The Irish Question

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 27, 22 June 1914, Page 5

The Irish Question

SPEECH! BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

THE OBSERVER'S OPINIONS.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright

.Received 22, 1.10 a.m. London, June 21

Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at Denmark Hill, said tlie Government proposed that every county in Ulster should have the option of voting out Homo Rule until two general elections have passed. The talk about drying Ulster out was sheer humbug, for Ulster still retained her representation in the House of Commons, with a Voice in Imperial affairs, and possessed a greater voice than the overseas dominions. This was the- first time that Ulster had ever claimed exclusion. The Carsons, Craiga and Londonderrys of the eighteenth century had forced Irish Home Rule from England. A suffragette waß roughly handled for interrupting the Chancellor. Two male sympathisers, including an East End clergyman, were thrown into a shallow lake.

The Observer says that while the amending Bill may represent concessions to which Mr. Redmond has agreed, it is understood that it does not necessarily represent Mr. Asquith's last word. The Observer believes that the time limit will be abandoned.

THE AMENDING BILL. VARIOUS SPECULATIONS. Received 20, 5.6 p.m. London, June 20. The actual text of the amending Bill is jealously guarded. The main provisions are generally known. The object of the Nationalist volunteers is to prevent the exclusion of Ulster. It means that while Mr. Redmond cannot formally recede from the bargain to which Mr. Asquith's offer of March 9 has committed him, they prevent the offer being extended. It is understood that the Government hope to evade the real issue by making the exclusion definite for six years' slurring over their view of what is to happen when the period of grace has expired.