IRISH HOME ROLE.
AMENDING BILL IN HOUSE OF
LORDS
PROFUNDITY OF RELIGIOUS
DIFFERENCES
[Press Association.] (Received June 24, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 24. The,'.galleries of- the House of Lor9ss were crowded, the attendance including Sir :Edward'jGarson, Mr Balfbur., and many. Members of. the House of Commons.
Lord ; Crewe admitted the profundity df the religious differences in Ulster, -but 'this r would not be met by .exclusion Wf'the'whole of Ulster. The would give the most careful consideration to any amendments.
Lord Lansdowne said that the Government knew perfectly well ttat-j "the Bill woujdnot avert civil war. It: would leave ■uflder .the Home Rule .yoke certain areas in which there were small majorities, but where large minorities were preponderant inywjealth, r education, and1 industry. The. time limit meant that -the Government, wished Ulster to re:.anain with the noose round its neck. The Daily" Mail suggests thait the House of Loe£s "should amend the Bill Cl)y insisting that no, county should I*© included a- two-thirds majority, and also L that no county should be inchj'ded at the end of a iSexennium wifk:Out : ,a,;fr<Bsh appeal to" jthe electdrs.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 147, 25 June 1914, Page 5
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184IRISH HOME ROLE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 147, 25 June 1914, Page 5
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