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HOME RULE

CABLE HEWS

(United Prw AenQtiaiim — By Ektr trie Telegraph—■Cr.pyrigh.t J

m bonp law !H BiPtv

A RKAL DANGER

(Received L:.'„t Night 10.30 o'clock)

LONDON, August 13

Mr Bonar Law, Loader of the o>positaion, in a letter in reply to what he describes as Mr Winston ChureiiiH's "rhetorical contribution," sav? that the Government won the last election by parading the preamble of the Parliament Bill, pledging reform of the Second Chamber. That pledg : the Premier declared a debt of honour. They had repudiated it. For why? Because no Second Chamber however constituted,, would permit .i great ij'so jfome Rule imles: it were submitted to the fllectoi'S. ani because they knew if they submitted it to the electors, they would be emphatically and finally condemned. Al! loading members of the Government, including Mr Birrell, had omitted anv -ferenee to Home Rule in their .election* aauY° sses -. ;" Ca " anyone- doub!that the " -. "'*" '^''ib^'ate. 6 '' asks Mr Bonar Law. Ifie Gove'ftlment tliad thus a dictator<ship, but only a p-pe;' dicintoi'ship [which would fall to pieces v 4 "?' l ro- | si&ted. Mr Winston ChurchiV ..wns quite tight in thinking that the Unionists would anticipate a civil war. There Would have been a real danger of a civil war if the Government had been allowed to move blindly to the precipice, without a clear warning of the dangers confronting them. They knew rtow that if they attempted, without first obtaining the sanction of the electors they would drive Ulster out of the Union. The attempt would be resisted, not only by Loyalists in Ireland, but by an overwhelming majority of people in Britain, and thp attempt would not bo made,

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10693, 14 August 1912, Page 5

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HOME RULE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10693, 14 August 1912, Page 5

HOME RULE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10693, 14 August 1912, Page 5

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