HOME RULE BILL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 92, 25 May 1914, Page 7

HOME RULE BILL.

CABINET'S HURRIED MEETING. THE THIRD READING DEBATE. By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright. LONDON, May 23. A hurried meeting of the Cabinet was lield on Saturday, the purpose being, it is supposed, to deal with Monday's procedure ( in the House of Commons arising over Thursday's scene. The Liberal Whip subsequently intimated that, in view of the uncertainty of future proceedings, early attendance at the House of Commons on Monday was • imperative. 'He added : that there was a possibility of the third reading debate on the Horiie Rule Bill toeing taken. forthwith. NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS. HELP FROM AMERICA. "Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services. Irish-Americans have promised £20,000 f6r guns, ammunition, and Uniforms for the Nationalist volunteers. ' The Nationalist leaders. fear that American, support will be diverted from ;4he' Parliamentary funds.

TREMENDOUS TENSION. RIVAL ULSTER ARMIES. WHEN THE BILL PASSES. (Received May 25, 8 a.m.) J - ' ' LONDON, May 24. There is tremendous tension in Ulster, . -Iwrd'it is feared that'the rival volunteer "ai'mies will come into coUision on Tuest " day evening, when the Home Rule Bill i is passed in the House of Commons, ' under' the''Parliament. Act. " ,; " 'Both amies are feverishly preparing, and are fully supplied with arms and ammunition. A service of 50 motor cars distributed ! rifles, during the. evening from County Down to various centres in Fermanagh. Twc himdied Ulster Covenanters were out all night guarding certain houses. The police on bicycles unsuccessiully attempted 1 to trace the motor cars distributing \ tlie rifles. The numbers of . the. cars were changed in some cases, . and the numbers of. Nationalist cars substituted. 1 Every coijiinander of a "Covenan- ' ter" regiment has received an order, reading ad follows: —• "In view of.the possibility, of ; Nationalistrowdyism on the passing of - the Home Rule Bill, '..coini--manders are authorised to taie whatever steps they deem advisable "to -maintain peace, and to prevent' ' disloyal processions, and the burnof bon fires or displays taking • place", in the Unionist territorythroughout their command.'' . Tk,; Covenanters' : official organ, the '' iltetermart,'' contains an appeal signed by the officials of the various ; {societies in the North of Ireland to their fellow trade unionists in Britain to assist them in the crisis, assuring them, that thq. democracy of Ulster is the soul and body of the Ulster movement. fy ''

NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS. / "PART OF THE MACHINE." . OFFICIAL RECOGNITION. . ' (Received May 25, 9.20 a.m;) The Dublin correspondent of the''Observer' ' states that the Hibernian Society has officially recognised the Nationalist volunteer movement, which is daily growing. . , Mr Devlin, who first regarded it as a inenace to - tjie Nationalists' machine, has now • decided to identify the ' machine with the volunteer iho^ement.