The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1914. "FROM CROMWELL TO CARSON."

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 94, 14 April 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1914. "FROM CROMWELL TO CARSON."

Tho persistency of the Irish demand for Homo Rule occupied the attention of Mr John Burns, M.P., President of the British Board of Trade, in addressing a large meeting on February 14th, at Stockport. Dealing with the general political situation, Mr Burns observed that they had entered upon one of the most momentous sessions of Parliament that had been witnessed for many years, and the Prime Minister wanted the support of every Liberal, for it was no use disguising tho fact that they were approaching serious and critical times. The country was, he believed, in favor of Home Rule for Ireland on its merits. The Premier was willing, if necessary, to amplify safeguards, and it was absolutely necessary that the demands of Ireland should be satisfied. It had | been stated that the Irish people were Hot in earnest; but a people, Mr Burns observed, who from Cromwell to Carson had asked for legislative independence, and to-day, to the extent of four-fifths, gave their representatives a mandate for Home Rule, must be in earnest. It suited some people, Mr Burns added, that Ireland held the field, and that the legislative workshop was kept so blocked that social legislation could not be proceeded with. So long as the Conservative Party put forward Tariff Reform and coquetted with conscription so long would they bo rejected bv the industrial North and remain out of office. He did not think there would be a general election for at least eighteen months. So far as it lias gone, Mr Burns' prediction is fairly accurate.