New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

,,,nbers, IT Is s"pP''e' w.
..r,ca. where YOU print the names
,es, known public men with the
=, particularity of a criminal in
mt YOU would call him Mr.. Tim
=, Michael Healy. In the House it.
70 and even outside Of it. he is more
,,only known as Tim Healy; or
''' % Tim. which may be taken as
=, .sectionate abbreviation.
Ing the austere and incorruptible
americans this might make him
oh,ect Of suspicion. They seem to
.,ssr that to be a true friend Of
.,.os YOU must be an enemy OF Eng
"a. and that no terms can be kept
~ the base and brutal Saxon; nor
-, the Saxon TO be allowed to keep
rs with the true Irishman. has
therefore. to say that 1t is not Mr.
,,..,v,s fault IL he is liked by the Eng
nsh.
We has never spared them. He is
.,,baps the most implacable and ir-
..oonciable Home Ruler in the whole
Nv Of Irish Nationalist. And be-
md question lie has the prettiest tai
-, for invective among them all;
,heh is saying a good deal. AS 10
no sincerity Of his desire TO see Ire
and a self-governing nation IT may be
efficient 10 say that he regards Mr..
redmond as a backSlider. The true
18th IS TO be found in the breasts Of
W O'Brien and his half dozen O'Brien-
.ss. but chiefly in Mr.. Healy himself.
That is not why the House likes
him. al any rate it is not the main rea-
son. l do not feel sure that any Home
Ruler as or because he is a Home
Ruler has won the affection of the
House. 1t is not in the nature OF things
hat il should be so. During the great
~ nortiOn Of their existence as a party
81 was their avowed object to obstruct
legislation and to bring the House into
contempt. They made no secret OF II.
They cloried i'm II. Mr.. Parnell based
his whole scheme Of policy on it; and
he carried the art of obstruction to a
perfection never before obtained. Even
now. when the Irish. under Mr.. Red
mond. are the left wing of the Liberal
marty. they are regarded as allies
rather than as friends. They have
combined for a definite political object.
The personal relations between the
allies are rather remote. And there Is
a great body Of Liberals who accept
the coalition. not for love Of coalitions
or Of the Irish, but as a hard necessity.
They have a real desire to do justice to
Ireland but they do not like being
under Mr.. Redmond's orders. They
know. and admit, that their tenure OF
office depends on the seventy five or
eighty Irish votes which, during the
last six years. have been Loyalty given
10 the Government, and often for meas
ures If which the Irish disapproved.
Mr. Redmond and his followers hated
the Budget Of 1909. but voted for IT,
They do not like the bill for the DIS
and Disendowment OF the
Welsh Church. but they steadfastly
support il. They do not like the Home
Rule bill itself, but they accept II
as tho hest they can get; and. though
their wishes on many points have been
they never break away
from their compact. They know the
Hill in its present form is not popular
in Ireland. but they try to persuade
themselves and others that II is. Ana
so the Coalition remains unbroken ana
Afr Redmond remains master. But all
his does not tend to make him an
idol. He does not want to be an IDOL.
What he wants is TO be obeyed-and
obeyed he is.
Il is true, Of course, that Mr.. Red
mond is not only obeyed but respected
He is an able man. He has the conn.,
dence Of the Nationalist party in Ire
hnd. and even TO some extent of Mr..
Deylin. He maintains discipline in the
ranks. He is a practised speaker,
competent debater, and in present cir
eumstances he has renowned so much
Of Mr.. Parnells policy as consisted IN
mere defiance of the House. He has
found more effective way. Instead
Of defying the House he reduces 1t to
admission. The note of defiance is
heard elsewhere. He issues his orders
from a lonely hamlet on the west
Coast Of ireland. Full Steam Ahead
He tells his followers at Waterford:
Don't trust Asquith. Trust me. he
requires the Prime Minister to toe the
line" When proposals OF conciiiation
are made 10 Ulster 1t is Mr.. Redmond
who fixes the limit. And the Cher Sec
retary for Ireland-the actual ruler OF
iceland so far as the Government IS
eoncerned-announce TO the Unlonlsts
that they must take il or leave IL.
Nr. Parnen in his best days never
Welded such power as this, nor power
Of this particular kind. He was
much greater man than Mr.. Redmond
He was, in truth, one of the greatest
political leaders ever known; the great
Nest in the history of Ireland; one OF
the greatest in the history OF the
United Kingdom. He called a nati1A
TO arms. 1t is Mr.. Redmond's spe-
Sslty to organize a people into Par
hamentary force and, with the help OF
M. Devlin. to govern Ireland, or so