Home Rule.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 26 March 1913, Page 2

Home Rule.

, Mr"Jbhtf Redmond the- 'Nationalists leader; 'addressing a - Liberal meeting at Coventry recently, said- for-thevfiiaf time there had been a purely British majority hx the House of Commons^ for Home Rule.-If every vote was taken out of the divisions a purely British vote of 4& remained. That majority was .larger, than : , that'? by which spme of the greatest reforms fof the past century tad been' carried.

Discussing, Mr Balfour's attitude to* wards the Bill, Mr Redtdbhd predicts ed that after three years, of: Hpriie; Rule for Ireland he would be talking' of the success v .of Home Rule in exactly the same way^as.he was,talking the other day of the success of /Home Rule in the Transvaal. 1 He asserted that Home Rule would not cost; Great Britain .a . single . shilling.* Irbland would developand would lie" proud to contribute to the future' expenses of the Empire.- ...,./ >v " The Bill would be rejected by the House of Lords, but it would-be knocking at their dooragain"before" flowers of summer hadr. bldogiecL Whether" ir would be-rejected* a second time no one, could predict^ but it was certain thatjn y May,' tat^, "at the latest the Bill would become law.