New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26


country at any risk and at any cost"
Sir Edward Carson's declarations are
arrogant and irreconcilable.' AS for
their next move, Judging by the reck-
| lessness and stupidity Of their past
manpuvres. we may expect more mock
| military parades and threats of civil
war for the purpose of proving TO the
British people their loyalty to the
! Throne and the Constitution" More
| than that:
we may expect efforts made by
! hooliganism and attempts at rioting in
| the House of Commons TO discredit,
! disgrace and destroy the Parliament Of
| England"
! What could be more touching than
this solicitude for the Parliament OF
England by the pupil Of Parnell and
the panegyrist of Patrick Ford? They
are the methods" says Mr.. Redmond.
"of desperate. broken and resource
less men" But the methods Of Fenians
and Moonlighters, /of dynamiters, OF
! landlord murderers and Of the existing
Ancient Order of Hibernans are. II
you will take MIR. Redmond's word for
/ il. the methods of reason, argument
and peaceful organization; of modera-
/ ton and self-restraint; of Cancellation
and the absence Of violence, disorder or
crime Of any sort"
That is Mr.. Redmond's view of politi-
cal agitation long carried on by Parlia-
mentary obstruction, by ruthless cut
rage, by systematic cruelty, by assas-
sination, by crime Of many sorts. What
then. can his horoscope Of the rear fut-
ure be worth? It's value is not pro-
phetic, but photographed
| It may be merely a coincidence that
the Island Cabinet sitting in Brodick
Castle broke up when the views of Mr..
Redmond's ultimatum came. The
Prime Minister went TO Balmoral. Mr..
| Churchill went a-cruising again in the
Admiralty yacht Mr.. Lloyd George
returned to London. Mr.. Percy llling-
worth, whose guests they and the olh-
ers Of this conclave had been, tells the
Press it was a social gathering and
that they much admired the scenery.
It happens that Mr.. Asquith was due
at Balmoral as Minister in attendance
on the King. None the less VIII ne
| impart to his Sovereign his views on
the situation. He will have to explain
whether he means still TO obey Mr..
! Redmond or not; and if not, what he
proposes to do. II is supposed the
King will suggest to his Minister 10
dissolve Parliament and take the judg-
ment Of the Nation on Home Rule
Bill, on which they have never yet
| been allowed TO declare their wishes.
Mr.. Redmond forbids IT, 10 him it is
"unthinkable" that the people Of Great
Britain should be allowed TO decide
whether they are for Union or Dis
union. AS long ago as 1909 he cried
10 his followers:
do not trust Asquith. Trust me-
I will make them toe the line"
The Irish Dictator has kept his word.
If you look at il as a matter concern
ing only these two Mr.. Asquith is
under an obligation Of honor TO Mr..
Redmond. He has been kept in power.
| He must pay the price. The price is
this present Home Rule Bill. Mr.. Red
mond, though there are sentences
| which, taken by themselves, might i'm
ply a readiness for concession, will
i'm, &c tai
At any cost he must have his Dublin
I Parliament and Executive. He must
| have his pound of flesh. 1t is TO be cut
! from the living body Of this United
Kingdom. Mr.. Asquith can only pay
his personal and party debt at the ex-
Ipense of the people whose Minister
under the King he is.
! But there are signs that his own
party is troubled as surely he himself
| is troubled. by the appalling shadow
| Of Civil War. 1t is certain the King is
anxious Radical journals, the most
stalwart of them, are hosting little
! white flags. The proposal 10 exclude
Ulster from the Bill is not popular with
! the Radical rank and file, but the lead
ers now think ii worth considering 1t
would bankrupt the new Dublin gov
eminent, since Belfast alone pays one
| half of all Irish taxation, does 70 per
cent Of all irish export trade, and has
one half Of all foreign shipping trade
| from Ireland. Ulster in 1911-12 paid
| 81, 365, 900 customs duties, and all the
rest OF Ireland together paid S4,700,000
But Ireland under the present bill is to
! be a pensioner of England in the yearly
sum Of $4,000, 900. If England thinks
IL worth while TO appease Irish patriot
ism by d larger dole, she could increase
| her aims, and buy the freedom of Ul-
ster at that very considerable price
There are other ways. other possibih-
! ties of settlement by consent. Mr.. As
quith and Mr.. Redmond may think It
| rests with them TO choose. But II De-
mocracy has any practical meaning in
Great Britain, 1t rests not with them
but ultimately with the people.
G.. w. 2.