HOME RULE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12285, 11 July 1914, Page 5

HOME RULE.

[By Er.Kcrnic Telegraph—Coptp.ight.] (Pek Pnrss Association.) London, .July 10. The House of Lords lins comi>leted' the. re-easting of the Home Rule Amending Bill and adopted Loi'd Halsbury's amendments removing the Unionists of Ulster mid the south-west of .Ireland from the jurisdiction of the Home Rule judiciary. The House of L-ords also acceptor! Lord MaeDoimell's proposal to withdraw the Lands Purchase Acts from the Irish Parliament'* control, and' Lord Keimiore's motion perpetuating imperial control of the Irish constabulary. The Report, .stage of the Bill is expected co lie readied 011 Monday and the Bill will be read a third time on Tuesday. Captain C'raig. M.P., at Belfast, as a preliminary 10 the meeting of the Provisional Government to-day, disclosed the preamble of the provisional constitution, which provides for the carrying on of the .Imperial' Government's. functions. If Home Rule becomes operative, the Provisional Government will hold Ulster in trust until the restoration of the Imperial Government, when the Provisional Government will cease to exist. Captain Craig announced that the situation was extremely delicate and the outlook as black as could' be. Sir Edward Carson's arrival to-dav is eagerlv awaited. Mr IJ.1 J . H. Illingworth, Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Secretary for. Ireland, 'has indicated' the possibility of an early" renewal of the conversations between the Government and ' the Unionist, leaders. Sir Edward Carson, on leaving London, said he regretted that he was. going to Ulster without any token, of peace and goodwill from the Government. He Tiad received alarming reports of. the intense desire of Ulster for immediate action. The Times states that a, number of Liberals are opposed to any coercion of Ulster, and nervous lest the Irish question should again break the party have formed a cave to urge the Government to grant further concessions ami avert civil conflict. Received July 11, at 8.25 a.m. London, July 10. . The constabulary were active, in many Ulster towns on Thursday night, and it is believed the authorities expected a sensational coup by the volunteers. Special police precautions were taiceh at Portadown, all the roads being patrolled. The Liberal organs discredit the Government's reported intention to agree to the total exclusion of Ulster. The Westminster Gazette declares that the Government and the Unionists will arrive at an agreement over th.? Nationalists' heads. The utmost concession will be a give-and-take one in the counties where the population is evenly divided. ... "Sir E. Carson had an enthusiastic welcome at Belfast, where armed volunteers gave him a military salute. Received July 11, at 10.10 a.m. London, July 10.

A: meeting of the Provisional Government at Belfast was held in private. Four hundred armed volunteers guarded Ulster Hall. Received July 11, at 0.45 p.m. London, July 10. The Provisional Government lias adopted a resolution leaving to Sir E. Carson and the executive to say when and what decisive action should be taken without again calling the delegates together. - Sir E. Carson said the Government s behaviour was most unsatisfactory and something should be done to compel them to make up their minds.