Mr Asquith's Offer

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1914, Page 5

Mr Asquith's Offer

HOME RULE FGS3 IRELAND. IRELAND UNFAVORABLE, ißx Buectrkj Telegraph—Copyright] [L'miiku Press ASSOCIATION,.! London, March 10. All parties in Ireland arc distinctly unfavorable to Mr Asquitifs offer. Ulstermon condemn the limited exclusion, whilst the Nationalists consider that Mr Redmond has exceeded the limits of the concession. Underwriters are charging 10s per cent, on policies" against riot. VARIOUS VIEWS. London, March 11. The debate on the second reading of the Home Rule Bill will probably be resumed on the 30th. An influential section of the Nationalists in Ireland dislike the concession, believing it will involve formidable administrative cdnfu.-i Many prominent Orangemen are of the opinion that Sir Edward Carson has gone too far in promising to accept the Government's offer if the iinie limit is eliminated.

Lord Dunraven opines that the offer oi partial exclusion is meaningless unless it can be established witn certainty that the scheme is workable. He declares that the representation of Ulster in the Imp.

Parliament, the position of the LordLieutenant, and the possibility of the Irish Parliament placing Customs, barriers around the excluded counties are three outstanding difficulties.

The Daily News says that the Nationalists and a greater number of Liberals are against the compromise. They declare that it is impossible to accede to Sir Edward Carson's request that Ulster be excluded until a fresh Act is passed, as that would allow die habit of local government to grow up in Ulster, and, with vested interests established, it would become difficult for the Imperial Parliament to resist a claim for special treatment. THE INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK. ' Commenting on the anti-Russian Press campaign in Austria and Germany, Lord Cromer urges the settlement of the Irish question, thereby averting the calamity of civil war. He adds that the war scare enjoying the attention of the German press renders it highly Undesirable that anything should occur to prevent the Government speaking in the councils of Europe in the name of a united people.

THE LEADERS CONFER.

(Received 8.15 a.m.) London, March 11

Prior to the Cabinet meeting, Messrs Eirrell, Redmond, O'Connor, Dillon and Devlin, breakfasted with Mv Lloyd George and had a conference lasting for a hour and a half.