BRITISH POLITICS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13741, 24 May 1910, Page 7

BRITISH POLITICS.

IRELAND AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.

niiied Pjcm Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 23.

_J r Redmond, speaking at Cork, _lfu_ir_ to the constitutional crisis, s_„ that it would not bo indefinitely poiiponw.. When the Irish w«re Wanted Home Rule, they would be as fovsl »w the South Africans. * (Received .May 23rd. 10.10 p.m.) Mr Redmond remarked that the liberal Government and the party had burned their boats on the issue of the extinction or" the Lords' veto. No com- ' rO -ij„e was possible, and though there -'might be a temporary defeat, the ultimate triumph of the democracy was certain..

A FACTION FIGHT. » LOXDOX. May 23. * A fiorco fi.sht with clubs took ph\-.e b»toeen the Kedmoncl and O'Brien sections, and Mr I). Sheehan. JI.P. for Cork County, was bndiy assaulted. (Beceivtfl May 23rd,. 10.-10 p.m.) Pnriiiz tho disturbances at Cork, fcti>ks, stonos, and bottles were freely uc;d. Qiw hundred persons were ' treated at tho infirmaries.

■ THE POLITICAL CRISIS. PLEAS FOR MUTUAL CONCESSIONS. (Received May 23rd. 11 p.m.) LONDON, May 23 "TBe Times" endorses'a correspondent's recommendation to the effect that, as at Philadelphia in 1737, when tE<? Constitution was hnmmerrd into EiaTir, and also in South Africa in 1908, the> leaders'of both sides should Jjokl «•»• conference behind closed doors aitd adopt a working compromise, which would gradually commend itself to the good sense of the nation. ''The Times" rwnarks that every right-minded person would prefer at any tinuv a pacific solution of political questions far less important than a rerolutionary chanso in tho ancient Constitution, adds: "How much more so now, when, the Crown has just passed from the most popular and trusted of nil Sovereigns into the hands of a comparatively jourig, «nd necessarily inexperienced, (successor? It is impossible to placo a responsibility upon King George's shoulders which tho late King Edward might have borne. Thero are grounds for hewing that eano counsels will prevail.""

The "Daily News" says there is no reed to think hastily. There was room far both sides .at the lust exchange of views. The interruption of the march ef events was so sudden and mournful that so humanising an appeal cannot count for nothing.

The "Chronicle" emphasises the prevalence of a gentler spirit and a more conciliatory temper on tho part of both -ides. ■ . -