Second Edition. British and Foreign

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1914, Page 3

Second Edition. British and Foreign

| PER PIUiSS ASKOCIATION . J ELECXItIC TELEGEAPH —COPYB.IGHT London, March Id. Mr P. H. Illing-worth, M.P., speaking at Bradford, said there would be no general election until Home Rule, Welsh Disestablishment and Plural Voting , had passed. Mr Dillon, M.P., speaking at Newcastle, said lie was convinced that the compromise was best calculated to secure victory. If the Unionists won the next election they could repeal if if they dared, or cut out Ulster. Then the Nationalists would renew the struggle with the Irish Parliament at their backs. At an All-fpr-Ireland Conference at Cork, Mr W. O'Brien, M.P.. stated that (lie .lrisl! Party had accepted fl he modified Bill and covered itself with infamy. [ "Full speed ahead" was the order, ■but it had been followed up by "full speed astern" and now the rotten barque was flying for its life, and its Hibernian crew were Availing for a chance to throw the trembling captain overboard. Over ten thousand places have been opened in England for signing the British covenant. Violent gales are raging in the west and south of England. One hundred houses were unroofed at Queenstown. The Daily Chronicle states that agents of the foreiign Powers have been making many endeavours to obtain the naval signal code and.fire control, and it now' has been revealed Flint the code book had been stolen from H.M.S. Queen. Berlin, March 15. The world's commerce scheme i has collapsed, owing to one of the most important trade organisations holding aloof. r l lie cathedral at Neuss, one of the finest specimens of mediaeval architecture in Germany has been 'rival ly damaged by fire. The tower collapsed, but the nave was saved. Lieutenant Lesser, while flying at Koc.nigsberg, fell and waskilled. Tokio, March 10. The Lower House rejected the Senate's naval reducfion, and a mint conference of both Houses has been summoned.