ULSTER NEGOTIATIONS.
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
MR. LOUGH'S SUGGESTION.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received January 8, 11.5 ».m.) London, January 8. The Ulster negotiations continue, says the Westminster Gazette, without any untoward incident.
The Morning Post, however, declares that the negotiations between Mr. Asquith (Prime Minister) and Mr. Bonar Law (Leader of the Opposition) have proved abortive, as Mr. Asquith was unable to accede to even the limited exclusion of Ulster.
Mr. T. Lough (Liberal M.P. for West Islington) believes that tho people of Ulster would give favourable consideration to Home Rule if the Protestant Unionist majority received larger representation in the Irish Parliament. Mr. Lough and others suggest that during the first 20 years, if the membership of the Irish House of Commons were 164, the Ulster minority should be allocated 70 seats.
The Daily Telegraph asserts, on the highest authority, that the attempt to find a solution of the Ulster problem has failed, and that the reports that Mr. Asquith and Mr. Bonar Law had met, were without foundation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15503, 9 January 1914, Page 7
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