The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-11-25
THE STRUGGLE
PRACTICALLY WON
Growing Home Rule Sentiment in
England Means Easy Victory
For Irish Cause.
The Liberal Ranks, Still Solid and
Firm, Continue Friendly to
the Nationalists
O'Brien's Campaign of Factionalism
Meets With Merited Failure in
House of Commons.

In his weekly cable to the Chicago
Tribune under London date of No
vcmber Is, r. p. OConnor sums up
the weeks developments in English
politics as follows:
AT home and abroad it was a rest
less and uneasy week. The stormy
debates in the German parliament
have had an echo in England. Lloyd
comes up and the English papers are
full of letters and articles which re-
veal full realization of the pcrious
point to which the relations between
Germany and England have come. A
strong section of the liberals Is de-
tormined on strenuous efforts to bring
the two nations once more together.
At the same time there Is even strong
er dissatisfaction in the radical ranks
over Persia. where Sir Edward Grey
is supposed to have sacrificed the
nationalist party to Russia and to
have helped to destroy every attempt
that party made to reform the finances
and government of the country.
All these remonstrances help to Gre
ate a growing revolt against Grey in
the radical ranks. Sir Edwards own
personal demeanor largely augmented
the movement for he never appeals to
the House of Commons and rarely
opens his lips in debate or private
more reticent and has shirked any
foreign affairs debate more completely
than any other foreign minister OF
modern times.
The ministry at last Is forced to
face the situation, and Thursday is
given up to foreign office debate and
even a second day may be demanded.
Debate Is Awaited.
The whole story Of the crisis few
months ago when Germany went to
Agadir in Morocco, Lloyd George
made his speech and the military and
naval authorities of both countries be-
gan their war preparations may come
out at last and the debate accordingly
is awaited with feverish interest.
Affairs at home are equally cXcit-
irg. Bonar Laws election as opposi-
tion leader is equally satisfactory to
liberals and tories. 1t is satisfactory
to the tories because Law undoubted
ly is better than his two rivals, and
is satisfactory to the liberals becauje
his election means the full adoption Ut
last Of the tory party policy Of high
tariff and food taxes, and the liberals
believe a tory ministry with an adc-
quate majority can never be elected
OH that platform.
Liberals Fear Another Loss.
In the meantime, though things gen.
orally are going splendidly, the lib
erals loss of q by-electon at Oldham
gives them a shake and great anxiety
lest another election be lost next
week. II that happens it would be
damaging and would give a big i'm
petus to the tory hopes which are al
ready higher than for some time ow-
! ing to the disturbing personality Of
! BalfOur and the prospect of a vigor-
/ GUS and united tariff campaign under
| Law.
The insurance bill now has practi-
cally passed through the Commons.
The last fight was made by the
O'Brien and Hcaly faction. This fight
was not so much against the insur-
ance bill as in the hope Of distracting
the Irish ranks and injuring the lib
eral government and the Irish party
and thereby embarrassing the fight
for Home Rule.
/ O'Brien, who failed to get the an
cient Order of Hibernians to Join his
campaign of factionalism, has made
war on that organization for the last
three years and especially on Joseph
Devlin, it's chief and O'Brien's most
unsparing and vigorous critic.
The attack, announced several weeks
ago, on the insurance bill and the Hi
bernians, miserably failed. First.
Lloyd George and then Devlin rolled
] both O'Brien and Healy in the mud
and showed up their utter ignorance