Show bt t 1 i I Precarious Position i John Joh Redmond Says I tion of Sir Edward Carson Follows Disagreement Disagreement Dis- Dis agreement With Cabinets Cabinet's Policy in Regard to the Near East 0 ONDON DON Oct 19 Britain Britain is waiting waiting a to learn r he cabinet ministers will be able to compose their dif- dif s and nd continue the government without swapping horses in ina a am i. i The Tile military difficulties which confront the allies ken k n a position of secondary importance for the time bein being met has Jias Jas been holding long meetings since the Crisis crisis risis developed Both rs s and politicians agree 1 differences of opinion isen over the conscription dJ the near East question meantime party newspapers tying on a bitter debate and andi ing ng i accusations accusations' of r. r l lack ck of tind nd of ot placing party party- and Interests above those of the I I Differences of Sir Edward attorney general was the jot ot differences in the ca cab cab- k reason be o j reason assigned for tor his Jal I is disagreement with the in regard to the tho ne near r Y the he specific point of di di- withheld as in the case caso of Foreign Mints Minis CasBe Cae of ot France Trance in whose Sir Edward appears to toa Reparation a atton o ot Sir Edward T cabinet does not ean an au his retirement from the aid taid attorney generalship I fe in recent years that the tho attorney general has been heen a I member of the cabinet says one high official Redmond Interviewed Speaking in Dublin last night John Redmond declared the tile position of ot the coalition government was pre pre- carious S Any day we may be faced with another reconstruction he ho said or with proposals which would end Instantly instantly instantly in In- the political truce and would rend the British people into contending contending con con- tending factions Sir Edward Carson prior to the outbreak of the war was the leader of the movement against home rule for Ireland which for tor a time threatened threatened threat threat- ened civil war in Ulster county At that time he was the Conservative member of ot parliament for Dublin university and gained great notoriety noto for tor his speeches attacking the government and the sympathizers of ot home rule and threatening in case the king signed the home rule bill to aid in setting up a provisional government in Ulster He lie was the first to sign the covenant of resistance resistance resist resist- ance to home rule and led the tho Ul- Ul in the formation of ot the Ulster Ul UI- ster volunteers When the p present sent coalition government government gov gov- was formed last May Sir Edward was given th the portfolio of ot attorney general Some of ot the Eng lish newspapers expressed the view that this appointment was a mistake mis take In view of ot his previous antagonism to the government S The The cabinet and the country as a whole would regard a general election elec tion on party lines as a calamity If It such a contest were fought on the question of ot conscription it might be expected to foment loment great bitterness and dabs class dissension Demand Fair Fall Trial The newspapers are demanding that a fair trial be given to the plan of voluntary enlistment en under the direction of the earl of Derby before there is any further further talk of or a change Much discussion is Js heard of ot the tho injection of ot fresh tresh and younger blood into the cabinet Only a few tew weeks ago David Lloyd-George Lloyd had a large following but the Continued on n age 8 3 COALITION Continued from page 1 1 fists virtually all of whom are in his own party now seem to be luke luk lukewarm lukewarm luke luke- warm toward him One complaint from the newspapers newspapers pers is that a cabinet of twenty two twenty two members is too cumbersome a body to manage the affairs of the gov On the other hand there is said to be dissatisfaction dissatisfaction in the cabinet that the conduct of the war waris waris waris is given over to a small committee The recall of Gen Sir Ian Hamilton from the Dardanelles and the succession succession suc sue cession to command of a younger leader Gen Sir Charles Munro may be significant of a policy of bringing bring bring- ing in new blood Most of the generals generals gen gen- holding high commands are I more than 60 years old and there has been complaint that the that the army is clinging to the old peace policy of promotion by by seniority alone while naval officers In high positions average more than ten years younger The Irish Irisi Times D Dublin blin commenting commenting commenting com com- on the events events' of the day says We make two inferences One I is that the Dardanelles campaign is not going to o be abandoned The Theother Theother other is that is-that that in this quarter and we hope in all other quarters the war is g going ing to be prosecuted with new vigor and purpose i |