IRELAND'S CONSTITUTION
MUST BE GRANTED AT ONCE.
REDMOND ON FEDERALISM.
LONDON, January 27. Mr. John Redmond (Leader of the Irish party), in a magazine article, says that the party will decline to assent to the postponement of Home Rule until England, Scotland, and Wales want Parliaments. Mr. Redmond adds that the Nationalists do not object to Federalism as an ultimate aim, but Ireland must have a Constitution immediately. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, declared that it was unthinkable that the House of Lords -would pass the Parliament (Veto) Bill. It would be unconstitutional for the Government to advise the creation of peers to coerce them. Mr. J. A. Simon (Solicitor-General), speaking at Braintree, remarked that the Parliament Bill was definite and precise, and did not involve the abolition of the Second Chamber, but submission to the deliberate and reiterated will of the nation. The referendum had a democratic air, but it involved Connemara peasants voting on English education. It would destroy the responsibility of members of Parliament and Ministers of the Crown.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 24, 28 January 1911, Page 5
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