Mr Balfour Submits

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 282, 1 May 1914, Page 5

Mr Balfour Submits

TO A SEPARATE PARLIAMENT FOR IRELAND. HOME RULE OF SOME SORT INEVITABLE. ULSTER MUST BE EXCLUDED. FLAMING SCENE OF WRATHFUL ALTERCATION. fLUBJ OF MS. BALFOUR'S CHERISHED DREAMS. " UL6TERMEN READY TO DIE." A STRONGER IRELAND. ■By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 30, 11.40 p.m. London, April 30. Though Mr. Chamberlain's motion was for a judicial enquiry, the theme be•caste obscured in the conciliatory •peecheß towards an Ulster compromise. Both sides acclaimed Mr. Balfour's Speech. He spoke for ninety minutes. There was a flaming scene of wrathful altercation, betwen Mr. Balfour and Mr. ■Churchill, the former declaring that Mr. •Churchill had lent himself to operations which might'easily have provoked blood ■Aed. Then the anger died away. Mr. Balfour pictured the appalling disaster that civil war would be, and •deplored the demoralising results that :had already taken place. He gladly -.recognised Mr. Churchill's suggestion for ,peace, which he would gladly accept, but 4hey would not get Ulster to join the -Test of Ireland unless they excluded hei ;now.

jjL Mr. Balfour declared that a settlement jvwuld not mean any triumph to the {Jnionists or to himself. Bather, it meant the defeat of what he had striven <or throughout his political iifo. ft was the ruin of his cherished 'dream that by. removing all injustice and inequality in the south and west, Irishmen might come together and forget their ancient memories and -share the common hopes of loyalty and heritage of the United Kingdom. It was no triumph to him. It was the failure of his life's work, that in order to avoid civil war he had to submit to a separate Parliament for Ireland. ' Sir Edward Carson begged the Ministerialists to believe that the Ulstermen ■were not masquerading, but were ready to die for their principles. The Govern i»ent could put Ulster down, but if they conquered -her they would conquer her for something they themselves would not give up. The lesson that the Minister ialists ought to learn was the desperate reality of the question they were dealing with. He saw a gleam of hope in Mr. Churchill's violence. Sir Edward Carson deplored the conditions .-.o much that he did not believe that any taunts to himself would prevent him from peeking any reasonable solution to prevent bloodshed. Sir Edward, continuing, said he would be glad to see a state of affairs arising in Ireland that would result in mutual qpnfidence and goodwill between all parts and all classes, leading to a stronger IreJanil.as a unit of a federal scheme.

THE PREMIER REPLIES. ■ THE OPPOSITION " MARE'S NEST." —~ , Received 30, 11.40 p.m. / London, April 30.

Mr. Aequith scornfully alluded to the '.flimsy and contemptible character of the -case against the Government. He had 'been summoned to answer allegations of almost fiendish conduct. What was there ito be a judicial enquiry into? Nothing tout a mare's nest. He had answered five hundred questions, and had been cross-examined in a manner reminiscent of the worst Old Bailey traditions. He ■4cTided the charge that was being made tj" an Opposition which complacently •tolerated a piratical adventure. Mr. Balfour's and Sir Edward Carson's -speeches might prove to be a landmark in the history of the controversy. Tt was impossible to listen to Mr. Balfour without emotion. He had never heard in the House such a remarkable or touching appeal from one who for all his lifetime had been a strenuous and form idable antagonist of Home Eule. Forces which none could use and none control fcad been too strong, and Mr. Balfour ■*ow recognised that Home Eule of some kind vu inevitable. Mr. Asquith did not think that a settlement could be effected ky bargaining on the floor of the House. A settlement must bring V everybody in. He welcomed Sir Edyard Carson's hopes that Home Eule might possess an ultimate attraction for Ulster. He thought that speech was intended to help on a settlement. He had never closed, and would never close, -the door to a settlement until compelled .to by absolute force of circumstances.

KON-COMMUNTCATIVE MINISTERS. BELFAST LABORITES 'CONDEMN ENGLISH COLLEAGUES. Received 1, 12.30 a.m. London, April 30. Jfr. Churchill, replying to questions -rcgasding the future movements of the Navy in regard to Ulster, said that quite enough information had been given. jiTid l»e was not going to give any more. Mr. Asqnith. when questioned respect-ing-flie production of further pap»n *bont Ulster., said the Government wa? *ot soißg to issue any more, nor aft/r ttiis ' week would he answer any move questions on the matter. Ten thousand trade unionist- at T!elfnsf passed a resolution condemning t.ic JhHish Labor leaders Tor their support <tf Horn* Kale. A

k was carried supporting Sir Edward Car- » son's policf. AN APPEAL TO AMERICA FOR FIGHTING FUNDS. Received 30, 10.30 p.m. Ottawa, April 29. Mr. Walter Long, late Chief Secretary for Irelaad, has cabled the Canadian Unionist* and Orangemen for financial . help to tight Home Rule. MS. CHURCHILL'S OFFER. FEDERALISM THE WAY OUT. A MIXED RECEPTION. SCENE IN THE HOUSE. London, April 29. Mr. Balfour created a scene by referring to lir. Churchill as an agent provocateur. Mr. Churchill: Prove it. Mr. Balfour said thcie (was ample proof in Mr. Churchill's speeches. He was such a master of vituperation that he was not entitled to tender treatment. •Mr. Bonar Law said Mr. Churchill's peace suggestion was made in an incongruous setting, but the Opposition would give it fair «nd honest consideration. Mr. Chamberlain's motion was rejected by 344 votes to 264. Many liberals are indignant at Mr. Churchill's offer, which is interpreted io mean the exclusion of Ulster until the United Kingdom is federalised. ' The Chronicle says th« offer may cause dismay, and has more of weakness than magnanimity. The Westminster Gazette welcomes the offer. The Manchester Guardian is unfavorable. The Liverpool Post say# the Liberal members are bewildered, as they expecte.l an announcement of drastic measures, and instead the Government offered fresh suggestions for peace. There are now eleven warships in Belfast Lough. The non-adoption of retaliatory measures by the Government against the gun-runners is attributed to the persuasions of the Nationalists. Mr. Redmond, interviewed, said: "If Sir Edward Carson does what Me. Churchill suggests I will endeavor to effect an honorable settlement." Captain Craig, interviewed, said Jlr. Churchill's offer was the most important advance towards peace yet made.

The House was crowded to hear Mr. A&quith's attitude. He said that Mr. Churchill had made the offer on lm own account, and not on behalf of tbc Government so far. He invited Sir Edward Carson to make an offer in the spirit indicated, in which he heartily sympathised. Sir Edward Carson said the violence of Mr. CSiurchill's speech gave him a gleam of hope, as lie always played the role of demagogue when making an offer towards a settlement. He (Sir Edward Carson) took full responsibility for the gun-running. It was nothing new. He liatl said 2V!> years ago that Ulster would resist by force. He had already gone far towards meeting Mr. Churchill when he said that Ulster would not complain if the federal system were adopted and Ireland was part of the federal system of the United Kingdom. In (hat case Ulster would get equal treatment, and there would be no moral justification for resistance. He would also say, much as he detested and feared Home Rule, that if it were set up it would be his earnest prayer that ii might have such success that Ulster itself would seek to come in, but Ulster would never be brought in forcibly.