HOME RULE BILL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 42, 13 November 1920, Page 9

HOME RULE BILL

MOTION FOR REJECTION DEFEATED THIRD READING CARRIED ißy Telegmph-Preji Asiooiatlon-OopyrUW (Roc. November 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 11. In the House of Commons , tho Home Rule. Bill was' read a third time. Mr. W. A dam eon, in moving its rejec.tion. said.tho British Labour Party did not believo in an Irish republic, but the Irish people should be given freedom of choice. Mr. As(|uith appealed to the House to try- to -make a lasting settlement of tho Irish problem. Mr. Lloyd • George said tho perverse fact of the situation wa? that tho. temper of tho people of Britain and Ireland nover synchronised. There was an atmosphere of morbid suspicion. At the present moment Ireland was 'in a bad temper. It did not know what the Bill contained, and would not look. It was essential that Britain should control the Irish, harbours. .' Britain could not allow Ireland to raise an" army which miglit bo half ft million strong. Finally. Ulster must not be coerced into accepting a Parliament it did not want. Mr. Asouith interjected: I agreo with that. Mr. Llovd George continued that except for these things the Government was prepared to give almost anything to Ireland.

Sir Edward Carson said Ulster could nor pretend to like the Bill, but would do its best to perform its obligations. He honed with all his heart that the.Bill, would 1 lie a success. ■ Mr. J. Devlin believed that a great 'scheme of Dominion Home Rule.' with safeguards for Ulster, would satisfy. the overwhelming sentiments of Ireland. Mr. Adamson's amendment was rejected. and tho Bill read a third time.—Aus.N.Z. Gable Assn. • CARDINALIiiE'S VIEWS MURDER GANG BEYOND SINN FEIN . CONTROL. (Rec, November 12, 9.15 p.m.) London, November 11. Cardinal Bourne, stating his views regarding Ireland, says he believes that an immense majority of the people of England desire the widest possible system of self-government, subject to connection with the Crown and safeguarding the Empire's defence. He admits that the withdrawal of troops is viewed witlr apprehension, as a secret oath-bound association is working in Ireland, and using tho weapon of assassination. He is assured that Sinn Fein disavows ties, but the fact is that. Sinn Fein cannot control this murder _ gang. The auesti'on is whether Sinn Fein's impotence to cope with the gang is due to Ireland's hostility to the presence of the troops, also could Sinn Fein destroy the secret association if left to its own resources, If the latter qnestion could be answered affirmatively almost all the difficulties would vanish, and England would insist on the withdrawal of the troops.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.