The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-04-12
LIBERALS PLAN TO
attend ALL S|1T|NGS
Danger of Snap Divisions Only
Obstacle That Threatens
...... Home Rule.
Liberal and Irish Members to Guard
Against it by Attending
All Debates.
England Nervous Over Increase of
Aerial Armament of
Germany.

Precautions to prevent a loss of
en- in vote taken when they are not
expecting it and are out of their places
in the House of Commons, are being
planned as a means Of assuring the
triumph of Home Rule. An organ
Ized movement, Il. P. O'Connor says
in a special cable to the Chicago Trib-
une under a London date of April 3.
Is under way to secure pledges from
the members OF continual attendance
at all the sittinss until August. 1t
carried out successfully this will pre-
vent the possibility of humiliation by
falling Off of the liberal najorities
in snap divisions.
In the meantime general satisfaction
is expressed at the announcement of
the introduction this week OF the
measure to prevent plural voting.
This is grievance against which the
liberals have fought for many years
duced al this time could be more de-
sired. The introduction Of it is eX-
pccted to arouse interest which will
help prevent the slackness of energy
and attendance, the only serious dam
ger to the government.
Cry for More Armament.
| Commenting on the foreign situa-
| tion, +. p. O'Connor says:
| One curious result of this terrible
! Balkan war is that, instead Of leading
to a general conflagration, up to the
present the relations between the
powers have become fricndlier, espe-
cially between England and Germany
At the same time there is much UNDER
ground disturbance in consequence of
the tremendous increase of arlnaments
and the English are especially con-
! cerncd with the growth of the Ger
man aeroplanc fleets and loud voices
cell for n vast expenditure of money
by the English war and naval depart
ments to confront this new peril to
En- glands fleet.
In the meantime, Chancellor Lloyd
George is faced With the difficult
problem OF finding the many millions
needed for Secretary Winston
Churchill's immense increase in nava
expenditure and everybody asks I'M
easily what new taxes Lloyd George
will have to demand. The genera
suppostion is that the new taxation
will mainly consist of the addition o
another penny to the income tax which
is still the easiest method Of raising
money.
The Marconi wireless scandal Still
runs on but it has lost much of its
panic, which the first revelation Of tho
/ Investments in the American Maroon
company by Postmaster General Isaac
and Lloyd George created among the
J liberals. now has entirely passed away
Change Of Attitude.
Though grave indiscrction may be
alleged against these two trained poll.
ticians for embarking in anything 81
susceptible to malignant distortion b.
their unscrupulous political opponents
everybody now acknowledges that th'
original charge Of gross corruption
has absolutely fallen to the ;;rount
and the reaction already has set in
Lloyd George still holds undminishct
i his vast hold on the affections ant
confidence of the ma sses and they nov
regard the whole thing as a foul con
;, spiracS to drive Lloyd George from
public life and SO rob them Of the maj
most able and most willing to Leaf
them to further victories over the land
lord and aristocratic privileges
! Even the tories on the Marconi in
II vestigating committee speak mucl
\ more mildly and. except for one o
two rancorous and irresponsible mem
bers Of the tory rank and file. Lloy,
George is now unassailed. All talk o
dissensions among the members of tn
cabinet and the desertion of Lloy,
George by his colleagues is absolutel.
unfounded. The liberal feeling has en-
.irely come around to his defense and