HOME RULE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13887, 23 October 1905, Page 7

HOME RULE.

THE COLONIES AND THE MOVEMENT. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 20. The “ Westminster Gazette,” referring to the Commonwealth following Canada’s lead in the matter of Home Rule, asks, “ How would Mr Chamberlain like the cry that every vote for union was a vote against the colonies? Perhaps Australia will now take steps to include Irish Home Rule on the agenda of the Colonial Conference. LONDON, October 21. The “ Freemans Journal,” commenting on the Australian Home Rule resolution, says that it is a salutary reminder to Imperialists of the Asquith and Rosebery type, who profess respect for colonial opinion, that Ireland still blocks the way.