IRISH HOME RULE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 16 April 1912, Page 5

IRISH HOME RULE.

OVERSEAS POLITICIANS REPLY FAVOURING THE BILL. THE NATION AL~ CON YEN TION. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, April 14. The introduction of the Disestablishment Bill will be delayed until the Nationalists return from the Home Rule Convention, in order to secure a Government majority. The Bill will be modified, permitting Welsh dioceses to remain members of the Convocation. Mr. Redmond has received messages from General Botha, Sir Joseph Ward, Mr. Gavan Duffy, and many Canadian and United .States politicians, approving of the Bill. Mr. Dillon, speaking in London, said that the Nationalist Party would go to the Convention and tell the people to ungrudo;inglv accept the Bill. He had not the slightest fear of the result. _, . The chairman of the Fermoy Municipal Council, discussing an invitation to send delegates to the National Convention, complained that every little branch Hibernian Society was offered larger' representation. The Council adjourned consideration cf the invitation. FOR BRITISH CONSUMPTION. (Received 16, 11.20 a.m.) London, April 15. Speaking in the House of Commons on the Home Rule Bill, Mr. Balfour said the architects of the great overseas federal systems were never responsible for this botched and unworkmanlike scheme. The 10 per cent, imrfnn allowed the Irish Executive wouS lead to Customs barriers between Ireland and Britain. The guarantees for Ulster were intended for British consumption and deceived j no one in Ireland.