The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-07-27
The Prime Minister'S Reception in
Dublin Most Important Event
of the Week,
Attempts of Suffragettes to Attack
him Foiled by Genius of
Joseph Devlin.
Liberals Win an Important Three
Cornered Election Fight in
Hanley Constituency.

Prime Minister Asquith's visit to|
Dublin has been called one of the
most important and successful moves
of the campaign of the Irish Nation
alist party. In his London cable of
July 20, T. P. O'Connor sums up the
situation as follows:
Premier Asquith's tremendous re-
ception in Dublin overshadowed all
the other events of the week. Even
the brutal attempts to attack him by
the suffragettes only serve to bring
into greater relief the extraordinary
enthusiasm of the welcome by Ireland
and these outrages would have been
much worse if it had not been for
the sleepless vigilance and great or
sanizing genius of Joseph Devlin.
The enthusiasm of the gathering
with the desire of the people to ap-
proach Asquith and shake his hand
in an affectionate welcome exposed
him and John Redmond to greater
peril as the police escort was unable
to protect adequately these precious
lives. If anything serious had hap
pened prompt lynching on the spot
would probably have added another
tragedy for Tr@lana has no tolera ton
for virago methods. But everything
passed off without any hitch except
these two futile attempts and every
body is relieved. The visit marks
the elimination of week triumph
ant for the future.
The crushing victory of the liberals
in the three-cornered election fight in
Hanley has given an extraordinary
impetus to the Home Rule cause. The
haunting danger of an unbroken sue
! cession Of bad by-election defeats
now is laid forever and the course is
clear for the passage Of the bill by
the end Of November in the House
of Commons, and quicker and more
certain passage the second and third
time if the House of Lords persists
to the rejection Of the bill.
Even the Ulster threats are begin
ming to pail although the unscrupu-
lous appeals to religious bigotry and
civil war continue. The comparative
tranquility of the Orange celebrations
July IL was a hopeful sign, although
1000 workingmen, Catholics and lib
eral Protestants, still are excluded
from work in the Belfast shipyard.
This week has been the beginning
of the great new epoch, brought about
by the insurance act and all signs
| point to the immediate and almost
| universal success Of the measure. A
| small labor dispute on the docks in
Liverpool, which was hailed by the
! tories as a great defeat, for the meas
| ure collapsed after twenty four
hours. The rebellious duchesses with
their threats of passive resistance and
| the dismissal of the servants only ag-
gravates. and amuses the masses Of
! people.
Some croakings from one or two of
| the prominent radical journalists
break the general harmony in the lib
eral ranks. These chiefly are due to
the alarmist reports as to further gl-
gantic demands for millions by Win
ston Churchill for the navy. Some
| even went to the length of prophesy-
ing that Lloyd Georges resignation
! was. imminent and that there were
| threats of big radical revolt. These
| apprehensions are grossly exagger-
ated, though all of the liberals look
| with certain anxiety toward Winston
| Churchilrs speech on the naval pro-
| gram next Monday, but the present
| impression is that Churchill's de-
mands, though showing renewed an
xiety with regard to the latest in
| crease in the German navy, will not
make too great a strain on Lloyd
Georges loyalty to the ministry or the
! loyalty of the bulk of the liberals to
their party.
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