Sweeping Proposals

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 210, 5 March 1914, Page 5

Sweeping Proposals

ULSTER GIVEN LARUF. POWERS. THE HOME RULE QUESTION. By Cable—Press Association-Copyright Received 4, 5..") p.m. Loudon, March 4. It is authoritatively stated in the lobby that Mr. Asquith's proposals are of a sweeping nature, vesting in Ulster an extensive control, with the option of withdrawal at the end of a certain period.

PREMIER TO MAKE STATEMENT. STRONG APPF.ALS. London, March 3. Mr. Asquith promised to make a statement as to the concessions on Monday, when moving the second reading of the Home Rule Bill. A letter, signed by Lord Roberts, Mr. Rudyard Kipling, Lords Milner and Desborough, Professor Dicey, Sir William Ramsay, Sir Edward Elgar and others, appeals to their fellow-citizens to join iu a solemn declaration that if Home Rule is passed without being submitted to the people at a. general election they will feel justilied in trying to prevent it being put into operation, and particularly in endeavoring to prevent the use of troops against Ulster.

GENERAL ELECTION EXPECTED. London. March 3. The Daily News admits that a section of the Radicals and Laborites favor a general election in the autumn. Reynolds' Newspaper and the Cliron : icle make similar statements. The Morning Post (Conservative) forecasts an election soon after June. The Pall Mall Gazette (Conservative) declares that an election is in sight. The Radical press indicates the possibility of a general election in the autumn after pushing the Home Rule Bill as far as possible, and, in the event of a non-settlement. The signatories to the appeal to the English people on behalf of Ulster include Lords Halifax, Aldenham, Lovat and Milner, the Duke of Portland, Sir George Chubb, Professor Dicey, Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Sir Edward Algar.

REIXTRODUCTIOX OF BILL PROBABLY IN JUNE CIRCULATING A MEMORIAL. Received 4, 1.15 a.m. London, March 4. Members of all patties express the opinion that in June Mr. A. Birrell will re-introduce the Home Rule Hill. It is expected that some weeks will elapse after Mr. Asquith's statement so as to permit the proposals to be digested. Mr. Paget's motion was dropped. The Union Defence League has taken up the appeal against Home Rule, and is distributing a memorial throughout the Kingdom for signature.