Show THE IRISH LAND BILL sharp criticism of bai louts action comments indicate that the ministry Is liable to a collapse t any moment conservative failures london july 14 the withdrawal of the amendments to the irish land hill offered by mr gerald balbour Bal lour chief secretary for ireland is beina sharply criticized criticised by friends of the government and has caused much rejoicing among the radicals whose supporters in news paper circles are rejoicing over the bev ern ments discomfiture the aimee a government paper attributes the action of mr balfour to bad management the daily news predicts that the amendments withdrawn will be added to the bill by the house of lords and that by the application of closure they will be forced through the house ot commons the general belief is that mr chamberlain secretary of state for the colonies is responsible for the withdrawal of the amendments by his support of mr T W russell the ulster unionist leader in his objections thereto thus inducing mr balbour to rescind them the standard which is also a warm supporter of the government commenting upon the impossibility of carrying through all the measures which the government has included in its program advises them to drop these bills forthwith it is hard eay athe standard to massacre the innocents but there is no kindness kind nees in allowing them to linger to an inglorious end the political situation has been only partially relieved by the yielding of gerald bald balfour to the pressure for modification of the amendments to the land bill there is a continuance today of the demands of mr russell and ethers for further modifications of the measures while the press and people generally are giving expression to benti manta of extreme dig guist at the feebleness displayed by the government many conservatives nd mit that if it were not for the hopeless divisions that exist between the liberals and radicals the government would be in a cerious as the laud bill Is the second government measure of supreme importance introduced at thia session of parliament which his now being wrecked on lines laid down by the government A few more bills like the educational bill and the irish land bill if wrecked by pressure within the party will be sure to bring the conservative conserva tivo party to euch a difficult pass as will necessitate the reconstruction of the ministry an end to which mr chamberlain who supplies the real force of the present pressure would not object T P oconnor discussing this subject in his paper the sun today says the plain truth is that though mr russell was the ostensible osten tible agent of this collapse the whole affair was a personal triumph for chamberlain and the landlord ring the cabinet would have paid little attention eo russells protest as with their large majority in the house of commons they could easily afford to disregard the clamor of a few ulster men but russel is joea and follower and balfour who would bicoff at the idea of being disconcerted by ruseell retires from the before a eals ried officer As joa cannot afford to lose supporter lie has cunningly seized the chance to assert himself and his friends and to humiliate the house of cecil |