Why that Sword?

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 219, 16 March 1914, Page 5

Why that Sword?

SPEECH BY WINSTON CHURCHILL LIBERALS WOULD ALLAY OLD HATREDS. "THE LAST OFFER." •CIVIL WAR: A DREAD EVENTUALITY. THE TORIES' CHOICE: SHOOTING OR VOTING. , By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 16, 1.20 a.m. • London, March 15. Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at . Bradford, said that an agreement alone ■ would make it worth while to re-cast she Home Rule Bill. The Unionists' ■ Aity was clear. If they disliked the - Act they must agitate for a majority. U they won they could "amend or repeal the law. The Liberals, he said, sought to allay the old hatreds in Ireland, not 10 Create new ones. He wanted to give them what they wished, not to fore; ■pon them what they disliked. Mr. Aaquith's offer, on principle, was the laat the Government could or ought to Bake. If the Tories rejected this, it would only be because they preferred •hooting to voting. He was certain , that the first British soldier or bluejacket killed by the Orangemen would raise surti mi explosion as the Tories little appreciated, aiid which would •hake the foundations of society. Sir Edward Carson wai wrong on the merthe question, and historv would prove him so. Sir Edward Carson talked of the Ul•ter convention which was to graciously consider the matter, while the Im- . perial Parliament stood" on tip-toe outaide awaiting' the verdict. When he (Air. Churchill) looked at the situation • «s now unfolded, he felt they had had about enough of' this sort -of thing.

' "IF ULSTER SEEKS PEACE, SHE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND IT." GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE BULLIED. LAW AND ORDER v MUST PREVAIL. Received 16, 1.35 a.m. London, March 15. Mr. Churchill, concluding his speech, *aid:— " "The Government will not allow ' "themselves to be bullied. Doubtless bloodshed is lamentable, but "the cowardly abdication of the executive's responsibility would be "worse. Law and order must pre"vail. We are not going to have "Great Britain sunt tp Mexico's conedition. If Ulster seeks peace, she "knows where to find it. But if every "concession is spurned, if Ulster becomes the tool of party ea!-

"culations, if civil and Parliamentary 1 "systems are brought to the crude ■"challenge of force, if reckless chatter "ends in the disclosure of sinister ""revolution, then let us go fdrward "and put these grave matters to the "proof." Statement by sir edward CABSON. "GOING TO MAKE GOOD." Received 15, 5.5 p.m. London, March 15. Sir Edward Carson, in a letter says: •"We are going to make good in action »ll we have been saying. We have been preparing for two years for a struggle »o grave as to be almost unprecedented in recent history." Mr. Devlin, in an article in Reynolds' Magazine, v argues that the Carsonites are irreconcilable, and that the Bill should be passed as it stands, and the Government enforce the law against the aristocrats who are plotting for rebellion.

A SIGNIFICANT GIFT. Received 15, 5.5 p.m. London, March 14. A hundred personal friends, dining at the Ritz Hotel, presented Sir Edward Carson with a sword and a book of signatures attached to a copy of the covenant. ..... THAT SNAP DIVISION. Received 15, 5.5 p.m. London, March 14. Nineteen Nationalists were' absent during Thursday's critical division. Several went to Ireland without leave, and Mr. Redmond has severely rebuked ■them. THE OPPOSITION LEADER. "LACKING IN HUMAN DECENCY." Received 15, 5.5 p.m. London, March 14. Mr. Acland Acton, commenting on ths recent debates, says he has never heard speeches more lacking in statesmanship. a. sense of responsibility, or a feeling of human decency than Sir A. Bonar Law's. He added that the Government did not intend to make any further modification of Home Rule, which would only lead to further demands.-