Show OVERRIDING OF LIBERTIES GIVEN CHECK OBrien O'Brien o Brien Case Sensation of Moment Russia Is Issue n By A G 0 GARDINER Eft Britain's Greatest to t Liberal Editor CopyrIght 1023 1923 LONDON ONDON Ma May 19 The Tho smash smash- smashing ing blow which the I law w courts In-I In In- In In Inflicted on the cO co In the o 0 case la is I the th sensation of th the moment The executive branch during tho the war wor had become broom so habituated to the tho exercise of des des- despotic des despotic powers over individuals It 1 was aas assumed s umed th that t I law W and the lib lib- city c city ty on the Iho subject could be bo over overridden 0 oser- oser er- er ridden with Ith Impunity The Tho Th judg judges s of the highest court now hate hat ho end end- ad- ad administered ad administered ministered the most crushing lesson les- les les-gon les son Mn ever addressed to a 0 British o eminent from rom the tho bench The severity of o the tho rebuke le Is I taken to represent the th feeling of oC the th courts court that during and since sine the war the judiciary has hils been ben too to the will of ot the executive They o halo ha encouraged the tb assumption that the executive was e abo the law and that liberty of o the th subject dos does not count where the tho necessities of o the slate are aro concerned API CIOUS GC ILl I'Ll GEIn In the tho wholesale arrest and de- de deportation de deportation of Irishmen without charge and without trial trl 1 the ItO goo KOI Issued an audacious ch chal- chal challenge chal challenge l lenge to the whole tradition ot of British liberty a and prods produced cad such auch an indignant reaction from from the tha bench that the government was reduced to a II panic Any proposal to indemnify the home horn secretary for his breach of o law Hill slit be strenuously tren resisted The Tho reactionary members of the cabinet ask ask- powers under certain circumstances woul would place the abor e the th law but the wiser h l cr l heads realize this thi would be b a II fatal course If It a II con con- con ser e er co go sets seta an example ex- ex example ample of Bolshevism future gov- gov governments governments of another complexion mo may adopt it In Quite quit a different di I spIrit GO CRITICIZED Men Men the tho gOt io Is I bo- bo boIng 1 Ing s severely criticised on other othor grounds There Is a II widespread feeling that Lord Curzon's Curzon note not to t RussIa was excessively Iy severe and I menacing Curzon throughout has represented the th most extreme school of bought In retard regard to hos- hos hostilities ernI toward the th Soviet t gO gOern ern- ern I ment Ills III is suppose to have hav been ben active against c any an 11 trade trad relations with that country I But the tho public will not support such uch a II position The Tho Tb country Is 1 starving for lack of o trade trad and in- in increasingly I disposed to take tako the thu view that it m Iu not our busIness to say what government a 0 foreign for for- foreign eign country shall ha hose hae ha e or to re- re refuse refuse refus fuse to trade Just because we w dis- dis disapprove dis disapprove approve its opinions The further further lew slew lew generally pre prevails aUs that the th best way of o eliminating the tho th worst features of Ism Is to bring Russia again Into th the community of ot nations It Is fortunate that Russia has bos replied to the th Curzon ultimatum II with Ith surprising moderation thon the I-the In tho house ho hous se o of commons mm the tir un-I un un repudiated any action of war with Russia as remote from the tho goy gov- government's cov mind But in that case why such an aggressive note not The sItuation most hopeful facts fact of the th sItua- sItua tion are the decision to extend the days doys of grace craco and willingness of Curzon to meet Krassin who now novis Is In la London to discuss the tb points In dispute LAW LW L W IN L LIGHT It Is p that the tho return of Bonar Law will have hove a beneficial 1 Influence on the th situation lIe U has ha been on the th Mediterranean to recover re- re recover cover his lost mice oice olce Thero There is h 1 doubt whether he h will be able long longto lonto to remain at the head of the th gov- gov government government ohis because of the th state of hIs health and confidential ere confirm the th reports that he wants to resign Baldwin Is sue sug- sug suggested as a his hi Is successor as a he h Is Isable isable 1 able and highly respected But Dut Bu would stepaside Curzon be willIng to step aside The latter Is I unloved and unpopular unpopular unpopular I ular but brilliant IndustrIous and I ambitious Ho lIe will bo be a diffIcult man to keep out of the tho succession if IC he h decides decide to enforce hIs hi claim It Is I more Dior than probable that tha Mortar Donor Law will 1 be b Ind induced to re- re ro re tain retain the th premiership for tor a time Urn to t avoid raising r l a grave crave personal of ot It if hie his wealth lus lu's will permit because intellectually Curzon's superiority Is I a lIS a undeniable undeniable able as a is 18 Baldwin Baldwins Baldwin's place In the thi affections of all I |