The Irish Crisis

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 265, 7 April 1914, Page 5

The Irish Crisis

MR. ASQUITJI OX THE NEW DOGMA,

"OREAT ISSUES AHEAD."

PLEA FOR UNITED DEMOCRACY. By Cable—Press Association -Copyright Loudon. April :.. Mr. Asquitii, in'his speech at Lvlvbank, said that if they ivr-, to rr-o'c-nise the existence of a dispensing and discriminating power for ollkcr.- ti.ov must recognise it in the men. also in judges, magistrates and civil .■;: ivants. The new dogmas would he ievub-d whenever the spirit of lawh claimed to stop the machinery of society. He quoted his speech at St. Andrew's on.December 7, 1910, dealing with Home Rule, as a justification for dealing with the Bill, under the Parliament Act. A settlement by consent was desirable in the interests of the country, but it must be peace with fconor. Mr. Asquith concluded by advocating devolution being applied to ■Other parts of the United Kingdom. He regretted that the. spirit of disunion in '■ the democratic army had lost several by-elections. With great issues ahea." ' it was time to put aside comparatively trivial differences. If united the demo- ] crats would be irresistible. TSE HYDE PARK DEMOXSTRATION. SOME PERFERVID UTTERANCES *s* London, April 5. The Stock Exchange organised a pro- j cession to Hyde Park and the leading _, Conservative clubs, including the Carl- j too, sent large contingents. Com- £ mingled with tile great parties were , East End workmen. j Sir Edward Carson denied that the Army belonged to the Radicals. The , ' Government had no right to use the forces of the Crown when it refused to take the people's vote; Lord Charles Beresford said that if • the Army were used against Ulster it would break the Navy as well as the Army. Mr. Churchill had organised a plot against Ulster. The Liliput Napoleon wag a man of unbalanced mind absorbed by frenzy and vindictweness against Ulster, because Belfast had re- T fused to receive him. 1 Lord Milner said in the earlier civil t wars the combatants had beliefs antl convictions, but if there were fighting in Ulster the contending parties would foe fundamentally agreed in attachment to the flag, the throne and the Em- " pire, and would be hurled against each other in fratricidal conflict owing to the sinister pressure of a Government , which hated Ulster and the Army. THE ARMY SECOND BEST. " Received li. 10.25 p.m. a London, April fi. Mr. G. H. Barnes, speaking at Wol- a ▼erliampton, said the army had emerg|r ed from the first round of the battle e ■t- "second best." The Army and Navy * must be democratised. l ■ THE BAST FIFE ELECTION. . r NO UNIONIST CANDIDATE. Received (i. 10.35 p.m. London. April 6 It is understood that the Unionists of East Fife regard Mr. Asquith's speech as peaceful, and will not oppose him. THE FEDERAL SCHEME. SUGGESTIONS GALORE. l Received 0, 10/25 p.m. London, April !i. The Liberals will table eight federal : amendments and the Unionists four, in- * .eluding Lord Lyttelton's, which favors the exclusion of Ulster and the establishment of a Liberal Commission. Indications at present are that before the third reading the Government will provide si suggestion stage for the formulation of plans for settlement. Lord Hunraven, in a letter to the aewspapers, suggests that the present Bill lie passed, but the operative clause lie altered, enabling its suspension pending the passing of a Federal Bill, which will preserve Ireland's integrity. w Mr.'; I). V. Pirie, M.P. (Labor) proa statutory commission to draw up a federal constitution which could certainlv In- enacted before two years.