The Third Reading.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 26, 22 May 1914, Page 5

The Third Reading.

HOME rule fob sbeland. adjournment vote defeated By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.20 a.m.) London, May 21. On the motion for the third reading of the Home Rule Bill, Lord Robert Cecil moved the adjournment of the House on the ground that nothing was known of the Government’s proposals. Mr Asquith replied that the Government desired to secure a general acquiescence in the Bill establishing self-government and an executive for three parts of Ireland. The new proposal would deal with the limited area and give the people at the poll a chance of saying whether they were prepared to enter the now system of governemnt. Ho was ready to sympathetically consider suggestions, but in the first instance he must have the Firm judgment of the House on the main proposals. After the. Lords had discussed it, it would be submitted to the Commons for the last word. Mr Bonar Law said the whole proceedings were farcical, and it was useless to participate in the debate. The adjournment was defeated by 286 to 176. SCENE IN THE HOUSE. SITTING ADJOURNED UNTIL TO-MORROW. (Received 10.44 a.m.) London, May 21. On the lit. Hon. Mr J. H. M. Campbell, K.C., Unionist member for Dublin University, in opening the Homo Rule debate, the Unionists shouted: “Adjourn! Adjourn!”

• The Speaker enquired whether Mr Bonar Law assented to this disorder. Mr Bonar Law replied that he did not presume to criticise what the Speaker considered his duty, but his own duty was not to answer such a question.

The Opposition cheered frantically. The Speaker during a lull in the disorder expressed'disappointment at Mr Bonar Law not assisting to obtain order, and; suspended the sitting-un-til to-morrow. “THE TIME LIMIT MUST DISAPPEAR.” By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times and Sydney* Sun Services. (.Received 8 a.m.) London, May 21. “The Times,*’ in a leader, says: If Mr. Asquith’s proposals .regarding Mister are not greatly: amplified, the hopes of peace now widely cherished will assuredly prove thin. That the time limit must disappear is a proposition no longer seriously disputed in any responsible quarter.