Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-02-04
eady Weakening In
Campaign For
Control.
ky Demand the Same
ts as Are Given
the Irish.
|fIGHT BEFORE JUNE

eve of the opening of Par
r. Z. O'Connor cables the
Tribune, that between the
ld the purpose of the two
parties there remains the
rious contrast. On the
side there is confidence and
purpose and a solid unity,
be Tories still quarrel and
Eillate between the tactics of
and of despair. The first
council revealed the abso-
lity of every section of the
S, every man realizing that
ne course was possible
to go right straight on with
hit against the Lords and carry
Ito bill, peacefully if possible,
the creation of new Peers and
|ther extreme measure If war
b bitter end is proclaimed by
Tories. All of the Liberal pa
. adopt the same attitude, and
liz the Liberals the hopefulness
goes to the extreme length of
Fding the veto fight as already
he'd and won.
lis optimism leads to a cynic
elief of all the declarations of
ng in the last ditch" by the
es, but Austen Chamberlain, sec
in command to A. j. Balfour
chief of the protectionist sec
surprised the world this week
roclaiming his adhesion to the
" of fighting without a COM
lise. This may mean a policy
llibustering by which the veto
could be held up till the corona
apd both sides look to that
as the central factor in the
ltion. The Liberals will meet
filibustering by feyerish and
e tactics in order to hurry up
close the fight before June. AL
y they propose to take up all
time of the House of Commons
he veto quest 'on. This step
Id be evolutionary in Parlia-
tary annals and some growls
come from certain faddists and
onal leaders, but undoubtedly
general spirit of all the Liberals
sacrifice everything not only to
1eto but to its quick termination.
ecessary, this drastic action will
rsede the rights of the private
Ibers, which have been sacred
centuries. The Liberals will
other steps, such as time may
7 necessary.
n the other hand, the Tory party
session will bring into the
Sc of Commons a large number
energetic and ambitious
, and filibustering is the readiest
to catch the public eye and
eve notoriety. This may mean
.ttempt by the Torres to prolong
All OF these foreshad-
lgs of the course of the fight
be falsified by the events as
arise. They also leave out OF
un' the ardent desire of the
King not to celebrate his cor
ion in the midst of such a fierce
onal fight among his subjects.
7 also leave out of account the
Wedge which at last is reaching
mind of even the backwoodsmen,
the Liberals look with intense
sht at the prospect of over
lining the existing House OF
Is with hundreds of new Peers
gn from such plebian material as
great shopkeeper and the other
made men of the English mid
classes.
has just come to London
will start a private discussion,
)tless in a few days, regarding
details of the home rule meas
for the next year. The absence
.loyd-George makes some diff
Y in getting to close quarters, he
& the most friendly and nimblest
lber of the Cabinet in dealing
all difficulties, especially with
lmen, but saw him before he
leaving and found him much
royed in appearance, full OF hope
courage.
here are little indications that,
between proposing home rule
Ireland exclusive and home rule
round, some members of the
met favor tackling the whole
lem at once, and William Jones,
brilliant Welshman recently pro-
ed to a Ministerial office and a
3 friend of Lloyd-George, threw
the significant remark that
Wales, as we'll as Ireland, might
, self-government. But all this
et is quite undetermined.