Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-11-08
Irish Parliament and Irish En-
ecutive Accepted by All
Parties.
Ulster Orangemen Anxious For
Way to Save Their
Face.
ALL OVER BUT The SHOUTING

Reviewing the weeks politics,
Hon. T. p. O'Connor, NJ. p, cables
one would imagine England to be in
the midst of fierce Parliamentary
session instead the middle Parlia-
mentary vacation.
For the moment all other issues
are subordinated to the land ques-
tion. Lloyd-George's campaign has
caught on wonderfully in England
and his speech this week, adding to
his already big programme for
reforms in towns, has spread his net
still wider.
But notwithstanding the abound
ing proofs of the seriousness and
far reaching effects of the new land
policy, Ireland still holds the field
this week, and the oratory of Bonar
Law and even Sir Edward Carson
plainly proclaims that all is over
except the shouting. Bonar Law
prefaced his retreat by pretense of
fighting a severe rear action, but
retreat is sounded all along the Tory
ranks. The principle of home rule,
of an Irish Parliament, of an Irish
Executive, and of the indissoluble
unity of Ireland now is placed be-
yond recall, and practically accepted
by all political parties One ques-
tion alone remains outstanding.
What price is Ulster Orangeism to
get so as to save her face and enable
her leaders to surrender without too
much humiliation?
One price already is dismissed
from even onsideration-name
the exclusion of all or any part of
Ulster from the rest of ireland and
from the jurisdiction of the Irish
Parliament.
There is some hankering in the
minds Of some Liberal Minister'S.
notably Churchill. for giving the
four Ulster counties suspension of
some short term of years from in
clusion in the Irish Parliament, but
This solution may also be dismissed
as impracticable. Only one solution
may be considered within the range
of practical politics. That is some
form of local administration in
Ulster, or as Sir Edward Grey called
1t, home rule within home rule.
Even this solution presents many
practical difficulties, both from the
point of view of the administration
and from the proved inability of
Ulster Orangemen to treat the Cath
olic and Nationalist minority with
any semblance of fair play. The
expulsion from the Belfast shipyards,
with every circumstances of brutal
ity. of 1000 Nationalist workmen
leaves some doubts as to safely
intrusting the control of police to
such bigoted authorities, and the
bitterness of Orange religious bigotry
makes equally unsafe giving to
Orangemen any control of education,
out some formula may be yet found
for solving these difficulties, and
the whole situation now is reduced
10 discovery of the formula.
This sudden complete collapse OF
the whole Tory fight against home
rule mainly Is due to the collapse
of Carsonism Carsonism in tprn
went down before the terror of Eng
fish Toryism of the widespread
effects of Carsons appeal to violence
in the face of general labor unrest
in England and the inner though
silent revolt of all business men of
Belfast against the prospect of uni
versal bankruptcy. A further factor
in creating this breakup is the dis
covery that not a single Liberal
Minister was unwilling to employ all
the military and legal forces nee
essary to put down any attempt of
Orange rebellion Carson, or at
least his English friends, discov-
cred at the same time that his cam
paign of bullying and his appeals
90 religious bigotry, instead of
frightening or weakening, had only
hardened and stiffened English and
Scotch opinion in favor of home
rule.
Sir Edward still goes on mumbling
mis- old war cries and he is touring
Scotland with myself and others
pursuing him for the next two weeks.
but already he is a back number and
his speeches sound like faint echoes
of far off and unremembered things.
AS to the by-elections, Reading is
uncertain and may go to the Tories,
but we shall keep four Scotch seats,
though one contest may be compli-
Gated by a three cornered fight with
Labor candidate as well as a Tory
opposing a Liberal candidate, but
even this prospect does not alarm
seriously the Liberals, and touring
through Scotland as l am this week
1 can testify that / never addressed
more numerous. enthusiastic and de-
termined audiences than at this
moment
All is over but the shouting.