IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 26, 17 September 1914, Page 7

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

HOME RULE FOR IRELANO.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] London, September 15. In the House of Lords Lord Crew© moved the I ''Home Hide. Bill second leading. i>-’ Lord Middleton- moved the adjournment of-the debate.

Lord Haldane said that but for the war some adjustment would have been reached.

Lord Londonderry said that Ulster ■:new she had been betrayed, but was roing to be absolutely loyal to the Empire, and send at least one divide n, possibly more. What were the Nationalists doing? Lord Cretf6’’said life was unable to figures. He believed the passing of the Bill would give an impetus to enrolment.

Lord Londonderry: The Nationalsts require to be bribed before they’ll

,orve. The adjournment was carried. Lord Lansdowne < formally moved the Legislation Suspension During the War Bill.

Lord Crewe announced that the Government would not asfeent to the ({ill, which passed all its stages. UNIONISTS LEAVE THE HOUSE. In the House of Commons, Mr Aspiith, in introducing the Suspensory (HI, denied that the Government was taking advantage of the national emergencies. It had been the Go- - \ eminent’ s»-. jwt R^fje Gome Buie on, the Statute Book until the Amending Bill had,-been disposed if, but the war had rendered it impossible to discuss the Amending Bill ,' i i;» session. The Opposition proposal to suspend the Home Rule Bill would place 1 it at the mercy of a 1 apter of accidents. The Government, therefore, proposed to suspend

rlie* operations of the Act for a tninimum of twelve months, 5 or until the essation of the war. He Would iut,reduce the Amending Bill next sesion. • J ' s ’ ' Mr Bonar Law regretted the renewal of the' discussion. Ho declared that the limit in the Suspensory Bill was altogether inadequate. The Government had broken its solemn pledge* ; / A number of Eadioals created a scone by walking out. Mr , Bonar Law, concluding, said the proper course was to postpone the controversy until the crisis was over. The Unionists walked out when Mr Bonar Law had finished.