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Show Situation One That Ts Emblematic Emblem-atic of a Boiler Factory for Noise Made. LIBERALS AND IRISH IX THICK OF THE BATTLE Premier Asquith Certainly Has Stormy Future to Face in Parliament. By Leased Wire to Tlie Tribune. LONDON, Feb. 111. Parliamentary and ministerial quarters aro a political boiler works. Tho air throbs with threats and coiiiitor-lhreals. the Liberals are telling tho Trish they intend to do so and so, and tho Irish resorting: "If you do wo will chuck you out.'' "Chuck us out." reply tho Liberals, "and tho Irish party will go back lo another generation of impotence." Today the following letter was ro-coived ro-coived from a prominent Nationalist; ''I beliovo the government is 'dished.' The Irish will support Premier Pre-mier Asquith only if before retaining ollico ho gets guarantees that lie will have the power to deal with tho lords' veto at this session. I do not. say that we will deal with tho lords seriously later i.i the session, unless it is known beforehand that the dealing will be effective. ef-fective. I consider it unlikely that Ir. Asquith has these guarantees from the king. If he wishes to keep ollico with tho intention of asking for them when tho time comes he will not keep his Albert Al-bert hall pledge, which must be carried out literally. "So far as I can sco at present his only way to do this is to resign at onco on the king's refusal. If he does not do this ho cannot count on Irish support for ono day. It seems as if ho would havcrto carry his budget through the forebearancc ot tho Tones." Undoubtedly tho Irish aro bent on preventing tho Liberals from dodging! tho lords y problem and thorebv indefinitely indefi-nitely sidetrack homo rule, 'rhero is no evidence, howovor, that tho government govern-ment has any disposition to dodgo the lords probloin. On the contrar-, the cabinet is solid for dealing roundly with the lords and only wishes I his is3iio deferred de-ferred until the budget is passed, money for carrying on tho king's government being absolutely necessary. If tho Asquith As-quith governniont cannot obtain tho monoy it must give place quickly to one that can. |