges well-known love OF
peace and hatred Of war, says T. p.
O'Connor in his cable from the house
Of commons under date Of July 30, to
the Chicago Tribune.
Among the warm friends of Lloyd
George 1t is doubtful that he should
have made himself the mouthpiece Of
such a menacing policy and everybody
thought the situation must be almost
hopeless when Lloyd George resorted
to such perilous language
The international situation was ag-
gravated by the violent scene in the
house of commons on Monday night.
There was a prospect that the blind
fury Of domestic party passions might
encourage the factionists at home to
refuse any assistance to the liberal
ministry to confront the external sit
uation and, on the other hand. might
encourage the German jingoes to count
on the English division to push for-
, ward their violent campaign in speech-.
, es and journals.
Asquiths speech. which was grave,
dignified and pacific. relieved the sit
uation and further relief came from a.
J. Balfour's strong support and re-
pudiHtion of any idea of the domestic
uuarrcls producing a disunion on the
face of foreign danger.
Anxiety Not Yet over.
For the moment then the danger of
the Moroccan crisis leading to war
disappears. but all anxiety is not yet
past. This incident is a. painful re-
mnder that in the midst of intcrna-
tinnaI congresses Il frequent exchange
of visits of Germans to England and
lingishmen to Germany and arbitra-
ton treaties. all Europe still walks
over Il volcano or national passions
which may break at any moment the
thin crust and devastate the world.
Some cooling atmosphere has come
in the domestic struggle. 1t looked for
several days as if the tory extremists
to the overthrow of Balfour's leader
ship and the creation of 500 peers. The
violent scene in the house Of commons
was as much a demonstration against
| E'alfour by the tory extremists as
against AsIuith, and was intended as
| much to destroy Balfours and Lans-
downc's policy Of surrender as to in
suit As1uith.
Want Chamberlain for Leader.
The Bafour letter was the first
crashing blow against this conspiracy
against his leadership and Lans.
downe's policy OF surrender.
The tory extremists retorted by the
much -boomcd dinner of Lord Halsbury
and additional Importance is given to
lIllS NlOltIlL IeVolL ny lue lelleI lTOU
Joseph Chamberlain and the speech
! from Austin Chamberlain. 1t became
evident that the purpose of the con-
spracy was to replace Balfour as op-
position leader by Austin Chamberlain.
! The latters speech at the banquet was
so violent as to make the retreat OF the
extremists appear impossible and again
the creation Of the 500 peers seemed
f! inevitable, but a few hours showed
that the banquet was an immense
fzzle.
Lord Lansdowne in the meantime re-
J ceived pledges Of peers in every mail
and the unionist journals, with a few
exceptions, thundered against the ex-
! tremists and today the general belief
is that the crisis really is over and
! that the veto bill will be a law by the
! end of next week.
| In the meantime the torrid heat and
the violent opposition of the labor par
ty to the insurance bill is calculated
to curtail the session.
The insurance bill possibly will be
dropped. The copyright BILL however,
is safe.
After the brief pause Of some Ave or