THE ULSTER SITUATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2206, 20 July 1914, Page 4

THE ULSTER SITUATION

The efforts to arrive at a settlement of the Homo Rule question by consent have not so far succeeded, but the latest information indicates that all hope of ; finding a way out has not yet been abandoned. It appears that the Government is now prepared to strike'out the proposed time limit which has hitherto been insisted upon with regard to the exclusion o'f Ulster, and now the principal point in dispute.is whether a clean cut shall bo made of those combined counties which are knov/n as Protestant Ulster, or whether each separate county shall have the -option of making its own choice for or against Homo E.ule. . The Unionists still demand a clean cut, while Me. Redmond stands • for; county option.. The members of the Cabinet are said to'be divided in the matter, and it is stated that Me. Asquith refuses, to consider 'any concessions to which ■Me. Redmond ... will not agree. A deadlock therefore ' exists/ but. it looks as though an attempt will' be made to get over the difficulty by regrouping the Ulster counties on a religious basis, as far as that is possible. The dissension in the Cabinet, combined with the unwillingness of many English and Scottish Liberals to embark on a policy, of coercion, makes it probable that a clean cut in some .form will be eventually agreed to.