AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2151, 18 May 1914, Page 5

AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AS CABINET MOUTHPIECE THE HOME RULE DEADLOCK By Telsßrftpb—Press Association—OonyriEht (Rec. May 17, 5.5 p.nj.) London, May 16. In connection with the amending Home Rule Bill deadlock, tho King granted an audience lasting nearly an hour to Mr. Lloyd Georgo (Chancellor of tho Exchequer), who is tho principal mouthpiece between Cabinet and the Nationalists. DISTRIBUTION OF ARMS. FARMERS STARTLED. (Rec. May 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 16. The "Daily Chronicle" . states that numbers of Down and Antrim farmers were not averse to their sons joining Sir Edward Carson's volunteers with the object of drilling, but were startled on learning that rifles and ammunition wcro about to bo individually distributed. The proposed recipients aro anxiously inquiring as to the legality of receiving arms. ATTITUDE OF THE DOMINIONS. NEWSPAPER COMMENT. > London, May 15. Tha "Times," in a leading article on tho attitude of the Dominions to tho Homo Rulo question, says: "The coercion of. Ulster would revolt the Dominions. If there is one thing moro than another that is common to the development of their political institutions, it is the profound respect they havo always shown to tho rights of minorities isolated among peoplo from whom they differ in race, religion, or political conviction."