HOME RULE DEBATE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1912, Page 5

HOME RULE DEBATE.

. I A WARNING OF WAR. I '' ULSTER AND FEDEBAXISM. ) " ■ (By Cable.—Prees Association.—Copyright.) 1 LONDON. May 2. a I The debate on the motion for the J • .-p<ond reading of the Irish Home Exile I Bill i which was moved by Mr. Winston ! i Churchill) has been continued, jj Mr. R. B. Finiay (Unionist member I for Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Univer- '. i -itiini warned the Government that per--1 ; M<oen(.p in forcing the bill would mean 'civil war. It federalism was the object t i of the measure Ll-tfr"s claim to separate i treatment w.i~ tnPMStibk , . " j A BULWARK OF LIBERTY. II I nlotx-l Scplv i I nder-Serrcbiry if 1 I for Wan' .--.lid tii:it it the Nation- ■ :ili<t lender? tnPnnt what they said relijziJ«Mi.- intolr-n.t :ind persecution ill Ire- , ! 1.t.'1 would I ■!• ini|«»s«ih|p. Up believl . ' !':i:it tit" ri-i -!i |n'ii|il» w<mf<l honourably 1 ,-;irrv i :ii tin- ii" i-i >n of the si-!\'ine an.l 1.,..- iii.il,.- 11.1nn.! a bulwark »f Uriti.-I. ,'jlilKnios , J .Mi. «!■■!. ii I'.ri'-n 'Loader of tin , In.'i"l !prii'lii.l S-.li'ir.;i)i»tM .:r-l:ir<>d that the ~ bill ■.■■hi. , a:r..it rci-omiliation between . ■.. :■■■:-. I'riinc and Ireland, but the fin- ■ anoial propi-snlf ware impracticable and , c-.--.uld li- ; be as final. , Continuing. Sir. O'Brien =aid that th" truest so.ifr'.i:ird that w<iild be given to ■) the Protectants would be to allow them a ; fin:; "rip ia the Irif.h Parliament. Half i , Lie S'«-natar.= acd on? lour".v of the Lower a ! Hcuse .should ho. Protectants. f I { XTLSTEU AND TREASON. i» ; A letter has been written by Sir Ed.ward Carson to Mr. \Y. Thorne (Labour . M.l. i rilative to the uouce of motion t recently given by Mr. Thorne and Messrs. - G. I-ansbury and J. O"OraJy I two otber c I Lo.botir members of the House of Cornsi I mon.-1 in rpjrarii to the alleged treasons ! abb' of Sir Bdward and other •i ; of the anti-Home Rule campaign cI ie Irelnnd. r J PROOF DESIANDED. 1 i Sir Edward insists that Mr. Thorne t : -rail demand tka.t the Government shall I'.S'.rd him an opporttmity of proving his i!• :::.!-.■.-. The litter add.-i: "It is an *>!<»• I ii:-:it.uy principle ■/ our liberty th.i: all ; men md all bodies, except trade union.-. ."lull lie e.jual hi-fure the law." sir Hiw.'rd says thai lie does not claim any iumiunity iron) the law. Mr. Thonn". in p'plyine to the letter. puinls out thai l!i" motion h:is not y»! been rpaciu-il. tit" ftt.it«s that he inU-r:d----lo a.-',; the i'inv(»r:ii:".pat to facilitate dislussion on tlie subject. ASQTJITH REFUSES TIMS. (Seoeived 1.10 pjn. i LONDON", May 2. 0 i Replying to Mr. Thome, Mr. Asquilh i- , ■ refused t> prant Government"* time to • debate Sir E. Carson's impeachment. MB. BAXFCTUR'S CRITICISM. r £ NO PROTECTION FOR THE MINORITY. (Received 1.10 p.m.) LONDON". May _. Mr. JSalfoiir. in the Fi'.use of fmnruone. I mad-- i -"iirrhmj <-riti.-i-ra of the Home I Rule RllV H» dPc!ar«'S that it prvps dual control of Irish iiil.-iir.-. aud canuot protect Ui" mir.i'nty. t i ■ t I The nfUirP of motion wh.ch was rrjvp.r. ; - by Messrs. Thorne, l.ansbury. and I c'Grady early in \p.il. rails fur the re'■Jiiovjt! '.< the Marquis of Lo.:dnnderry. '■ I Sir [-.'ilwiiru , (arson, aid Messis. Thonnw " i Andrew.-. Phoma- J-irriair, and .'ohji ' , V'-uns: from their pusitu-ns as member* 1• I r i th.- Vr;\v Council in Ireland, on the '" I cround of tiie'r having made treasonable S[ieechi'S. "I ii' , motion expressed re-;r>'t s titiit the C.'.verrnicnt "when prosecuting ' poor niPn in England for neg I li'i-ti'd to pms-pi'Ut' , rirh n:"n in Jrciand." ,i i