NO COMPROMISE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1868, 30 September 1913, Page 7

NO COMPROMISE.

ON HOME RULE. MR. REDMOND BREAKS HIS SILENCE. GOVERNMENT MUST GO FORWARD. By Tolegraph—Press Association—CopyrlEht London, September 28. Sir Edward Carson, addressing the Ulster troops at Belfast, said ho did not doubt that, if driven to force, they could establish a provisional Government. If they stood firm they would never have Homo Rule. The "Nation" suggests that Ulster should havo the option of becoming an imperial province, if it were dissatisfied after a fair trial of Home Rule. COULD ULSTER STAND? PROBABLE ATTITUDE OF THE BANKS. London, September 28. The Right Hon. Alexander Uro, Lord Advocate for Scotland, speaking at Uphill , Somerset, said that the banks would treat a provisional Government in Ulster like a South African Republic. Such a Governm'' fall by its own weight in a- weeks. There had been talk of a conference, added Mr. Ure. Mr. Asquith and his colleagues had always been ready to listen to suggestions to make Homo Rulo palatable to Ulster, and were prepared to listen favourably, to a proposal to give her control of education and religion. They would have it put in words so as to remove all Ulster's doubt and timidity. 'He rejoiced that there were indications of a friendly compromise. Mr. J. Robertson, Liboral M.P., speaking at Tyneside, said he did not think the language used by Ulstermen was all bluff. The policy of a separate canton for Ulster, which had seemed to him ;t possiblo solution ten years ago, would now be unworkable. Mr. Percy Ulingworth, Chief Liberal Whip, has announced that tho Minister's visit was devoid of political significance. ■ , Mr. James Bryce has visited Dublin and returned to Belfast. Ho was not present at Sir Edward Carson's review of tho troops on Saturday. The display consisted of fourteen battalions, divided into four regiments representing various quarters of Belfast. It was the most notable display since the agitation began.

MR. REDMOND SPEAKS. NO CONFERENCE. UNLESS IRISH PARLIAMENT AND EXECUTIVE CONCEDED. (Rec. September 29, 11.30 p. in.) London, September 29. _ Breaking silcnco for the first time since his reply to Lord Loreburn's letter suggesting a conference of all parties oa tho Homo Rule question Mr. John Redmond, the Nationalist loader, speaking at a great demonstration at Caliirciveon (Kerry County), declared that nothing was more certain than that the Irish people were on the evo of liborty. Even Sir Edward Carson, Lord Londonderry, and Captain Craig woro busy on. the Nationalists' side, but only as humourists, reminding ono of tho children's game, "Let us pretend." They resembled so many Poo-bahs. The wholo agitation in Ulster, he continued, was a gigantic absurdity. The Nationalists were' silent while' their enemies _ were shrieking "Carsonite" throats in a spirit of desperation duo to consciousness of failure. Lord Loreburn's suggestion served to bring out tho implacablo and irreconcilablo character of tho Orangemen's opposition. Unless tho Unionists conceded the principle of an Irish Parliament, with an Irish Executivo responsible to that Parliament, ho woulu not agreo to any conference.

"Full Steam Aheadl" "Our ship is at tho harbour's mouth," declarod llr. Redmond, "and the glass is set fair. The orders are: 'Full steam ahead!" Tho threo great measures, he added; wero Home Rule, Welsh Disestablishment, and Plural Voting, and when theso had been dealt with they would then proceed to the problem of reforming tho House of Lords and the redistribution of seats, which was tho likeliest question upon which the country's next verdict would bo taken. Sir Edward Carson's Provisional Government, said Mr. Redmond, was a crassly stupid idea, involving, amongst many drawbacks, tho cessation of all Imperial grants. Exciting Incident. Just prior to Mr. Redmond's meeting at Cahirciveeu, tlio collapse of a section of tho platfonn precipitated a hundred persons, including Mrs. Redmond, to the ground. Nobody was injured. "WILL CO STRAIGHT ON." NATIONALIST LEADER INTERVIEWED. (Reo. September 29, 11.30 p.m.) London, September 29. Mr. Redmond, in a special interview with the "Daily Chronicle's" representative, said that the Nationalists would go straight on. They did not intend, at the very moment of victory, to throw the wliolo business in the melting-pot. In reply to a question concerning tlio prospect of a General Election between tho passing of tho Bill and the date of its coming into operation, Mr. Redmond said that such a contingency was unthinkablo—it would be stupid and cowardly. "I am perfectly satisfied that the Government never had, and lias not now, any such intention," said tho speakor, "and if it did appeal to tho country under such circumstances it would be appealing under the plural voting handicap, and that must never again bo accoptcd in a great political struggle." /, His forecast was that tho Government would go the full length of its tether and pass the Bill. LIBERAL LEADERS AT ARRAN. (Rec. September 29, 11.30 p.m.) London, September 29.' Colonel Seely (Secretary of Stato for War) has arrived at Brodick Castle, Island of Arran (Scotland), whero tho Prime Minister (Mr. Asqiiith), Mr. Churchill (First Lord of tho Admiralty), Mr. Lloyd-Georgo (Chancellor of the Exchequer), and Mr. Percy Illiiigworth (Chief Government Whip) aro conferring. THE ULSTER FUND. SIR SAMUEL M'CAUGHEY'S OFFER DEMED. (Rec. September 29, 8.15 p.m.) Sydney, September' 29. The Hon. Sir Samuel M'Canghey denies having cabled to the Treasurer of the Ulster Fund authorising Sir Edward Carson to draw to an unlimited extent upon his bankers. Mo says tiiat he forwarded a cheque by letter, and had siuco wiblsdi "No money or authority [ tit dwv on my bankers."-

