Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-08-05
Warning Factions in Unionist
Party Trying to Avoid
Break.
Lords Will BE SOreIy Humil-
lated IL Asquith Forces
Issue.
IRISH PEERS MOST OFFENSIVE

Contrary to programme the British
House of Commons did not take up
the veto bill this week, but post
poned it's further consideration until
next Monday. The postponement
was decided upon at a Cabinet meet
ing on Monday. While the war
scare has somewhat abated, there
are still alarmlsts who are urging
the Liberals and Unionists to settle
their differences and prepare for the
common enemy-Germany.
An effort was made on Tuesday to
heal the breach between the in
surgent and conservative Unionists
at a dinner given in honor of Sir
Alexander Ackland Hood, who is
now known as Lord st. Audries. He
was formerly the Unionist party's
whip. Arthur Balfour, leader of
the opposition in the House of
Commons, made speech which it is
expected will pave the way for heal
ing the breach between the con-
servatives and insurgent element. A
all events the tension has lessened
since King George has decided to
spend the entire week at Cowes.
Rumor is current in the lobbies of
Parliament that Premier Asquith
will take no chances on a surprise,
and that he will have created batch
Of fifty new Peers before again
trusting the veto bill to the House
of Lords. Lord Lansdowne has is
sued a letter discountenancing the
idea of any Unionist Peers voting in
the Government lobby for the veto
bill This belated decision on Lord
Lansdowne's part is taken to mean
that he has secured enough votes to
make the followers of Lord Halls
bury powerless against the votes of
the Liberal Peers.
Some of the Peers are very bitter
in their speech, but most of the
public either do not pay any atten-
tion whatever to the House of Lords,
or If they be strong politicians turn
away in fury, disgust and bitter reso-
luton. If Premier Asquith is
forced to have 500 new Peers Gre
ated instead of fifty. the Liberals
will control the House of Lords for
the next three years. During that
time Ireland would get home rule
and other Liberal measures would
be passed that are decidedly OBJ
noxious to the Unionists.
There might have been some
to spare the Peers humilia-
tion If it had not been for their own
performance. But the Liberal tenn
per is now up, and the intention is
to hhmiliate them as much as pos
sible. The English people no longer
have the love for a Lord that for
merly distinguished them. They
have outgTown their times and their
respect. Many things have combined
to produce this decadence of the
ancient and proud aristocracy of
England. The first factor of course
Is the democratization of English in
stitutions. The second factor is the
infatuation of the Lords during all
the years since 1906, when they be-
gan rejecting every measure passed
by a Liberal House OF Commons re-
turned by the biggest majority in
English history.
In speaking of these matters Hon.
7. p. O'Connor says: There is one
section of the House OF Lords which
has fallen even lower than the rest,
the Irish section of 1t. Twenty-Five
years ago the Irish Peers were lords
and masters in Ireland. and. in Eng
land had their big backing in the
aristocratic land-owning circles to
which they We're allied by marriage
and by comon interests. But they
pushed things too far, as aristocracies
have knack Of doing; and they
have come down with a crash and
today there are none so poor as to do
hem reverence. They are among
the leaders of that revolt against
sense which has driven Lord
against his will into ex-
treme courses, and they have been
Yelling their hatred of their country
and countrymen all through the veto
debates"