THE AMENDING BILL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 116, 22 June 1914, Page 7

THE AMENDING BILL.

PRIME MINISTER'S OFFER. THE CHANCELLOR ON EXCLUSION By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, June 21. The actual text of the Amending Bill is being jealously guarded, though the main provisions are generally known. The object of the National Volunteers is to- prevent the exclusion of Ulster, which means that while - Mr Redmond cannot formally recede from llie bargain embodied in Mr Asquith's offer of March 9, he is committed to preventing the offer being extended.

] "It is understood that the Govern- ; merit hopes to evade the re,al issue by | making exclusion definite for six years, | slurring oyer their view of what is to happen when the period of grace has expired.'.' Mr Lloyd George, speaking at Dcnli.ark Hill, a suburb of London, said the Government proposed that every coiijity in Ulster should have the option of voting itself out of Home Rule-until two general elections had passed. The talk about driving Ulster out was sheer humbug. She still retained her representation in -the House of Commons with a voice in Imperial affairs,, and possessed a greater voice than the oversea Dominions. This was the first-time Ulster had ever claimed exclusion.: The Carsons, Craigs, and Londonderry's' of the eighteenth century had forced Irish Home Rule upon England. A suffragette was roughly handled for interrupting the Chancellor, while two male sympathisers, including an East End clergyman, were thrown into a shallow lake. The "Observer" says that while the Bill may repr%scnt. the;concisions to .which Mr Redmond has agaee<% it 'is ynderstood that,., they do

iids necessarily represent; Mr.' Asquith's last word.' "-Tlie ''Observer" believes that the time-limit will be abandoned. [ GOVERNMENT'S NEXT SHOT. ! SIR E. CARSON ; S DETERMINATION ! ' (Received June 22, 9 a.m.) LONDON, June IU. t Sir' Edward Carson, speaking at Bolton, said the Government was about to make another shot to settle the Irish question. He hoped it would be suc[merely to repeat the same old offer to | me, I will have nothing to do with it." | PACKAGES BY POST. j , SEIZURE OF ARMS. | Several postal packages addressed to j local merchants have been seixed in j Londonderrv. They. all contained' firei ." • " - .. ) arms. : : • •i j'A cable message on March 9 stated ;tiiat Mr Asquith had announced hi the , House of Connnbiiis that the Ulster : counties would be allowed to take a ,i poll as to whether they should be exf eluded for six years. Before that j period . expired the electors of the United Kingdom would have an oppovI lunity t'o say wliether such exclusion should eontinuei,] -■