HOME RULE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 293, 10 December 1910, Page 5

HOME RULE.

SIR E. GREY'S INTERPRETATION. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, December 9. Tho Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has issued a fresh manifesto urging members to defeat the Socialists and Radicals. Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary), speaking at Alnmouth, said he was not prepared to set up a separate independent Parliament for Ireland. Any Parliament must be subordinate to the Legislature, with the impaired supremacy of the Imperial Parliament. The Osborne judgment was right, but it would be a fair arrangement to allow the unions to establish separate political funds. FORM OF HOME RULE. MR. REDMOND'S DEFINITION. LONDON, December 9.

Mr. John Redmond, speaking at Dublin, said that Mr. Asquith's Albert Hall speech implied the concession to Ireland of full self-government in all Irish affairs. The elections had already killed the veto, and it might be conceivable that it would take two or three years to pass Home Rule. His own opinion was that as soon as the Veto Bill passed the Lords would come to terms. Mr. Asquith, in his speech at East Fife, in reply to heckling, said he was unable at this stage to give details of the projected measure for Home Rule.

THE MAJORITIES. LONDON, December 9. The representation at Southampton remains unchanged, though the Liberal majorities are smaller. Major H. G. Henderson, Unionist member for the Abington division of Berkshire, increased the lead secured at the last election to 1349. Mr. C. Scott-Dickson, Unionist member for Central Glasgow, also increased his lead. Mr. H. J. MaeKinder, Unionist member for Camlachie division of Glasgow, was returned with a decreased majority. For the Elland division of Yorkshire Mr. C. P. Trevelyan's vote (Liberal) was reduced from 7646 at the last election to 6613. The Liberal majority in the Bridgeton division of Glasgow was reduced from 1797 to 949, at Stockton-on-Tees from 1113 to 670, and at Pontefract (which is represented by Sir T. W. Nussey) from 409 to 62,

NO FALTERING IK LAST STAGE. WHO SHALL BE SOLD 7 (Received 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, December 9. The "Chronicle" predicts that the Liberals will be returned, maybe with a larger, maybe with a smaller, majority; but there must be no faltering in the last stage. "We look to the counties," adds the "Chronicle," "to do their share towards securing fair play to Liberalism." The "Times" states that Mr. Asquith, in his election address, asked the country to approve of the Government proposals with greater emphasis than in January. He considered more emphasis was necessary in the country's verdict to enable him to carry his proposals. More emphasis was not forthcoming, the emphasis was less, since the polls were smaller and the Unionist vote larger. "Mr. Redmond or the British people," says the "Times," "are going to be sold, and as Mr. Redmond can withdraw whatever emphasis accompanies the Government majority, there can be no reasonable doubt as to what the Government choice will be. A referendum would make such a transaction impossible, and is, therefore, cordially detested." j The "Standard" states that there has been a decrease in the votes amounting to 10 per cent of the electorate in London, and six per cent in English and Welsh boroughs. The Unionist decrease in these was 24,400, and Liberal and Labour decreases 08,000. The average number of Unionist votes polled in connection with contested seats was 9287 per Unionist elected, while the Liberal and Labour votes averaged 9036 per member. The Labour majorities in Blackfriars division of Glasgow and West Houghton division of Lancashire was reduced to 1278 and 1090 respectively. There is little variation in the figures for Hornsey and Monmouth.