HOME RULE BILL
APPLICATION OF THE GUILLOTINE ' THE ONLY WAY. By Telegraph — Prest Aieoclatlon.— Copyright. LONDON, sth December. Clauses 29 to 32 of the Home Rule Bill, dealing with the decision of consti* tutional questions, the office of. Lord Lieutenant, and making provision as to existing Judges and Ifish officers, have been passed by the application of the guillotine." An amendment seeking to compel Ireland to pay the Lord Lieutenant's sal' ary and expenses instead of contributing £6000 towards the amount, was rejected. 11l hifc speech at Cheltenham . Lord .Crewe, Secretary of State for India, referred to the guillotine, which he descfibed as a not altogether desirable weapon, but the only one the Government could use to pass measures for i which the country had waited long.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 137, 6 December 1912, Page 7
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127HOME RULE BILL Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 137, 6 December 1912, Page 7
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