The Thames Star. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY MAY 3, 1911. EDITORIAL. IMPERIAL MATTERS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10356, 3 May 1911, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY MAY 3, 1911. EDITORIAL. IMPERIAL MATTERS.

AND HO'Mfl RIULH FOEI IRELAND-.

One of the Irish. delegates!—who by tlie Way are likely to (be heard at Thames—has stated that the pile-sent will bta the! last appeal made! toi the supporters of the clause and that if a Some Rule mission evfeir domes to New Zealand in the future it will,be to report peia.ee and good government in Ireland. Aaidl indeted! there* is no reason to 1 doubt that this will "be so. There alxs many -who telietve that Home R'ulo for Irleand will prove' a factor for peace and, not for dissension. There will, of course, ble a. turbulent minority, kit they will have to prt>v© omaa-aiblei to law, discipline, and order, as have the fighting minority factors leen compelled to do in, say, Africa. Britain granted! Home Ekile to Republics whose people had met, and on several occasions de>feated with serious loss, portions of the British Army, and no serious consequences havie followed. Rctha, the ex-Boer* general and commander of tito Transvaal Army, hais totiome an Imperialist! and it is he and his eolleagties who are seeking 1 to repress and control (.ho small portion of the irreconailiable who strenuously refuse to atecept the altered' conditions. In all probability this will bs tlie experience in Ireland, and possibly there will always -bo a turbulant factor at work with the object of stearins* complete independence*, but it is hoped that this element will 1» gradually eliminated mwfar the now orckr of thincs. On tlio (petition of Horns Rulo for Ireland, however, the liberal Government must stand! or fall. Mr Asquith has given an assurance, gp haa Mr Lloyd George, and other

leading members of the British. Gafci inelb, that as soon as the Veto Question is disposed of the 'Gorvternmjeiit "will propose the establishment of an Irish Parliament and an Irish Executive, subject to thia maintenance of the supremacy of tlie Imperial Parliament," and!,Mr Redmond speaking for the Irish Party, . hias said: hVfk admit and afclciept Imperial supremacy whidh ought to put dawn any fear of oppression. ' of. Protestants." That Via definite and dieidisive enough, and therefore New Zealand ■will watch thei progress of political events, especially so fair als Ireland) is cloneerned, with conaideraible interest. The delegates who haiVe now laudtad on our shores will removie many erroneous impressions that have been formed, and their' visit should considerably a'diVancie the interests of their caulse. In connection with the Home Eiula movement we note that it toa's.beemi suggested; that thei whole of the British teles should be formed into one Greiat 'Federialtion, with local Parliaments for Elnglandl, Ireland, Sfcotland and Wales, and with a great and powerful Impedal FetTeira.^ Council on which aJI tliia over-sda D'omanions Wouldi hia.vte reprtestsntatives. This it is held! Would We unity of Empire, of a surety, and thlougjh the saig'gestion alone is* enough to stiffen the bactka of the; average Consieivativ'e ib maiy yet dome: within tihe realm of prafctioal politics. , •