Hopes of Empire.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 23, 19 May 1914, Page 5

Hopes of Empire.

home rule for Ireland. "ALL BRITISH BROTHERHOOD." EiiSorßio Telegraph—(Joptuightl [United Press Association.) London, May 18. Bishop Frodsham, in a letter emphasising the Ulster volunteers’ earnestness, appeals to all sides to abstain from provocation, which is almost certain to precipitate a conflict. After watching the wider growth of Australian citizenship, he is inspired by the conviction that it is essential that there should be a brotherhood of the All-British peoples. If the wedge i'i driven in at Ulster it will tear asunder the hopes of a united Ireland and a united Empire. PRESS COMMENT. London, May 18. The Chronicle, in its “Political Notes,” says there is no great gulf between the proposed time limit for Ulster and Sir Edward Carson’s formula. Until Parliament otherwise determines, no Parliament can bind its successor, and there is no security that the six years, even if enacted, would be left intact by a succeeding Parliament. If the time limit goes, any county, excluding Ulster, should be enabled, to enter whenever it wished. Nobody believes that the exclusion will be permanent, inasmuch as the centripetal force of a National Parliament is bound ultimately to draw Ireland together.