HOME RULE DEBATE.
CARSON'S NEW TONE,
"WIN ULSTER OVER."
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright London, Friday.
Sir E. Caraon accused the Govern ment of manoeuvring for position, and hald it should have immediately introduced an Amending Bill embodying concrete proposals. He said the exclusion of Ulster wae not opposed to the fundamental principles of the Biil, and if offered WTuld put an end to Ulster's resist:, ce, but the Ulster Unionists would ui take the responsibility for a E 1 which would hand the Unionists i ■ the south-west of Ireland over to '.h' tender mercies of their enemies. If exclusion were offered, he won ; go to U'ster immediately and tai.i counsel with the people. "We do.i't mean that Ulster should be made h pawn in any political game. There are only two ways to deal with Ulster.
"Ulster cannot he bought, and will not allow herself to be sold. You must force her, or by showing good government under Home Rule possibly try to win her over." Then facing Mr Redmond, Sir E. Carson said "You can gain nothing by coercion. One false step in relation to Ulster, and you will render settlement impossible. I tell the Government, I tell the Nationalists, and 1 tell my fellow-countrymen that you have never tried to understand Ulster"s position. If you want Ulßter, go and win her. But you dont' want her affections, you want only her taxes." Sir E. Carson concluded by saying: "It will not be my fault if resistance is necessary, but it will lie on my conscience." THE FINAL PEACE. TO BE MADE BY IRISHMEN. London, Friday. The Westminster Gazette Bays that Sir E. H. Carson's more generous tone is an implication that they are all Irishmen, and Mr Redmond's response reminds us that final peace is to he made between Irishmen. The Westminster Gazette suggests that the Government should make the special conditions for Ulster a provisional arrangement until Home Rule all round is completed. This Would logically follow the Government's and the Unionists' declarations. The Daily Chronicle says that there is a widespread impression among Liberal members of the House of Commons that there is far too much Ministerial talk about Ulster's exclusion. Keen disappointment is felt that no word of protest has been issued against the Opposition's incendiary speeches. There can be no question that the exclusion of Ulster amounts to withdrawing the Bill, says the Chronicle. If the Government did so it would betray not only the party, but the sovereignty of Parliament. DISCUSSED IN LORDS. THE ARMY STANDPOINT. Received this day 8 10 a.m. London, Friday. In the House of Lords, Lord Londonderry incidentally quoted Lord Wolseley's letter to the Duke of Cambridge in 1893, stating that if troops were brought into conflict with Ulster loyalists, it would shake the foundations of the army. Lord Roberts followed and in a half minute speech endorsed Lord Wo]sley's contentions. • He declared it unthinkable that the British army should be called upon to fight Ulster volunteers. It would be the army's ruin. Lord Curzon pointed out that the Government had now confessed Home Rule in its present form coildn't be placed on the Statute Books.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 643, 14 February 1914, Page 5
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526HOME RULE DEBATE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 643, 14 February 1914, Page 5
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