HOME RULE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16549, 13 May 1914, Page 9

HOME RULE.

THE GUN RUNNERS. NO PROSECUTION. MR ASQUITH’S STATEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, May 11. Replying to a question, Mr Asquith said that the Government was not prosecuting tho gun runners. Other stops would he taken, which it was not desirable to make public. A PETITION TO THE KING. (Received May 12, 11.40 p.m.) LONDON, May 12. The Irish Unionist Alliance lias petitioned tho King asking that the Home Rule Bill should be submitted to the judgment of the people. THE HOME RULE BILL. APPEAL TO IRISH UNIONISTS TO ACCEPT IT. "Times" and Sydney “Sun” Services. (Received May 12, 5.25 p.m.) LONDON, May 12. “Freeman’s Journal” publishes an appeal to the Irish Unionists to accept the Home Rule Bill, and suggests that after the Bill becomes law Mr Redmond and Sir Edward Carson should try and settle all outstanding differences. The Nationalists are prepared to go almost any distance to meet the Unionists.