Force by Force.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 4, 25 April 1914, Page 5

Force by Force.

HOME RULE FOR IRELAND. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE; [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright i [United Press Association.] (Received 8.50 a.m.) London, April 24, Mr Acland, speaking at Selby, said there was bound to be u general election before a Dublin Parliament was established. If civil war started, or a provisional Government was sot up between the time the Bill passed, and when it came into operation, Ulster force would he met by Government force. THE UNIONISTS’ PLAN. London, April 17. It is stated definitely that Mr Balfour and Mr Long are endeavoring to induce the Unionists to force the Government to pass the Home Hide Bill without amendment, their idea being that the Covenanters will mobilise and that the Government, finding itself unable to face the situation, will resign. The Unionists would then form’ a Ministry and would go, to the country with the cry, “Shall England lend the Army to Redmond to coerce Ulster?”

Mr Balfour believes - that such a cry, with the unpopularity of the National Insurance Act, would prove a winning card for the Conservatives. It is reported that the Unionists are about to spend huge sums in the different constituencies in emphasising what the Ulster question means to the proletariat. THE CENSURE DEBATE. (Received 9.10 a.m.) The censure motion on the Government in connection with Ulster will be debated on Tuesday and Wednesday.