The sun., 1916-08-20

WOebu SSsDss
hnancier and two or three level headed
Extracts Of Nj. Bottomisy's article
follow: Il
"If our splendid soldiers muddied and
messed at the front a our miserable
Ministers are muddlinG and messing at
home defeat would have stared n In the
face months ago. Thank God for the
army! Whom and what are we to thank
for such displays Of weakness. of is-
torrance Of ineptitude. Of dishonesty az
have made a Parliamentary week infa.
nous In the annals Of party government
Party government
"Yes, this coalition which the nation
has tried 40 hard to trust. this Cabinet.
which II II were only occasionally right
would be able to upon the loyalty
and confidence OF the people. 10 past
praying for. There 10 no feature Of its
policy which II not mismanaged there
are not half q dozen of Its members
who seem to have the courage and the
horse sense TO do the right thing.
Letting 4 dare not wait upon I
would following the %ignomlnious line OF
least resistance. temrorixing here. com.
promising there, laundering and mud
dline-realiy matters have reached Q
crisis, and there seems to be only n
way out-a change Of government
"NotAi.s cs.lA Ne werss."
II know I shall be told that this would
mean running risks. and that many Sc
rious men are afraid that that change
would be disastrous. But I answer that
nothing could be worse for Wal or more
perilous for peace than to continue IN
power men who have lost grip Of them
selves and Of the necessities of the hour.
This coalition Ia q proved failure.
Gould there be q sorrier or more con-
temptible example OF party insincerity
and ministerial muddle than the position
Of Ireland? II the two men who are
not In the Cabinet-Mr. Redmond and
Sir Edward Carson-had been left alone
they would have maintained with UNI
awerving loyalty and exalted patriotism
that truce II God before the enemy
which has meant that thousands OF gal.
liant Unionists n Nationalist have
freely offered their lives to the Empire
and the cause Of the Allies.
"Who has thrown the fat into the IRE?
Tho coalition Cabinet. And for what
reason? Merely to save their own faces.
to preserve Cabinet unity to Keep
themselves In ONCE because land they
really believe ~ they think they are In
dispensable.
when you come to examine II there
Is nothing to be said for the proposed
Irish settlement 1t will settle nothing
| and will satisfy M one. Both Redmond.
| ties and Carsonites were content to leave
the future to itself to maintain the
truce. Who asked for this new home
rule bill? No one. Neither Nationalist,
nor UlstermanA nor Sim Feiner. the
Government failed to govern; rebellion
raised its bloody head In Ireland. and as
-.... a.. -.toiitns shA vnAU a,h0 Qhnt
down peaceful citizens and uno6endinS
soldiers are to be allowed to claim .
victory.
Il should like to feel that In dellber.
ately stirring the smouldering embers OF
party strife over Ireland the coalition
had regard only to the interests Of the
nation. No one was stronger than Mr..
I Balfour In ridiculing the idea that the
road to peace In a time OF national
crisis was to be found in introducing
into the House Of Commons a discus
sion upon a subject which cannot be dis
cussed without bitterness OF feeling be.
tween the two parties And now We are
to have the wretched business all over
again!
when the Radical Government wers
alleged to have broken the truce, Sir
Z. Carson told his friends In Ulster that
they were the victims not Of the action
OF a nation but Of a '~despicable political
faction
OaIy Oae Remedy.
There 10 only one remedy for II all
the coalition must confess their faults,
admit their grievous failure and return
to the status quo ante bellum. 1t wa
because OF the war that the truce Wal
called. No one has broken the truce
except the rebels. acting under a mis-.
taken sense OF patriotism and the in
fiuence Of the Kaiser.
mo one will be a penny the worse Il
this dangerous attempt TO force homs
rule on Ireland before we have forced
peace on Germany Is relegated to thu
shades OF a miserable oblivion. II Il
would bring comfort to distressed. Erir
! would risk the danger but It won't.
"Arart from competence. what tn,
nation wants to feel and cannot nov
believe Is that Ministers are sincere
Wy, that confession OF DR.. Macnamars
the other day hat he did not know wha
dcs,royers accompanied Lord Kitchener
coffin ship Is either a lie or an insult.
~ II he true that the Admiralty caret
SO little about the terrible calamity tha
occurred while Lord Kitchener wa
under the care OF the navy that-ii
spite Of all the discussion. and my owl
demand for the names Of those lie
s,royers which were turned back from
the i'll fated ship-he did not think 1
worth while to inquire. then I say Il 1
an insult alike TO the nation and to tn
memory Of Lord Kitchener.
I'VE have been told there was 4 full
inquiry into the loss Of the Hampshire
and yet the Government il ignorant o
the identity Of the two destroyers whicl
} were ordered TO turn back and 10 lei
Lord Kitchener and his stan to thei
/. cruel fatA in those northern waters"