HOME RULE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13428, 10 July 1914, Page 3

HOME RULE.

THE LORDS' AMENDMENTS!

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyrights LONDON, July 9. Lord Crewe, m the House of Lords, demanded a division on the main Op---position amendment, and said tho Government A\ r as unable to agree to Lord Lansdowne's exclusion amendment- Ifc AA-as not right bo coerce the Ulster Cabliiolics "to accept something they did not want. Lord Middletqn's amendment substi- t tuting the Secretary ,al State for the Lord Lieutenant was passed Avithout Government opposition., - - Lord Lansdowne replied io Lord Crewe's challenge of yesterday. He declined to guarantee-t hat there Avould! be ru> civil conflict, andy said matters had arrived at such a pass that it was . impossible to guarantee what would, happen m the next few .Aveeks. , Lord Hal dan c said 'the Oppositioh^ 1 were forcing the country into danger. • They hoped to come into power shortly, and they would have four-fifths of Ire- . land against them, and yet had not one clear idea as to how 'to'., deal with the situation. ..;*.';.. Lord St. Aldwyn's amendment reducing the number of Irish members at Westminister from the Home Rule areafrom 42 to 27 was adopted. Lord Salisbury d'eirianded to know whether the Government proposed to accept the amendments? They had' a right to know :beforeHhe v Amending Bill Avas read a third time. He warned tho Government .that unless tliey acted promptly they would bte responsible for bloodshed. - ' ' Mr F. Acland, speaking at Huntingdon, said force would be met by force should a peaceful settlement m Ulster fail. The Conservatives hoped against" hope m regard to the Home Rule Bill, but that was a yam/hope. The Telegraph's Parliamentary correspondent says he has-reason to believe the Government will ultimately accept crucial amendments to. the Amending Bill, excluding the whol£ of Ulster, and"; abolishing the time-llnJirk ' 1± The Chronicle predicts an autumnsession. ' 7*.' (Received July .10, 11.35 a.m.) ~ LONDON, July 9. .; Customs officers seized .240 sacks of-"-cement landed at Belfast, each contain^:; ing live cartridges. 7 ' A number of re-^ A'ph'ers at Londonderry were also seized.. Majbr-Generai Macready is m Lon-^ don.- He has had several interviews.;' with Mr Asquith and received instruc-' tions regarding ' the new situation m • Ulster. ' ;' - " \ '^