Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-03-15
Parliament Called and Liberals
Hasten to Repass Home
Rule Bill.
Rigid Closure Rules Will BE
Enforced to shorten the
Debate.
LIBERALS FULL OF CONFIDENCE

We are winding up hurriedly one
session OF Parliament so as to get
rid of il and begin the next on Mon
day. oabled Hon. T. p. O'Connor to
the American press last Sunday.
This budding up OF two sessions
into so small space OF time Is neces-
STATED by the provisions OF the
Parliament act which eompels meas
ures that are to pass over the heads
of the House of Lords to be carried
in three sessions Of Parliament.
We have to pass the home rule
and the Welsh establishment whether
their Lordships agree or not, but we
must comply with the technical rules
of the House of Commons and the
Parliament act, and so we had to
prolong one session Of Parliament
TO thirteen months and begin the
next after a two days interval.
Already the plans are practically
complete for passing these two meas
ures the second time in the second
session. In the first place a drastic
"guillotine" closure rule will be ap-
plied to the financial proposals OF
the Government so as to prevent the
Tories from prolonging the debates
on them with the view OF obstructing
the early passage of the home rule
bill. About the beginning OF May
other ''guillotine" closures will pre-
rare the way for the second carry
ing of the home rule bill after a
week or two Of discussion. II the
Lords again reject the bill the third
and final carrying of the bill VIII
come in February of the next year
and the bill will become a law in the
following May.
The chapter OF accidents which so
often disturbs all political calcula-
tions seems now to work entirely on
the side of the Ministry. They re-
main strong and high spirited, while
the Tories still stagger under the
crashing blow of their hopeless d.
vision on the tariff issue. Two by
elections which were caused by deaths
of House members will give the coun-
try an opportunity within the next
fortnight of expressing its. yjowsS alru'
the Liberals look toward with COM
plete equanimitv % the result, feel
ing sure of Waning one, in spite of
a triangular light because OF a Lib
eral and labor candidate, as we'll
as a Try one. They even hope to
VI. the other, although the seat is
held mainly by the Tories.
All these internal conflicts in Eng
land are somewhat overshadowed by
the tremendous outburst of mill
tarism in Germany and France. The
Radicals and Socialists of both coun-
tries protest against this gigantic
and intolerable addition to the bur-
dens OF the people, and the fierce
aggravation OF national passions, and
they prophesy that such things must
inevitably lead TO national bank
ruptcy or an International war. An
echo OF these startling events OF
course follows in all OF the coun-
tries of Europe, but England up TO
the present takes Il fairly coolly.
The opinion among the Liberals
remains that England's sole duty
is to make its fleet irresistible, and
Winston Churchill will find no diff
ficulty in getting his big navy
estimates accepted. The Tory
tingoes find in the action of Ger
many, and even more in the action
of France. which is now regarded as
England's ally against Germany,
strong arguments in favor OF in
creasing England's land forces as
we'll and the movement in favor OF
conscription is being pressed with
greater zeal.
At the same time the general
opinion in England is that though
the present situation is enormously
perilous and likely TO lead TO a
tremendous outbreak later on, no
serious immediate danger exists OF
great war. This optimism is in
creased by the approach OF the close
OF the Balkan war and by the
Greeks striking victory at Janina
One question remains outstanding
which will cause much trouble and
some delay. That is the demand Of
the Balkan States for the indemnity
which Turkey neither Is willing nor
able to pay and which the great
powers will probably not support.
All OF the Ministers have returned
TO London. including Lloyd-George
and Winston Churchill, who were
both on the Riviera.