The Irish standard., 1912-11-02
STEADY GAIN FOR
HOME RULE BILL
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While the Tories Spit, Liberals
Are More Closely United on
Irish Question.
Two Famous Authors Change Their
Position and ONE Over to the
Help of Ireland
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The Laborites Absolutely Refuse
to Coalesce With Tories Against
the Emera d Isle.


In his letter of last Sunday to the
Chicago Tribune, Mr.. T. P. O'Connor,
M. P, has the following to say:
Interest in England in the Balkan
war, though keen, is far below the ex-
citement in the former epoch when
Gladstone and Disraell fought their
titanic battles over the Christians and
Turks in eastern Europe.
This is partly due to the small
amount of war news which is allowed
to penetrate through the broad net
of censorship and the Imprisonment of
the war correspondents far behind the
lines of battles.
Still the political parties have de-
veloped their difference in sympathies.
The Liberals and Irish are breast
high for the Balkan Christians, while
the Tories betray their leaning to
Turkey. The comparative lukewarm-
also is largely due to the absorption
in the gigantic struggle still proceed
ing in the house of commons, but even
that struggle is entering calmer
stage.
Change In Unionist Tactics.
The extraordinary transformation in
the temper of the Tories, and even the
Orangemen, from the bellicose threats
of the Carson home rule bill on the
floor of the house of commons, re-
veals that even they have begun to
recognize that the game is up, and
that home rule is coming.
The guillotine closure, which was
expected to evolve fierce outburst
of disorder, falls with smoothness,
and amid the cowed silence of a
French execution the more rational
Tories demand and obtain reasonable
concessions in increasing the safe
guards of minorities, and sometimes
a stranger, listening to the debates,
with their outward calm, might i'm
agine the house of commons was de-
batting a gas and water bill.
This breakdown in the fight is pro.
ducing remarkable results, which
show the gradual breaking up of so
great force, which formerly, by
unity and resolution, succeeded in de-
feating Gladstone's bills.
Breaks In Tory Ranks.
No fewer than three big assures
lin the Unionist ranks revealed them
selves this week. The first was the
break Of large number of Irish peers
with Lord Dunraven at their head,
who formerly were Unionists, but who
have declared for compromise. They
denounced Carson's campaign and de.
clared that no danger will exist in
the .ish parliament to Protestant
libertie;.
Among the names are those of some
Of the largest landlords in Ireland,
and many Protestants, and finally the
inclusion Of the name of Lord Roos-
more, an Ulster Tory peer, who for
merly was grand master of the Orange
men and a leader in the big Orange
riot.
The second manifestation appeared
in England, when A. Conan Doyle,
the celebrated novelist, and once ar
dent Unionist, decided for home rule,
and his example was followed by JOS
eph Hooking, novelist with an i'm
mense following of nonconformists,
and the author of several novels of a
violent mo popery" tone.
Hooking Convert to Cause.
Joseph Hooking, who recently visit
ed Ireland has returned convinced that
home rule is without any peril to Prot
estant liberties and he announced
his conversion in remarkable little
home rule book.
The third significant revelation, of
the break in the solid Unionist ranks
is the bitter quarrel between the DIFF
ferent sections in Trinity college, Dub.
lin. James Campbell, formerly the
Tory solicitor general for Ireland, and
with Carson, member of parliament
for Trinity college, demanded the ex.
clusion Of all property and the govern
ment Of Trinity college from the con-
troll of the Irish parliament, and Bir-