AMENDING BILL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 137, 16 July 1914, Page 7

AMENDING BILL.

THE LORDS' AMENDMENTS. CONCILIATION CONFERENCE _ SUGGESTED. By Gable. —Press Association. —Copyright. LONDON, July 15 ! . In the House of Lords, Lord Crewe, in reviewing the amendments to the Home Rule Bill, said that patience and forbearance by all parties were neces* sary. , Lord Lansdowiie declared that nothing less than official amendments would suffice to avert danger! He complained that the/Government -had not uttered a word on any suggestion that exhibij ted importance. They had shown j themselves more hopeless, helpless, and aimless than any previous Government j in a time of crisis. Lord Morley "said the a'mendments ,had only embittered relations and made a collision more inevitable. If this were the last word of the majority in the House of Lords, it would have been far better and more straightforward if they had refused the second reading. Lord Dunraven's amendment was carried' enabling the King, by Order-iii-Council, to postpone Home Rule until a Commission had reported On the Constitution and the relation of Ireland to the rest of the United King-, dom. Lord Beauchamp, who opposed the amendment, said that if there was a general desire by all parties for a conference with a view to conciliation, the Government would facilitate the summoning of it. Lord Lansdowne welcomed the offer. The '' Daily Chronicle'' says the Government must refuse to exclude any county which does not vote to be excluded. It would be absurd to take Ulster as the voting area, since it has no jnore reality than Wessex or Mercia., The Cabinet to-morrow considers the amendments. The suggested conference has been received with favour. Ministerialists emphasise that there nuist be no delay in placing Home Rule on the Statute Book. Sir Edward Carson, in response to an urgent telegram, hastened to London. Mr Birrell has gone to Dublin. SEIZURE OF AMMUNITION. (Received July 16, 9 a.m.) LONDON, July 15. One hundred and fifty thousand rounds of ammunition, consigned to Belfast, have been seized at Stocktou-on-Tees. THE NEXT STAGE. I (Received July 16, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 15. Mr Asquith announced that he proposed to put down the Amending Bill provisionally, for Monday. AN AMAZING STATEMENT. INTENTIONS OF GOVERNMENT. (Received 'July 16, 11.15 a.m.) The "Pall Mall Gazette"' is responsible for the amazing statement that the Government intends to abandon the Amending Bill, to withdraw the troops from Ulster, and to allow the Provisional Government to keep order, and to collect the taxes and remit them to Whitehall, from where they shall, be disbursed proportionately to Ulster and Dublin.