Partition of Ireland

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 222, 19 March 1914, Page 5

Partition of Ireland

"AN OUTRAGE OX NATURE AND HISTORY." "FORCE WILL BE MET BY FORCE." By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 18, 11.85 p.m. London, March 18. Mr. Redmond presided at the Nationalists' St. Patrick's Day banquet at the Hotel Cecil. In the course of his speech he said that any permanent partition of Ireland would be an outrage on nature and history to which the Irish leaders would never acquiesce, but in the absence of a political earthquake, Home Rule' would be the law of fie land, probably in its present form. The Government's efforts at conciliation had been a failure. Extremists on both sides had deliberately misrepresented the Government's efforts. The automatic ending of any period of exclusion was for the Nationalists an immutable principle, and our latest word is, 'f force is interposed, it will be met with force." AN AMENDMENT. Received 18, 10 p.m. London, March 18. Mr. A. McAllum Scott has given notice of an amendment to Mr. Bonar Law's motion. He regretted the Opposition's refusal to state whether they were prepared to accept the Government's suggestion as a basis.of settlement.

MOBILISATION OP VETERANS IN ULSTER. THE VOTE OF CENSURE. DENIAL F.ROM MR. CHURCHILL. London, March 17. A Belfast member of (lie Ulster provisional government announces that -1000 veterans of the South African campaign will lie mobilising on Monday. , London, March 17. Mr. Bonar Law moves his vote of censure motion on Thursday. London. March 17. Mr. .Churchill denies the assault. His would-be assailant was seized and prevented from striking 1 him. SPEECH BY SIR JOSEPH WARD. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington. March 17. Speaking at the St. Patrick's festival last night Sir J. Ward said it was too horrible for words to imagine that two .sections of Irishmen are to he let loose on the land they both love and to have innocent lives sacrificed before the final will of the majority is put into execution. The whole Empire is vitally concerned in seeing England and Ireland at harmony. He held strongly that the future greatness of the Motherland would require separate Parliament* in the four racial divisions of tbe British Isles, with a great Imperial Parliament representative of all parts of the overseas possessions.