HOME RULE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11630, 11 May 1912, Page 5

HOME RULE.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyricht.] (Per Press Association.,/ London, May 10. Received May 11, at 5.40 a.m. _ bi the House of Commons the Home Rule Bill was read a second time bj $9 to 971 after the application of the closure." Sir Clifford Cory voted against ?he measure and Sir George Kemt.abstained from voting. Mr T\ .1. Cotton, (Nationalist) left the hospital and was carried into the lobby to vote. Two hundred members of the. irisli League, with Nationalists' and other members of the House of Commons, accorded Mr Asquitli an ovation when he appeared in the Pahice \aid. In the course of the debate, Mr Redmond stated that underlying all arguments against the 'Bill there was tho assumption that all parties to the new treatv would be animated by bail ieeiino- and'malice instead of a desire to make the best of things. It would oe to Ireland's highest interest to safeguard her constitution and work it with moderation. Mr Ramsay Mac Donald alluded to his visits to the colonies, where he had seen 'the healing effects of .self-govern-ment. .' , Mr Boiiar Law said there was no proof that Lister's opposition would satisfy the Government until there, had been Woodshed. The Government arrogated to themselves the exclusive right to judge the opinion of an electorate; that was not constitutional, but dictatory government. Mr Asqnith said federation was necessary to the whole United Kingdom, bub the claim of Ireland was paramount. ' Conferences of Conservative and Liberal Unionists agreed to amalgamate, the leaders including Mr Joseph Chamhorlaiu, who approved the step.