HOME RULE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 54, 22 July 1912, Page 5

HOME RULE.

THE ORANGE CONGRESS. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London, July 10. The Orange Congress received resolutions from Victoria, Queensland, New i South Wales and New Zealand, condemning Home Rule. THE GATHERING IN DUBLIN. SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITII. Received 21, 5.5 p.m. London, July 20. Mr. Redmond presided at a meeting at the Theatre at Dublin. There was tumultuous enthusiasm in the crowded building. Mr. Asquith was cheered for five minutes. He said that he was the bearer of a messageof peace and reconciliation between Ireland and Britain. The Nationalists had with them, besides the majority of the people of Britain, the heartfelt sympathy of the vast mass of their fellow subjects, without distinction of party, and of all the self-governing dominions. With unity, discipline and patience, the end was within sight. The; Home Rule Bill would be sent to the ' House of Lords before Christmas, and whatever its immediate fortunes the 1 Lords would no longer have power to <.verride the judgment of the people. Irish nationality was quite consistent with Imperial unity and loyalty to the United Kingdom. Ulster's attitude was unreasonable. He did not believe that ' there was any prospect of civil war. Minorities bad rights and susceptibilities that ought to be considered, but the judgment of the British would never tolerate a minority frustrating a great international settlement wherein the Government bad the sympathy of all the Dominions. Home Rule was the first step towards Imperial reorganisation, whereof it was nearly the solution.