HOME RULE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144198, 15 September 1913, Page 3

HOME RULE.

THE'PROPOSED' CONFERENCE.-SOME'SUPPORT-SECURED. BT ELECTRIC - TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Sept. 13. • The Rev. R. J. Campbell, interviewed after a visit to Ulster, said the agitation there was in no wise bluff. He hopes that Lord Loreburn’s suggestion will bo carried out. Newspaper comments on Lord Loreburn’s suggested conference show that the issue is likely to-eentro on the question whether tho Unionists will consent to some form of "break-up of tho legislative union. , Earl Grey and Lord Brassey and Messrs. Acland and O’Brien support the conference proposal. ULSTER WILL NOT COMPROMISE. (Received Sept. 15>.8.20 a.m.) LONDON, 14. Sir Edward Carson and .Lord Durham have replied to Lord Lorcburn. His letter, they said, showed that senous thinking men were at last realising the gravity of the eituation, _ hut there was no possibility of reconciling tho Nationalists and Ulstermen. A conference must he abortive, as Ulster would never abandon the nc ip^ e .°* Government by the Imperial Parliament. Outside that they would make many sacrifices and come to an agreement. SPEECH BY SIR E. CARSOtf. SY ELECIRIC<TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. (Received Sept. 15, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 14. Informal suggestions are being made that the King should take the initiative in calling a conference on Home Rule if all parties are agreeable. Mr. O’Brien states that neither the Liberals, Unionists nor Redmondites • can or will refuse to'participate if the King invites them, i After visiting Lord Lansdowne, Mr. Bonar Law has gono to Balmoral on (the King’s invitation. Sir Edward Carson, speaking at Durham, said Lord Loreburn has not created probable disturbances. There were- not going to be spasmodic riots. If the Bill were persisted in Ulster was going to make government under Home . Rule impossible. It was the Premier’s i duty to save the King from the vortex ■ and place him on sure ground by advising an appeal to th'e-people. ■ [Sir Edward Carson demands an appeal to tho people, IniVat-tho same time he states that if the appeal results in a verdict unfavourable. to his views Ulster will not change' these -circumstances it is’ hard to see what inducement is offered Mr. Asquith to dissolve Parliament.]