Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-02-01
The Liberal and Irish Can Still
Make Their Will Ef-
fective.
Bluster and Rant of Orangemen
Have Not Frightened
Anyone.
FUTURE PROSPECTS OF MEASURE

government to Ireland has gone to
the House of Lords the measure will
not create the excitement that pre-.
vailed before its passage by the
House of Commons. Nevertheless
there will be no relaxation of interest
until Ireland has secured her free
dom. Bearing out this assertion we
reproduce from the Dundalk Demo
crat, one of the ablest and most re-
liable journals in Ireland, the follow
ing editorial summary of the present
situation:
The third reading of the home
rule bill has been carried in the
House of Commons by a majority
that is perfectly reassuring as re-
CARDS the future prospects of the
measure. Whatever the action OF
the House of Lords, the Liberal and
Irish combination in the Commons
behind the measure have the numeri-
cal strength to make their will
effective. The Lords may delay but
can not defeat home rule. 'The
game is up" as Sir Edward Carson
told his Ulster friends the other day.
The bluster and rant and threats OF
"rebellion"-the solemn Cd COW
enant, signed by Irish Unionists who
have as much notion of risking a
week in Jail or a Petty Sessions fine
(not to speak of their precious
skins) as they have of heading an
insurrection in Kamchatka-have
not frightened even one Parlia-
mentary supporter of home rule.
There is nothing for Ulster but to
make up its mind to accept the in
evitable, and make the best of it..
And If one is to judge by the record
of Ulstermen, the best will be very
good indeed.
The bill goes nowto the House of
Lords The second reading will be
taken on Monday week. The Lords
may at once reject it. They may
read it a second time in order to be
in a position to mutilate it by
amendments-whic of course the
Commons will promptly delete. It is
said that one noble Unionist pro-
poses to reintroduce the amendment
excluding either all Ulster or the
northeast corner. The device Of
amending the bill would be resorted
to only for purposes of delay, and
the prevailing opinion is that the
Lords will reject the bill on the sec
end reading. It will then go over
under the provisions of the Parlia-
ment act to next session. In the
next session it will pass the Com
mons again, and without any of the
tedious delays that marked its
eIou, nra araoo onoupvinU Ovar fiftV
days-in this session. It will there
upon in all probability be a second
time rejected by the Lords. And
that will be the last word the Lords
will have to say upon it. For being
introduced and passed a third time,
as it will be, in the House OF Com
mons, in the early months of next
year, 1t will receive the royal assent
and will become law. The whole
process will work like oiled clock
work.
Cabling the American press from
London last Sunday, widely known
correspondent said:
Whether we are to have an cleo
ton or not within a month or so OF
course largely depends on how mat
two factions succeed In patching up
their difficulties 1t would be exceed
ingly unwise, the Government real
ICES, to burden and upset the coun-
try with another campaign, which
might not result In increasing very
materially the Governments present
majority in the House of Commons,
which is sufficient for all purposes.
The passage Of the home rule bill is
foregone conclusion, and the split
in the Conservative party has caused
the greatest CONSERVATION among
Belfast Unionists. who realize that
the game is up, II for no other reason
than because their chosen king,
Sir Edward Carson, has just told
them so. After all. the resistance TO
home rule In Ulster has never
amounted to very much, and would
never have been noticeable but for
the constant excitement stirred up
by the professional agitators.
Belfast and Ulster Protestants
have really no genuine fear Of 9
Dublin Parliament, and II has ere
ated very strong impression that
David Hogg, a stout Presbyterian
and a prominent business man, with.
out a moments hesitation accepted
the offer OF running as Nationalist
candidate for Londonderry. None
OF the dreadful threats that you heaI
about through the papers" said
Mr.. Hogg the other day. amount q
row OF pins. and nobody here takes
them seriously. They are simply
stage effects got up to throw dust
into the eyes OF the British people
Six months after the Irish Parlia'
ment has assembled In Dublin every
body in Ulster will be willing TO bow
to Il. and that all the turmoil wal
due to the Unionlst agents. provoca'
teurs and professional politicians.
Az for the facts OF the home ruls
Iblll. everybody knows that King
ICeerge Will sign Il willingly, and