IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3492, 21 May 1920, Page 7

IRISH AFFAIRS.

eov ER :\r..!\l.l‘.:;\T’l‘ I3.\'PI.AINED. rt“ LONDON, May .15. ” When the Home of Commons \\':l.s‘ di.~'eu.§sing the Home Rule Bill Six" S. J. G. Home moved an :Inlemlmeilt to provide for a second ellambel“in the P:u'li:unents both Nortliern and Soutliern Ireland. 2. Hon W. H. Long said the (}overn’Il'1‘C1ll“ cl.e.<il-ed to make their proposals part of a federal plan, in which ’Greut Britain and Ireland would pm’lxieipatte, The eetitral Parliament of which would be in London.’ The Government, l)elieVed'th:lt in the fe(leral system the best security for the minority would be foungl in :1 central Parliainent. The Government pro posed definitely F 6 accept ‘the pl'illeiple of a. Second Chamber for each ot'c»tlle two Irish Pa.l-liainents. He em-_ phasisiecl that the Chamber must be so constituted as to provide real proteciion for the minori‘t._v. The Hon. Long einplmsised that this would involve :1 great change in the strllctul'e of the Bill, although the change was {ll)SOllltel_‘,‘ nonsistexit with !the fundamental principle of the Bill, namely, the establishment of a Federal sys-

I tum. He pointe<l out that Very (lifti--M eult que.-tion.< must first. be considl(‘re(l—t’or example, wlletller the sec-‘ ‘ond Chamber would be nominated or electe(l——bur he undertook that the G‘ro'ver-nment would later submit ,3 ‘definite scheme. I.’ (f§ener:ll“‘lSeely urged that the Hon. I:oxig"s vpl'(>ipc)"é:xl be not long delayed. .-\n_\' «lel:1_v ih" l1:11i(lli11g the Irislr ___question might fatally affect relations with America, and also with the I Empir’e. 9 Sir Eel-\_v;lll'(l__gai'§on deprecated the men-I'io‘n of "Anlel'ic:\. (Cheersu) It \vtls lligll time that A.mc-rica, or the "pretended spokesmen of America lC‘lll'llC‘\l to und.erst:ln(l that we are ‘still :1‘ g-1-.«'».at.l’o\}:e,r, not subordinate to .:'\mc-1-ion or‘ any other Great Power. “To had never meddled with exlelusilvely ':\lnerican questions, even , for_ eleetioneering purposes. , .Sir ‘S. i his a.lllelli_ln’lollt. it The Government opposel an amendment hy Lord Robert Cecil, providling th2lt_ the North of Ireland remaiin in-ztllreslpcncts part of the United ; Kingdom_ I The arnendnnent. was rejected by ‘203 to 60. Mr Clynes’ :Imenclment_ in favour of fithe deletion of an essential clause, establishing separate Parliaments. in fN'O-rth and oSut.h Ireland was defeated.