New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-17
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subjects Of the King have become again
embittered, uncompromising politician,
Mr.. Balfour has assumed the respopsl.
bility Of protecting the food supplies o,
the kingdom By denouncing the Dee.
laration OF London, and the Ho,spurs IN
Opposition have sought N upset the co..
eminent BY condemning the proposed
code ~ sea Law. which has been sane.
toned by the Imperial Conference On
the Radical side the forces ~ the coal.
ton have been whipped in with st.enu.
GUS use Of the party lash, and bewildered
members representing COMMERCIAL cen.
rnuni'ies ara not allowed ~ exercise IN.
dependent Judgment ard ~ vote IN A..
cordance with they convictions Ten
maritime nations united IN formulating
the Declaration oyer two "ears ago. r..
cause q code was necessary Il IN inter.
national prize court were 70 be foTmel
and nov all the progressive work Of ,lo
las. Peace CONGRESS and Of the LonGor
Conference IS subjected - the lotrery n
partisarshin IN the chance ~ turning
out the ministers Of the dsy and % o..
liyerIng the Tory peers from disastrous
defeat on the Parliament bill.
That is q disheartening display Of 70.
utical bigotry and blindness only few
DAYS after the exchange Of international
amenities and congratulations over ths
coronation of sea King Equally de.
.noral.zing is the insensate folly Of ~.
liticsl zealots and marplots IN endeavor-
ing 10 drag the monarch into struggs
between parties. Only yesterday VAS
George Y the crowned high priest Of
carnival of LOYALTY, and already the o..
position groups are seeking 70 degrade
him b. making him an infatuated Tory
partisan. bent upon delivering the Lords
from the pit which thev have dug for
themselves. The Lords are deliherat.ly
making over tho Parliament bill WITT
amendments which they know that TIE
majority of the Commons cannot az
c.pt In due time it will come back 10
them with the amendments stricken our
and with the original text, which was
submitted 70 the electorate last Decsr'
her. From the deadlock between ths
bousos there can he no escape without
the intervention ~ the King let u
once be stated authoritatiye,y by the
Prime Minister that he has received
guarantees for the creation Of the puppe,
peers. and the Lords will surrender win
the threat Of revising the act whenever
tho Tories return 70 power. Extreme
nartisans among them, however ara
hoping that the Prime Minister has n't
obtained unconditional assurances end
that the King by declining at the aa
moment TO create the puppets viii rescus
the Lords from the last ditch.
These tactics, while characteristic q
Fnglishmen, who never know when they
are beaten. are tainted With partisan
shin. II the Prime Minister, as has been
generally believed on the Radlcal sias
since Christmas. is in possession q NE
guarantees, he cannot say 50 premature
" without violating confidence ana dIag'
sing the sovereign into politics II the
King has not committed himself FULLY rs
some Of the stalwart Tories are asserting
in a shrill key. he will have 10 assume
the responsibility Of disregardihg tn'
advice OF his constitutional advisers
g., r. 00f
senting 10 n dissolution OF Parliament
before his departure for India. II me
King adopts this course he VIII no' Only
become the effective Tory leader, as
George III was during disastrous
reign, but he Will also impair the pres
tige and popularity which he has Won
by his exemplary conduct and untailing
sood sense during the opening year O.
the reign. He will be up 70 the neck VI
politics. whereas he ought 10 remain nlel
above the troubled waters on the tower
ing headlands Of constitutional mon
archy
The essential fact. which partisans are
unwilling 10 face. is that the hlns
under moral obligation TO follow ths
counsel Of his constitutional advisers
What that counsel will he, Il there o. =
deadlock over the Parliament bill MAJ
be stated with certainty. The FTlIn7
Minister. after submitting that measure
to the country and obtaining z coalition
ma jority FOR its passage By the CON-
mons, cannot make any compIoH''7
without betraying the confidence al tn-
nation. IIe must ask for the creation
Of four or five hundred peers SO a. "
secure the enactment If the bill Wnl'n
has received i'm advance the sanction g
the nation. II the King he unprepa'su
10 follow the advice. he will have 10 nhu
a new Prime Minister and order diss''
luton OF Parliament. There can oe n0
alternative for this desperate coui'F
since the resources OF negotiation We''
exhausted at The conference lsst ~.
vember. This expedient can be jus'l~'
only on the assumption that the ns'"'
did NOT understand what II was dolhs g
the last election in December, or tna' "
may have changed its mind durns W.
interval Of seven months.
Partisanship becomes fairly lnsehsd7
as this crisis in English political hls'o'
is approached. Not satisfied with as
crediting royalty by compelling the n'i-l
IL take sides in politics. It is reckless
challenging the government TO desh,.
the social influence OF the titled class +"
doubling The number OF peerages. "n''
that is done there Will be voting pupp'''
for registering the decisions Of the |uD
mons on Irish Home Rule ana CIV
controversial question and the House
III, ..oso ., "a q reserved force