That the Government will carry the "guillotine" in the case
of the Veto Resolutions there can be no doubt ; but whether they will be equally successful with the Budget remains to be seen. All depends on whether they can come to terms with Mr. Redmond. The general impression seems to be that his acquiescence is to be had at a price ; but how high that price is may be judged from a very curious statement made by Mr. William O'Brien at a meeting of the All for Ireland League held in Cork on Thursday " Referring to a conversation which he and Mr. Healy had with Mr. Lloyd George at the Chancellor's _request, Mr. O'Brien said it was based on the demand that Ireland should be relieved of everything that was objectionable in the Budget—the extra Spirit- duties, the brewery licenses, Land-taxes, Succession-duties, and the general revaluation—and that, in addition to all this, land purchase should be restored by the Treasury right away upon the same terms as under the Act of 1903. He was breaking no confi- dence when he said these demands would have been conceded if Mr. Redmond and his friends could only have been induced to join them in asking for them. Those apostles of unity who dared to fling the cry of disunion in their faces actually refused the request of Mr. Lloyd George to meet them in friendly conference even to discuss those terms."
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