THE IRISH QUESTION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 272, 14 May 1912, Page 5

THE IRISH QUESTION

| THE HOME RULE ttTT.T, By Gable —Press Association—Copyright, j London, May 12. There will he a hundred amendments to the Home Rule Bill moved in the Bouse of Commons, including the urging of its postponement until after a general election, the adoption of a referendum, the exclusion of Ulster, and no payment of members. Mr. Ure, speaking at Cambridge, said that the dividing line between the two great political parties was more clearly defined to-day than ever he remembered. The Insurance Bill was not popular at present, but that was the peculiarity of all reforms. All danger of Ireland's •eparation had vanished. Mr. Runciman, in a speech at Liverfool, said that Britain ha/1 made up its Kind concerning Home Rule. The feeling against it was mild and half asleep. The second reading of the Bill showed that there was a clear British majority of 31 in favor of Home Rule, and that was an underestimate of the country's feeling. The disestablishment of' the CJiurch of Wales came first in order of precedence, but English disestablishment must follow, when the Liberals were able to deal with it.

•NEW OSBORNE BILL. London, May 12. The Government's Osborne Bill is a reproduction of the Bill read a first time on May 24, 1911. THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE. London, May 11. A large assemblage loudly cheered Mr. Bonar Law at the Primrose League meeting at the Albert Hall. He said that he was confident that Mr. Lloyd Beorge would get some good election use from his six million surplus. Instead of the Imperial Government looking after the interests of the Empire it went out of its way to help in making Canada an adjunct of the United States. Happily the true instincts of Canadians warded off the calamity. Victory in the present war of armaments rested with the longest purse. Britain's hope lay in uniting the inexhaustible resources of the sister nations. SCOTTISH HOME RULE. London. May 11. Mr. Maekinnon Wood, in a speech at Edinburgh, declared that Scotsmen did not want Home Rule on precisely the Irish model. They wanted to retain all their members at Westminster, not from selfish motives, but because of itie loss to the Empire if a single member was withdrawn. (Laughter.) A FOREGATHERING. London, May 11. After the division on'the Home Rule Bill, Mr. Redmond was introduced for the first time to Lady Frederick Cavendish, widow of the victim of the Phoenix Park outrage, who warmly congratulated him on the triumph of the cause he had so long had at heart.