Home Rule

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 60, 31 July 1914, Page 5

Home Rule

AX AGREEMENT CLOSE AT HAND. DUE TO THE EUROPEAN CRISIS. A GENERAL ELECTION IMPOSSIBLE.

By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright Received 30, 11.55 p.m. London, July 30. The debate on the Amending Bill is awaited with keen anxiety. It is widely believed that an agreement is close at hand, a 9 the members of the House of Commons are deeply impressed with the seriousness or tne European crisis. The Earl of Plymouth, speaking in Glamorganshire, said that strongly ag he condemned the Government, the European situation prevented the Opposition from any longer demanding a.general election. The Empire itself might be endangered if she did not hold together ,and support the Minister directing foreign affairs. The Times says that a general election cannot be entertained, and for the time being Parliament must devise an Irish settlement, even if only temporary. Several other newspapers endorse the impossibility of a general election, and the necessity for supporting Sir Edward Grey. The destroyer flotillas preventing gunrunning in Ireland have been withdrawn owing to the crisis. COMPOSING DIFFERENCES. GOOD ADVICE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, July 29.

j The Times, in a leader, urges that the war imposes an instant duty upon the political parties. While the gr.eat powers are furbishing their armour it is obvious .that England cannot turn- aside | to engage in an election, and no change |of Government is possible at present. The Times appeals to the Home Rulers to agree to the exclusion of Ulster, including Fermanagh, subject to re-con-sideration of the whole issue in the early future. The Irish Times declares that no effective government exists in Ireland, and suggests that the Nationalist and Ulster Volunteers should co-operate to preserve the public peace, , London, July 29. Two hundred thousand attended the funeral in Dublin. It was an impressive scene. The crowds were bare-headed and the only sound was the band's funeral marches. A meeting of Nationalist members of the House of Commons agreed not to, oppose the second reading of the amend-' ment Bill, provided there would be drastic changes in committee. ' •■