IRISH HOME RULE

Evening Star, Issue 15395, 20 January 1914, Page 6

IRISH HOME RULE

DRAWING NEAR TO CIVIL W T AB,

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, January 19. (Received January 20, at 8.5 a.m.) In the course of a sermon at Edinburgh the Archbishop of York, referring to the problem of Home Rule, said that the sand was running out, and the possibility of civil war was drawing near. Only a resolute determination to seek for peace cculd prevent so dire a calamity. No settlement was possible unless it found room for the. two great and true principles of nationality on the one hand and of union in a wider nation on the other. MR W. REDMOND’S VIEW. SYDNEY, January 20. (Recoivedj January 20, at 10.15 a.m.) Speaking at Bathurst, Mr William Redmond, M.P., referring to Mr Bonar Law's statement that the Unionists were pledged to support Ulster in the event of civil war, predicted that though there might be some turbulence and rioting, such as had been previously seen, the people of Ulster in the end would settle down to The Liberal party were willing to make any reasonable concessions, but neither Mr Asquith nor the Leader of the Nationalist party would allow themselves to be intimidated by a threat. THE MEMBER FOR CORK. Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyrigb* - LONDON, January 19. v Mr William O'Brien has resigned his seat for Cork, on the ground that'the Redmondites interpret the result of the municipal elections in Cork as the defeat of the policy of conference and conciliation by consent. He will, however, seek re-elec-tion.