"NO COMPROMISE."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 821, 19 May 1910, Page 7

"NO COMPROMISE."

LIBERAL-IRISH ATTITUDE AS TO POLITICAL ISSUES. EFFECT OF KINC'S DEATH. TIME-TABLE ALTERED, BUT NOT POLICY. By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrlehS London, May 17. At a convention, in Belfast, of the Irish League, in the absonce of . the Nationalist leader (Mr. John Redmond), Mr. T. P. O'Connor, Nationalist M.P. for Scotland division, of Liverpool, paid a tribute to King Edward, but no resolution was passed. Mr. William O'Brien, leader of the Independent Nationalists, speaking at Skibbereen, County Cork, also paid a warm tribute to the memory of the dead monarch. Mr. T. P. O'Connor, in an article in nis weekly nowspaper, says ho is unable to see the basis of a compromise on political questions now at stake. The "Daily Nows" (Liberal) protests against Unionist attempts to extract party advantage' from King Edward's death and gain time for the Lords. It adds:—

"The Liberal policy is unaltered, though tho time-table has inevitably been changed. The election will most likely be hold in November."

[Jtr. T. P. O'Connor's failure to see a basis of compromise on political questions now at stake in (he United Kingdom relates to a statement by the "Pall Hall Gazette" (Unionist) published on Saturday. The "Pall Mall Gazette," commenting on the Government's decision .tq postpone tho reassembling of Parliament until June 8, instead of May 26, said that this is the first indication of the Government's recognition that public sentiment favours a truce between the opposing political parties. The paper added: "Wo have authority for stating that a movement towards a compromise has been made in the proper quarters by those whose moderation and detachment from the recent controversial debates qualify them to discuss a basis of settlement."]