The Irish standard., 1912-10-12
Liberal Ranks in Better Spirits and
Greater Cohesion Than During
Last Session.
Fi9ht Will be Prolonged and Fierce
and May Last Continuously
Till Patrick's Day.
The Irish Party Has a Bigger War
Chest Than at Any Time in
Many Years.

In his special cable to the Chicago
Tribune of October 6, T. p. O'Connor,
M. p, writes as follows:
All other topics were submerged
this week by the threatened war IN
the Balkans. Every hour brings its
different rumor, and, while one cap
ital is reported as optimistic, another
is pessinistic, and the outcome re-
mains uncertain. vy
This outcome depends now appar-
emily on three factors-first, what is
the amount of agreement between the
great powers. especially Russia and
Austria; second, what amount Of vio-
lent coercion these powers are ready
to apply to the small Balkan states
to frighten them into keeping the
peace, and, third, whether Turkey can
assent to such large and prompt
changes of government in Macedonia
as will satisfy the craving of the
Balkan states, and, indeed, all Europe,
that the regime of massacre of the
Christians will come to an end.
Home Ruls Crisis Soon.
Even this tremendous problem of
foreign policy, however, does not seri-
-.onslsr- diminish the growing. keennesE
and excitement among all the British
politicians with regard to the terrific
battle which will begin IL the House
of Commons next week.
The whole atmosphere is electric
with battle cries and speculations and
now and then with the disturbing
discords from the cranks, mainly on
the Liberal side. Massingham, a pow
erful but f1ighty Radical journalist
and a regular contributor to the Daily
News, one of the stanchest supporters
of Home Rule, futtered the Liberal
and Irish opinion greatly by suggest
ing that the Home Rule bill should
be submitted to a referendum.
This, coming on top OF Winston
Churchill's inept suggestion of a dozen
parliaments within the British isles
and, by implication, a separate parlia-
ment in Ulster, brought the Liberal
and Irish patience to exhaustion, and,
though the Irishmen have said moth
ing, the Liberal speakers and Liberal
journals have spoken out decisively.
and even angrily. against these coun-
sells.
Unity in Liberal Party.
In fact, these notes of Individual
discord have served only to knit more
closely and to reveal this unity and
determination of nearly every single
member of the Liberal and Labor par
ties to stand by Ireland and their de-
Termination to force the Home Rule
bill and the other two great Liberal
measures through all of the stages in
the Commons before the holidays with
the disappearance from the parlia-
mentary program of all subsidiary
questions and an entire clearing of the
decks for the Home Rule bill.
At present the Liberal ranks are in
better spirits and greater cohesion
than during the closing days of the
last session.
Sir Edward Carson's campaign with
the open threats of civil war and the
appeals by himself and by his bishops
and clergymen to the bitterest and
most sectarian passion have done the
Liberal and Irish cause an immense
service and the Liberals now demand
that the government shall promptly
declare that, If such appeal do lead
to an outbreak of violence in Ulster
the ministry will be ready to meet it
with an overwhelming force and
crush it effectually.
English Anger Arising.
In short, John Bulls blood is up,
and this play acting treason may find
itself confronted soon with one Of
these outbursts of English passion
which are devastating in their fury.
The serious accident to John Dillon.
following the worse accident yeal
ago in a motor car, and the accidents
Of a similar character to Redmond
and Dillon, have alarmed Irishmen. as
Dillon's disappearance at this great
moment would be the srayest disaster
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