New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-21
HOSTILITY TO HOME RULE
GETS F|ERCER IN ENGLAND
Lancashire and Cheshire Spe-
ciaIIy Active in Opposition to
Irish Autonomy.
COALITION MAY BREAK UP
Faction Feuds a Source OF Dan
ger-Chancellor Expected to
Smooth Things Notably
When He Returns.
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rondon. Jan. 20.-The approach of the
ssy of the opening Of Parliament Is
beinn heralded by an outbreak or herce
I7nionist hostility TO Home Rule. Mass
meetings in opposition 10 an irish far-
lament will be held early next week IN
LIVERPOOL. Chester and twenty oIher
cities and towns in Lancashire ana
Cheshire. where Protestant feeling runs
high. There will be full muster OF
Unionist speakers, and the Asqulth
coalition with the Redmondites will he
singled out for attack.
Mr.. Bonar-Law is leaving the conduct
OF this active skirmishing TO Austen
Chamberlain, George WyndhaL., r E'
Smith and other lieutenants. and holos
himself in reserve for a great meeting
70 be held in the Albert Hall at the end
Of the week. Sir Edward Carson mean
while has heated up Ulster to a state OF
frenzy that is fraught with the menace
Of civil war.
Unionists have wisely decided to stop
talking about the insurance act and con-
centrate their lighting energies upon the
Irish question. Mr.. Balfour alone is in
retirement abroad, and the best Unionist
speakers in both houses Of Parliament
are IN the field, the confidence being gen
erally expressed that the ministry can
be overthrown this year.
The fortunes Of the government are
temporarily held in commission While
ministers are recovering their health in
Sicily. the Riviera and the Alps under
more genial conditions than the present
detestable English weather The chief
Liberal whip has warned. them that no
more speeches on the suffrage question
must be made after the approaching AL
bert Hall meetings.
Differences in the Cabinet.
Winston Churchill's decision to speak
IN Belfast on the same platform with
John Redmond and Joseph Devlin was
taken, so rumor runs, with the Prime
Minister'S consent, but not with the ap-
proval of the Chief Secretary for Ireland,
and it has been condemned by timorous
Liberals as needlessly provocative. If
il becomes necessary to proclaim the
meeting or transfer 1t from Belfast TO
Dublin there will be undeniable ad-
vantages I'm being able to denounce
Unionists for refusing freedom of speech
and instigating lawlessness. Not only
so, but Ulster will have proved in adj
vance that it will not have Home Rule
on any terms.
Reports received by the chief whip
from Liberal agents in the provinces
are most djsquieting on the Home Rule
and insurance issues. There is urgent
need of, q. restoration of unity and conf
dence' dnfong the coalition groups, yet
the intrigues of the Radicals against Sir
Edward Grey continue with increased
bitterness. and an amendment to the
Address expressing disapproval of his
Persian policy is likely to receive strong
support. The cabal has enlisted the SER
vices in the Radical press of Alfred G..
Gardiner and II. w. Massingham, who,
in demanding that "Sir Edward Grey
must 60" are making as much noise as
the anti Balfourite agitators of few
months ago.
The coalition which triumphed over
the House Of Lords now needs the
strong hand Of the Prime Minister. 1t
may break up within few weeks as a
consequence Of faction feuds and lack
of enthusiasm for the ministerial pro-
grsmme. Stalwart Radicals assert,
however, that everything will go right
when the Chancellor of the Exchequer
resumes his Gladstonlan breakfast in
Downing Street next week and reports
that Sir Robert Morant Is doing Won
ders in organizing the insurance service.
Letters from the Riviera state that Mr..
Lloyd George is in improved health and
eager for the work OF the session.
Mr. Churchilrs friends describe him as
chuckIing over the Belfast revolt against
free speech, since 1t enables him to par
ody bis fathers words in the declara-
ton 0912 edition. that Ulster will fight
and Ulster will be wrong.