The Irish standard., 1913-01-04
Great Perturbation Over the Mys-
ferrous Attack on the Gentle
Viceroy of India.
Turkeys Refusal to Accept Terms
of Peace With Balkan States
Surprises Nobody.
The Battle Over Insurance Bill
Between Lloyd George and the
Medical Fraternity.

In his special cable from London OF
Dec. 2S to the Chicago Tribune, T. p.
O'Co1nor says:
London had gloomy Christmas.
The bad weather kept most of the
people shiverins round their fires and
finding their only consolation in in
Vulnerable meals of turkey and plum
pudding. Tragic accidents were re-
ported il many parts of the country,
winding up with alarming tales of
disaster from the prolonged storm.
The silence of the politicians gave
curious impression Of a half dead
world. This impression was increas-
ed by the stoppage of all the daily
papers on Christmas day for the first
time in newspaper history.
Even the peace delegates, with their
tremendous responsibility aid the
eagerness of the Balkan allies to push
the negotiations through were COM
PEELED to yield to the Christmas tenn
per and postpone their deliberations
till today.
Turkeys Refusal No Surprise.
What the future Of these negotia-
tions will be nobody can tell. The
allies first -teros-~sre~ SCI lsigh.et1,at
Turkeys refusa; to even consider
them possible surprises nobody.
But this first round of bargaining
is not regarded as meaning much and
simply starts the process of hagging;
always a feature of negotiations, es-
pecially between the peoples Of east
ern Europe.
There are disquieting reports Of
differences of opinion between the al
lies and Salonica sends accounts of
a murderous collision between the
Bulgars and the Greeks, but in spite
Of all this the general feeling is optt-
mistic.
Austria seems ready to call off the
mobilization of troops which has
gone on now for weeks.
Reproof to Austrian Press,
The Austrian semi-official press is
reproved by all of Europe and even
by some of the Austrian journals for
gross exaggeration and even fabrica-
ton of imaginary horrors committed
by the Servians or the Austrian con-
suls.
Servia, in the meantime, by a
prompt and ample apology, shows it's
readiness to cease quarreling aid a
settlement between Austria and Ser
Via will remove the most serious and
Immediate peril to peace in Europe.
The general attitude of Europe to
the conference is that difficulties will
arise, perhaps there will be deadlocks,
and perhaps even further Interrupt
tions, but that If all comes to an end
Europe will be shocked by the pros
pect Of a renewal of indescribable
horrors of war that the powers will
interfere, if needs be, even by force
to compel the belligerents to come to
terms
Worried Over Indian Outbreak.
Great perturbation naturally was
excited in all of the people of Eng
land by the mysterious outbreak of
anarchic attack on the viceroy Of IN
dia. Though it is known privately
that similar attempts We're coatem-
plated during the kings visit and
while something like despair threat
ems the ordinary mind as to the in
solubility Of the Indian problem, most
of the journals do not lose their
heads and they recommend a firm
continuance of Lord Morley's policy
Of extending to India the powers Of
self government.
The universal disapproval by the
natives as well as Anglo-Indians en-
courages the belief that these out
RACES are the work of few lunatics
seized by the usual passions of polit-
ical assassins here and elsewhere.
Battle Over In.urance Bill.
The great domestic event of the
week was the approach of the final
stage OF the fierce and long drawn
battle between Chancellor LLOYD
George and the doctors over the