DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.
AN INTOLERABLE SITUATION
OPPOSITION AMENDMENT
DEFEATED.
(By C*l>!e.—Press Araociaiion.—Copyright.) • LONDON*, February 11. A great prayer meeting was held in the Wellington Hall, Belfast, the gathering comprising all denominations. It was so timed as to synchronize with the assembling of Parliament.
In the Hotrae of Commons, Sir John Simon, Attorney-General, contrasted Mr Asquith's and Mr Chamberlain's speeches. He said that the latter's was not conciliator?.
Sir Edward Carson replied, arguing that the situation was intolerable, inasmuch as Unionists, pending Mr Asquith's suggestions, were asked to vote the Estimates, including the pay of the Army, which the Liberals threatened to send to Ulster. If the Government proposed Ulster's exclusion, he would consult Ulstennen.
Sir Edward added that Mr Redmond did not want Ulster's affections, but only her taxes.
Mr Redmond repudiated the charge of unworthy motives. The Nationalists shared to the- full the desire for a peaceful -solution, although they did not share , the tragic view of the possibilities of civil war. The exclusion of Ulster could never be a solution.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14900, 13 February 1914, Page 7
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