IRISH HOME RULE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, 9 January 1912, Page 5

IRISH HOME RULE.

WOULD STRENGTHEN BRITAIN IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD. MR. CHURCHILL’S HOPES. ;By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, January 8. Mr. Churchill, in a preface to Mr. MacVeagh’s pamphlet on “Home Rule u a Nutshell,states that Home Rule .vould strengthen Britain in the modern world and make it more secure rrom danger and stronger in the hour of need. He therefore anticipates a good and enduring arrangement. He instances the government of Germany and the United States by subordinite parliaments. Home Ride, ho continues, would draw ns near the United States and be the first milestone on the road to the unity of the Englishspeaking races. A PESSIMISTIC SPEECH. London, January 8. Mr. Edmonde, speaking at Ncnagli, said he was less optimistic on the question of Home Ride, fearing the Government was overloading itself with the Franchise and other Bills. He regretted that the farmers who had purchased their holdings were displaying a- tendency to drop out of the Nationalist organisation.