MR CHURCHILL'S OFFER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 30 April 1914, Page 5

MR CHURCHILL'S OFFER

"MADE ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT."

LIBERALS INDIGNANT.

(Rec April 30, 11 a.m.) 1 l LONDON, April 29. Many Liberals are indignant at Mr Chu chill's offer, which ( to mean the exclusion of Ulster until the United Kingdom is federated. The "Chronicle" (Liberal) says the offer has caused dismay, and has more an air of Weakness than ™?^?£^ The '•Westminster Gazette -(Liberal) welcomes the offer. jkm-iN The "Manchester Guardian ■-(Moeiai)

in unfavourable. __, The "Liverpool Post" says the Liberal Commoners .ire bewildered as they expected the. announcement ot drastic- measures instead of the Government oiler of f«-«»h suggestions foi Pe The House was crowded to hear Mr Asquith's attitude. He said that Mi Churchill had made the offer on his „ w n account, and not on behalf of the Government. So -far as Mr Churchill had invited Sir Edward Carson to make an offer in the spirit indicated, Mr As quith remarked that he heartily sympathised, .it t . The Ulster volunteer signalling . station saluted a cruiser and ten destroyers entering Belfast Lough. The flotilla replied, "Thank you! Sir Edward Carson, in the House ot Commons, said the violence of Mr Churchill's speech gave a gleam of hope as he always played the role of dema-

when making an offer towards settlement. ,Ho (Sir Edward Carson) took. full responsibility for the gunrunning. It was nothing i">ew. He had said two .and a half years ago that Ulster would resist by force. He IUI4 already gone far towards meeting Mr Churchill when lie said that "Ulster would not complain if a federal system was adopted in Ireland as part of a. federal system of the United Kingdom. In that case Ulster would get equal treatment, and there would be no moral justification for resistance. He would also say that, much as he detested and feared Home Rule, if it was set « up it would be his earnest prayer that, : it might bo such a success thai Ulster ( itself would seek to come in. hut Ulster ' would never be brought in forcibly. ' MORE HOPEFUL OUTLOOK. PROSPECTS OF AN 'HONOURABLE ; SETTLEMENT. ] i (Rec. April 30. 9 a.m.) ■ LONDON, April 29. \ The non-adoption of retaliatory mea- ; sures by the government against the h gun-runnors is attributed to the . per- ! suasions of the Nationalists. ( Mr Redmond, interviewed, said: "If •' Sir Edward Carson does what Mr Churchill suggests, I will endeavour to effect an honourable settlement." Captain Craig, in an interview, said that Mr Churchill's offer was. the most important advance towards peace yet made. ELEVEN WARSHIPS AT BELFAST LOUGH. (Rec. April 30. 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, April J29. There are now cloven warships at Belfast Lough.