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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144196, 12 September 1913, Page 3

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PLEA FOR A CONFERENCE. . BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Sept. 11.’ Lord Loreburn, in an exhaustive letter to the prose, strenuously appeals to all parties to confer and settle the Irish question by consent. A DAY OF HUMILIATION. TIMES SYDNEY SDN SPECIAL CABLES. (Received Sept. 12, 8.0 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 11. The Presbyterian Moderator in Ireland has issued a letter to ministers to observe September 28 as a day of humiliation and prayer in view of the solemn circumstances in which thoir church and country is placed. Ho adds that the threatened crisis is of tho most serious charm-tor and approaches nearer as tho political situation develops. CONFERENCE NOT ’WELCOMED. (Received Sept. 12, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 11. Unionist evening papers declare that a compromise on tho existing Bill is impossible. It is necessary to begin afresh. The Star contends it is useless to negotiate because tho Unionists will not yield anything. Tho Westminister Gazette declares that disturbances in Ulster wjll ho a grave calamity. Though a conference is besot with difficulties it is worth trying to settle the matter by consent. Lord laireburn’s proposal has met with a lukewarm reception. •