Evening star., 1920-02-09
PARLIAMENT OPENS
TOMORROW WITH
BIG ISSUES AHEAD
Finances, Naturalization of
Roads and Mines and
Ireland Pressing.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Saturday. February =
The British parliament will reassem-
BILE Tuesday with several of the
weightiest problems of reconstruct
financial situation. the question Of ma
tionalization of mines and railroads
and the Irish problem are three of
the most important subjects.
Forecasts of King Georges speech
predict that it will be unusually long
and important. Premier Lloyd George
is expected to begin the session with
a review of the general state of Eu-
rope and of the British policy toward
various developments. such as rela-
tions with Russia and the Polish and
Italian situations.
The Iaborites promise to move
an amendment providing for national
iZation of mines, while the small dele
CATION of the Irish nationalist party
still left in the house of commons
is expected to attack the government 8
policy of repression. which they blame
for Irish disorders.
Irish Referendum Proposed.
The home rule bill may prove con-
siderably different from that which
that it should be made an enabling
bill. leaving it to the Irish people to
decide by some form of referendum
whether they will accept it and try to
put it into effect.
Heavy clouds appear to be gather
ing behind the coalition government
owing to the steadily increasing
power of the labor party. Some or
the best informed politicians profess
to see the Handwriting on the wall
that the formation of new ministry
by the iaborites is only a question of
time and that the hour may strike
within the next few months.
George Nicoll Barnes and George IL.
Roberts, the last two labor ministers in
Premier Lloyd Georges cabinet, have
resigned. leaving the coalition govern
ment without any representation of the
party which recent bye-elections have
indicated. IS now numerically the largest
political organization in Great Britain.
Meanwhile men of widely different types.
such as Viscount Haldane and Admiral
Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher, have come
out for labor. Haldane believes the
labor party alone has vision which
will enable it to possess and serve the
future"
Labor Also Opposes Armaments.
Naturalization of industry and op-
position to ornaments are two OF the
strongest planks in the labor program
Premier Lloyd George contemplates a
bill giving the miners a large share in
the management of mines, but this week
refused a suggestion made by rep
resentatives of the miners that he en-
body in the bill the recommendations of
the Sankey commission for large
measure of naturalization. Talk of
direct action. which means a general
strike to bring about naturalization, has
been revived.
The Paisley bye-election. where for
mer Premier Asquith is making a strong
campaign for election to the house of
commons on liberal platform. is the
focus of political interest. The result
may not be the verdict of the parties
relative strength. however, as numerous
conservative journals. even including the
Spectator, are urging the conservatives
to vote for Asquith-not indorsing his
principles. but on the ground that the
abilities of such a great parliamentarian
should not be lost to the country in the
present critical times.