RENEWED HOPES.

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RENEWED HOPES.

king and conference. THE IRISH PROBLEM. •*. WiIDTWO TELEGRAPH— OOPYfcIGHI 'P*B CNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. 'Received July 21, 11.10 a.m. LONDON, July 23: ' The conference- has held a longtihy sitting and has renewed hopes of a ■successfill termiinatioii.

to Rt. Hon. Sir H. J. Pa 1 «iel (Liberal member for Kirkcaldy ifoirghs), Hon. H. H. Asqnith < IVim? MmiL-tcj-; 'said the i-cnteuce in the King s srcech was never intended to convey more than was obviously true, that appreiicnisionis of civil strife had been widely entertained and cxprcrscd Dy rcsppnfeible and wber-mindcdl ijcjsons "among whom"! may perhaps include myself." CONFERENCE ADJOURNED. Received July 24, 8,."0 a.m. . • LONDON, July 23. The coniferen-,e. of the- King and party 'leadca-.j on the Home Rule question has bec'it adijourned until to-morrow. ATTACK ON THE KINC. R""cived July 24, a.m. I.OXDON, July 2.3. 'Mr Kelp Hardie (Leader of the Independen.j. Labor Party) -made a violont attack on tlhe King for associatimg himself -wfUi reactionary peers and rebelliott\> Uktcrmen. CABINET, AND CONFEPENCES. . S» ' LONDON, July 23. Cabinet sat last night and there were alsh conferences between the Parliamentary leaders and the Speaker. It is believed that they considered the exclilsron of six counties. A LIBERAL'S QUESTION. LONDON. July 23. I 'lt) tiho House of Commons 'Mr J. M. , nogge (Liberal member for Edinburgh Kast), on the motion for adjournment, desired .to know whether the Palace co "fc r t i noe was -hold conditionally or unconditonally. it should have been dissociated with the Palace and held at Westminster instead. It fhould also bo made clear that the "canlercucc would not supersede Parliament. * , Sir J. A. Siqion (Attorney-CJencral), in tho absence of the' Prime Minister) promised to ask Rt. Hon. H. H. Asqu th to deal vtfith Mr Hog«e's sugges- , tions. . J PRESS AND KING'S SPEECH. <► LONDON, July 23. Most of the Ir.'sh Nationalist newspapers welcome the sincerity of the : Kin*s speech. 'Freeman's Journal'as- I eert.r that it exhibits no bias against Rationalist aspirations but on the contrary desires a peaceful settlement. Mr A. J. Kettle, a lead r ng figure or Caarles Parnell's day, in a letter to 'Freeman's Journal,' says that lie has ] given up hope of ever getting a real Home llule settlement from the Libera' 1 Party. Ireland had neariy done foT the 1 present with a party of words -and must eoon hcok on to a party of works—tho : Tories. The. 'Daily Telegraph's (0.) Parliamentary correspondent eays that Mr Asquith's explicit statement has destroyed the flimsy foundations on which tfie legend was based that the King's speech betrayed party bias. * 'The Times' (Independent) eays. "Mr AGquith is crushed with th/ sw ft directness of the extraordinary attacks on tlje King by certain of h's own followers and the entire Liberal press." 'The Tildes' hopes th!\t. it»alSb qtuls one of j tiho most. dis<?,red-table episodes in the j history of Radicalism,. ' , The ' Morning Post ' (0.) has reason to believe that ono of the causes ; leadiltg to the conference was that the ; Council advised tha.t in the pvent ; Of civil war It would 1)3 necessary to , strengthen tho British,forces in Egypt, , India and fome of the H'nie .stations.

The 'Daily Chronicle' (G.V says, "Mr Asquith having accepted the respons'bility with unreserved and almost aggressive loyalty doiv;. h.in the more credit because it is being used to discredit him. . The party episode illustrates the difficulty of the King entering the political arena. In the present case the fault is lees In the speech than in its publication. Mr Asquith and Mr Lloyd George lacked vigilance and judgment in agreeitig to its publication." I

THE FIRST SHOT. « lONpCiN, July 23. Two thousand , Ulster vlcijiin.t« , ers cl the Mid-Tyrone Battalic.i paraded' today and received nut's and baycietn. A company of Ulster volunteer:) wes ■marching to Gkshey (Ty rone), when three" i'l'roi'3 were fired' ove.r their heads from the vi'.imty of a laborer's votNATIONALISTS IN ULSTER. LONDON, Julv i'l. At a conference .held a:: ■Omarh <rc the NationaHrits of Tyrone, Fermanagh, and Dtrry City. tilii fcillowinsr ivmiW:turn was carried :—"At the risk of our lives we will never consent tta be separated frcnii the Irish ration." CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFICULTIKS. BI XMOTHIO TKLKGRAPH OOPTRtHHT TIMES AND BTDNKI BUN SBRVICKB. LONDON, July 22. The 'West minster Gazette' (G.) says, "STaat has happened this week should ■warn all parties that failure may land us not only in an Irish difficulty but grave constitutional difficulties aftectvng the wholi* 1 kingdom. Tlie> rosjwnsiblc and Poher-mindcd members uf .'he conference may bo expected especially to bear in mind tho supreme importance of not exposing the King to a public con'troversy. and therefore making any treasonable sacrifice to reach an agreed settlement."