HOME RULE MR. BALFOUR'S CRITICISM
COUNTRY PARALYSED BY CABINET'S ACTION HOUSE OP COMMONS FRIGHTENED. (By Telegraph.— Press As«oei»fcion.--Copyrith(;.\ _ (Received April 3, 10.10~a.m.) LONDON, 2nd April. Mr. Balfc-nr, speaking- in the House of Commons, said that the Government's action had paralysed Parliament and the country. The House was nominally discussing Home Rule but Teally how to avoid civil war. It had been said that the tone of the debate was conciliatory.. That did not mean that the members of the House of Commons had agreed; it meant that the members of the House of Commons were frightened. The referendum, Mr. Balfour continued, suited the present crisis. There was no explanation of the Government's aversion to a General Election, unless it had a definite understanding with theNationalists. He did not believe in cutting up the Kingdom, but he invited the Government to indicate on broad lines its Federal poliry. It was essential that Ulster should not be placed under a Dublin Parliament.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 79, 3 April 1914, Page 7
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160HOME RULE MR.BALFOUR'S CRITICISM Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 79, 3 April 1914, Page 7
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