Show I It Irish Home Rule DeIa Delay y Charged to the of Lansdowne I Marquis I J. J London Sept 30 Both 30 Both sides In tho the Irish home rule controversy on once co more morein morein in an acute stage e re recognize that tho the Marquis o of powerful noble great landlord veteran member of the tho coalition government himself an Irishman Irishman Irish Irish- m man n an and whose acres include property in seven Irish counties is re responsible responsible responsible re- re for Cor tho the unexpected crisis which threatens tho settlement that the tho whole world supposed had at ot last been n reached between the followers of or John Redmond Hedmond and of or Sir Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Carson Lord Lansdowne's carriage blocks the blunt bluntly declares Dall way the tho Daily Mall Mail one of or tho the leading organs of the tho famous Camous conservative peers peer's own party part while another of them the Dally Daily Express Express Express Ex Ex- Ex- Ex press admits that certain tor tory ministers ministers ministers minis minis- have gono gone out of oC their way to ere ate unnecessary difficulties The Tile other tor tory ministers concerned Include Lord MIddleton the former St SL StJohn John Broderick who succeeded Lord Lansdowne at the war office offlie and Lord Hugh Cecil son of oC the tho great Lord Salisbury and brother of or tho the present minister ter of oC blockade but the man who matters in the crisis is Lord Lansdowne Lans Lan downe lowne whose hoso lifelong opposition to homo home rule for tor Ireland appears to beless be bo less strong than his concern over a possible party advantage Ld In the future The Tho wrecking clause he and his supporters supporters supporters sup sup- porters In the cabinet Insisted in h hasing having has hav vIn v- v In ing Introduced into the home rule bill negatives the original a agreement that tho Irish members of or the tho house of or commons were wen to remain In undiminIshed strength there until a permanent settlement of ot the tho homo home rule question had after the tho war been n arrived at This is everywhere o r recognized as a n purely party move mo The Irish members members mem mem- bers hers as everybody knows now hold tho the balance of or power In tho the house Previous to tho the declaration of ot the political truce owing to tho the war they kept the tho liberal government go in office Wore Were their members s to havo have been appreciatively el reduced b by the time the truce ends tho the conservatives might regain power That is generally ad admitted nd- nd to be he the motive for Lord Lansdowne's Lansdowne's Lans- Lans downes downe's fiat tint which has bus undone tho the work o of Lloyd George as mediator and tanned l tho the factional differences in Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land in Into to flame a again aln Tho The Marquis of or Lansdowne who thus holds the balance between unity and disruption In the land of his hlA ancestors Is now non 71 All his life llio ho has opposed home rule Like Joseph Chamberlain an and the tho late lato Duke Duko of D Devonshire the tho uncle of ot tho the new nc governor general of ot Canada h he be was as originally a a. liberal but quitted the party part of or Gladstone and of Asquith rather than acquiesce In its home homo rule policy For tho the last quarter of or a n. century he has been perhaps the thc moat most powerful opponent of or self government for tor Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land since for or that time timo he has he I has b be been n and still Is Js the supreme boss not boss not In Indeed indeed In- In dc deed d of or the tho unionist party but of the tho powerful pO unionist t majority in the house of ot lords lorils The Tho Marquis of ot Lansdowne can an boast one ono of oC tho the most ancient lineages In inthe tho the peerage II Ho lIo is tho the twentY twentY- twenty sixth Baron of or Kerry and Lixnaw which carries his pedigree ree back to the tho year ear 1181 to 1181 to go 10 no further back Into Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man times and and one of or his ancestors was the tho Strong bow Earl of or Pembroke who ho having ono gone to Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land to pu push h his fortun In 1170 by p permission of Henry II H married the daughter of Dormant Dp king of ot Leinster and governor of ot the Uio Green Greco isle In 1175 1173 T V UT c x V V V V w t tt V t 4 Vi MARQUIS OP OF LANSDOWNE I |