"That," said Sir Samuel, "would be too much—-it might break inc."

APPEAL TO THE NATIONALISTS. "Times"—Sydnoy "Sun" Special Cables. (Ree. September 29, 7.25 p.m.) London, September 29. The "Times," in a loading article urging tho Nationalists to consent to a conference, says that "they have not yet realised that Ulster is moved by ono of thosa deep- elemental, unreasoning passions which always, in the end, upset tho calculations of politicians and result in such an explosion as can only bo a disastrous legacy to racial sectarian hatred in Ireland, and a profound reaction in Great Britain from tho policy which provokes it.

The Earl of Dunraven, who is President of tire Irish Reform Association, discusses in. "The Times"- a suggestion by Mr. Erskine Childers. for tho solution of the Ulster difficulty, namely, to raise Ireland to the status of an independent State, and to create two Provincial Legislatures subject to the Sovereign Parliament of that State. "This solution," observes Lord _ Dunraven, "possesses two merits. It _is idealistically simple, and it is in logical development of tho present Bill. But it possesses, I think, two fatal defects. Far from appeasing the animosity of Sir Edward Carson and his followers, it would intensify that opposition, by its _ recognition of separate nationality in its most extreme sense, and by entirely severing their connection with tho Imperial Parliament at Westminster. The scheme would bo disastrous to Ireland and dangerous to Great Britain. Mr. Cliilders postulates an Ireland independent, self-reliant, and solvent. Deprived of British credit and owing a vast sum to. Great Britain solvency would be very doubtful. Though free to raise revenue as she pleased Ireland would not be free to spend , the revenue as she pleased, and the independence of a debtor with his income hypothecated to a creditor is but nominal. A solution cannot; I think, be_ found in fiscal independence and separation. The alternative principle is federation. Federalism is free from the economic objections to independence. It is elastic and can be adapted to the requirements of' Ulster, and the adoption or devolution in other units of the United Kingdom. It is in that principle the lines of least resistance! will, I think, he found. But tho adoption of a principle can bo determined only by friendly discussion. Everything points to a conference. If it succeeded in formulating terms of agreement the electors could be asked to say whether those terms were to the advantage or disadvantage of tho United Kingdom and of tho Empire." "The speeches of Sir Edward Carson leave no room for doubt that tho passing of tho Home Rule Bill will be followed by a state of civil war." observes "Tho Times," in a leading article. "Thanks to the recklessness of tho Government in making no attempt to meet tho Ulster difficulty the nation is rapidly drifting towards .shipwreck. The rocks are there, plain for all tho world to sec. Yet tho course is not altered. As soon as th'o Bill becomes law the crisis will be upon us. On every ground of statesmanship and patriotism, there should bo an appeal to tlie electorate before that crowning disaster is reached. It will be idle to consult tho country when the mischief ■is done. It will bo the passing of the Bill, and not the enforcement of the law, that will give the signal for Ulster's resistance. Lord Hythe pleads for a conference) between the representatives of all parties. ... It is quite possible that in a conference lies the best chance of a final solution of the Irisli question. But the' Bill must first be either defeated or dropped. Tho Government have certainly so far shown no disposition to entertain tho idea of reconsidering their Bill. They have not even allowed it to bo properly considered bv the Houso of Commons. In the teeth of the gravest possiblo warnings of the inevitable consequence of their conduct they have determined to pass tho Bill without specifically cnnsultirig the country. So long as •Wilis decision holds, it is idle to talk of a conference or of settlement by consent."