ULSTER
LETTER !RY SIR EDWARD ■CARSON. ,
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. April 25,. 8.40 a.m.) LOivoJON, April 24.
. Sir Edward''Carson, in a long letter to ih* T>aily Telegraph, recapitulates the series of pledges by the present arid late 'Governments, that Home Rule would not be enforced during the war period.
Sir Edward Carson adds : Mr Lloyd George's excuse ip that any pledges may be scrapped as the war has lasted 1 longer than expected. On the faith oT -these assurances, thousands of loyal Ulstermen joined the colours. Though Mr Law pledged the Government not_jto legislate without a substantial agreement, to which would be an assenting party, Mr Lloyd George's proposed! Bill mil be based oh a majority report from which the Ulsterites unanimously dissented. Sir Edward 'Carson concludes: "I do not attempt to draw a moral."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 95, 25 April 1918, Page 5
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