The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-21
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question, and the absence Of any as
sumption therein Of ministerial respon-
sihiuty. encouraged the view that the
step was unconstitutional. Later On
Lord Courtney. of penwuh. raised this
question FRI the house of lords. fad
The government abrogated its rcspon-
s3biiity ln The matter he asked, and
was not the conference a slur on par
lament
The marquis Of Cfewe. the govern
uent leader IN the lords assured Lord
Courtney that the government had not
ahr0gated its responsibility and the
constitutional practice bad not been
departed from There was no iuten-
ti"n, he said, to supersede the author
ity Of parliament.
iaborifcs Nrathy.
This claimed the criticism of the
moderates. bot tad extremists on all
sides continue To be dissatisfied Thu
I.ahorites, who, by the way. were not
invited to participate in the confer
ence. exploded with wrath They met
last night and PASSED a strong reseii-
ton protesting against the king is
suing such "A command regarding
the part OF the crown and calculated
70 defeat the purposes Of the pallia-
fnept act
The resolution further recorded the
surprise OF he iAborites that two r. p
resentativc@ 30 tie conference were
practically rebels. under arms against
constituted authority. and regret this
indication that IN the futrre the or.
GaniZatsnn at force ia to he oiIiciallS
considered most effective in indus
trial as we'll as political disputes
Probable Outcome.
In regard to- the probable outcome
Of the conference, it can be said en-
phaticaily that little hope Isl hello
that It will result in satisfactory
settlement ~hiic the extremists O
ali parties unhesitatingiy proclaim
that It's failure rs fofegone ooncn
sion.
Neither the Nationalist nor The
tnionists IN ireland have any faith II
the summoning Of the conference
which Is widely regarded with i'm
: patience and disapproval The Efea
bulk of both parties stands whore ]
stood all along. insisting that a com
promise is impossible, The National
list position is reported to have Beel
+ reaffirmed IN a vthement manner
+ meeting Of the Irish members O
parliament in London last night, a
which il Is understood Joseph Devlin
who comes from a Belfast constl
! tuencv. used the plainest languag
against further concessions.
i The inception Of the Confcrenc
idea II a matter of much discussion
1t is known that Lord Murray, q
Elibank. the Scottish Liberal whiI
has hean the Intermediary IN arrang
ing the conference hut the full stor
Is IS yet unknown
The pariiafn entaTy correspondent n
the Daily News and Leader has tn
striking information that the king in
tends to withhold his assent TO tn
home rule bill unless an amending Dt
is presented TO him with that meas
ure. Az in the present temper OF To
parties an amending bill cannot b
passed by both houses. the home rul
b}ll itself is in danger.
The corresp ondent explains TIA
kings refusal to sign the home RAJ
hjil by saying that In court circle
II ~ believed that the government ha
vitlated the procedure provided II
in the parliament act when the lord
reject hnl passed b9 the common
"A certain number of times by intro
ducinR AN anendms MT to n bin whiC
was designed to pass unchanged ut
der the parliament act. The king,
IL argued i4. therefore, not hound b
the parliament acts reference TO HON
rule.