Show 1 UNIONIST UNIONIST- DisSENSION AIDS HOME ROlE CAUSE GAUSE Libel Liberal al GoY Government As Assured of Time to to- Overcome Overcome- 0 Resistance Resistance Re- Re of Lords Lord 1 LO London Jan 3 The project of ot Imposing Im imposing posing taxes o on on food tood imported into the tho British I Isles les put ut forward b by some of or orthe the leaders of ot tho the opposition In n th the house or of commons has created such hopel hopeless Bs dissensions dissension's in the tho unionist party as to render almost certain the retention of power b by tho the liberal government gO gov for tor the two years c ra necessary to overcome the resistance of or tho the house of ot lords to tI the home rulo rule bill On the tho other hand 1 the tho wrangles among amonI the unionists afford some Rome temptation to the tho government to make mako an appeal to th the country on tho the chance of or coming back to power with an in increased increased in- in creased ed majority This however is a course courso of or action which has hag little likelIhood likelihood like lUte of being sanctioned by the tho members members mem mem- bers bars of ot the tho Irish nationalist party part because be- be causo cause It would delay elay the passage of or orI homo home rule and would oven even risk tho the re return return reo re- turn of the unionists to office thus I 1 shelving homo rule rulo altogether According to ono one of oC th the leading morning papers G members of tho the unionist p party ut in the tIle house houe of ot commons commons com corn mons mona ha have hae e abandoned the Idea of ot taxing taxing tax tax- ing In- food rood leaving oni only seventeen ento n advocates advocates cates of oC food rooe taxes under tho the leadership leader leader- ship of or Austen Chamberlain If Ie this estimate Is correct the tho recent campaign against food rood taxes has been extraordinarily successful and Andrew Bonar La position as leader of or tho the unionist party part has become somewhat difficult as he lie advocates a policy abandoned b byI by I the bull bulk of oC the part party |