HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 50, 30 October 1913, Page 6

HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.

THE OPPOSITION LEADER. {By Eleoxkio Telegraph—Cgpyuight, [United Phess association.) (Received 12.15 p.m.) London, October 29. Mr Bonar Law, addressing a meeting o 15,000 at Walkiield, said the pledge given at Blenheim on behalf of the Party still holds. He had followed Sir Edward Carson's proceedings with the deepest sympathy, add lie believed the people of Ulster had ihoW throughout impressive qualities of determination and restraint. No hitter hostility bad been manifested towards the Nationalists in all Sir Edward Carson's speeches. His opponents could find no words of religious bigotry or attack on.the feelings of any Catholic. i Mr! Bonar Law continued ? "We stand together, and if necessary will fall together. 'Cheers.) It was due to Sir Edward Carson alone that rested with .the Government, the Britain had never stood in graver peril. Her position was comparable to that in America before the civil war. AVhile the chief responsibility rested with the Government. The Unionists had some, out in such a crisis any question of party advantage would not weigh with them more than dust in the balance. The Government would be committing a crime if it pressed forward to extremes without consulting the electorates. The Premier claimed that the people Avere behind him. Why not test it? Either ho feared the result or the bargain with Nationalists prevented him doing 'bis duty to the country.