THE IRISH LAND BILL

Otago Witness, Issue 2565, 13 May 1903, Page 19

THE IRISH LAND BILL

SIR EDWARD CARSON'S VIEW. THE SECOND READING CARRIED. •■■LONDON., May 4. Sir EdwaTd H. Carson (sl.P:' for Dublin University), speaking at Oxford, said he -would give a minimum of support to the Irish L» nc^ Bill^ because^ he had no alternative, and would then await another measure. May 5. •The second reading debate on the Irish Land Bill foreshadows protracted discussions in committee. The Nationalists ask for wider concessions. The Government promised fair cousidei-ation to aU amendments in committee. May 8. By 443 votes to 2(3, the Irish Land Bill was read a second time in the House of Commons. Mr Coghill moved the rejection of the measure. Mr Healy mercilessly attacked the Home Rule Liberals, who opposed the measure, and predicted that the bill would change more than Ireland : it would change England too. Mr Morley, warmly supporting the bill, elicited from Mr Wyndham, amid cheers, a promise to discuss the first clause in the committee stage with au open mind. All the members of the minority consisted of Liberals,* "except two Unionists — Sir 0. Dilke and Mr Hayne.