THE OPEN DOOR

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1936, 19 December 1913, Page 7

THE OPEN DOOR

TO PEACE IN ULSTER, SPEECH BY SIR EDWARD GREY. i^-^^apHP^s'AsaoeiotiM--19,. 0,10 a.m.) : '£o '$$'■■■ London, ■ Dwi'inber 18. ..S:' V. &ir .Inward ■ Grey- (Sccrctray of.'iStateti . o , rc .'B'wAfFnir»),... iri».a,.vspccchvat. ,Alii\vic»c,i.sai(l that h<i was not anxious conference' of tlio party loaders' til! it bccsimc .;■: perfectly clear I unit tin;■ Opposition,was disposed to'' j-: settle.-the.Home;. Rule question. The Government; had. opened the 1 ('nor. - hut the Opposition-,, was;fstiil talking" out-, sjue, and occasionally.;shouting- through .the wimlow; ,: >." ■: Religious difference."was..the real probilein 111 Ulster, and that 1 would not af- , -.management'of ft ho-'.' Customs, r*i r 01 * H . p l°■-.afraid, of. tlio'. Roman Catholic spmt, it .would -be easy, ; by moans of a Grand -Committee, for.;the Ulster _ members to put?-, education's.-"on-, tirely ; in their own..-: hands; . Such : a charge would beconsistent with.the condition Mr. Asquith had :hid.- down. in his Ladybaiik speech. -• . - were .signs, he. added, apropos of other matters, that trade was on the turn, but Free-trade in England would reel the doclino later, than would trade 111 protectionist*countries.. .- V ; i CLEARING THE GROUND. Y' ; ' : FOB AN EXCHANGE OF TIF.WS. '[■: (Rec.;December 18, 11.30 p.m.) ■: \ . i London, December 18.. According' to 'the "Daily Chronicle," dir.. Asquith will place himself in communication with Lord Lansdowno and •ii lai ' a,v !0 Uuicmist Leaders) with regard_to a preliminary survey of the ground in order that a free and informal exchange,of views on the Home liiilo question may bo commenced. Acceding to a request- signed by 652 clergy, the Bishop of London will incluoo in the prayer used for the Inst Sunday of the year a supplication for a peaceful settlement' of the Irish question... THE ARMY AND ULSTER, .' (Rec, December 18, 11.30 p.m.) . • _ London, December 18. Lord .Willoughby do Broke (who is captain and honorary major of the Warwickshire Yeomanry),. in-- a speech at London said that iio would not bo a party to approaching the Army in connection with Ulster's resistance to Homo Rule, but, ho added, the Government must recollect that tlio. Army is only human. Sir Arthur firiflith-Ifescaw-en, M.l\, had originally been invited to distribute tlio priisos to tlio Territorials at Dudley, but the officers cancelled the engagement owing to his speech that ho would resign his commission in the West Kent Regiment, and offer bis services to Ulster if the Government sent troons to shoot the Ulster men before holding ;.i general election to test the whole question. V, IRISH POST OFFICE. London, December 17. The "Daily Chronicle" states that Cabinet has decided to eliminate tlio provisions for tho transfer of the Post Office to the Irish Parliament.