The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-11

LONDON, April l0-In the house ,of
commons TO day when discussion was
resumed en- the motion for the second
reading OF the Irish homo rue bill,
Joseph Chamberlain arose and The
house assumed an aspect OF int rest
and attention. Chamberlain said that
the bill proposed to establish n brand
new constitution for Ireland. The
prime minister asked them VIXEN tho
controversity would be settled IL tue
measure should DO rejected. Tue
whole question really was, Would the
bill settle the controversy? Was not
Gladstone in too great q hurry, aud was
he not too impatient to deal with the
! ish d tfculty?
new era had opened for Ireland with
the disestablishmens Of the Irish
church. Then the Agra-i,n question
had been partly settled. Time ought to
be given 10 allow for the beneficial
operation of these other measures but
the primo minister said that Ireland
was still discontinued and that no prog
ress toward meditation had been
made If such was the case, then the
predictions OF the prime minister re-
garding the measures he had already
promoted for Ireland had proven fa,la-
cious and threw discredit on similar
predictions in regard to the present
measure, giving ireland separate lcgia.
lature
Probably, added Mr. Cham berlain,
the p ople OF England would accept ia ,
bill if they believed that it would en-.
able them to get rid of the Irish question,
but he feared it would do nothing OF
the kidd Mr.. Glad. tone had disre-
ga-ded tic right OF the minority and
treated the most influential and pros
porous section OF tho Irish people with
contem II He proposed to subject thas
section OF !cish pcopio TO such legsla.
tive conditions as would wreck their
industries and expose tho whole country
TO tinarcial ruin. Not Ireland nlone.
out England equally had reason to dread
tho results OF measure. The whole OF
the properly classes, continued Cham
bcrlain, whatever their religion, wcte
oppose d 10 tho bill
Justin Mccarthy, leader OF the anti
PArnellites, rdiculod Cham berlain's
prophecies of disaster. The Irish
people, he said, hailed tho bill as
! pledge that their aspirations would he
satisfied They would accept i. na
message Of lasting peace. The predic-
tons that they would misuse it 10
foncnt d.scord and dis'oyalty could he
made honestly only by those mistakiug
iue present. mOou OIL the irish nation.
He could not say that the Irish rar,y
were quite satisfied with the financial
clauses OF tho home ru'o bill: mover.
theless they ace ipted the bill generally
as an honest settlement OF the ouoa,ion
AS ia as the Irish party could forosee
it might prove final settlement. If
the bill were carried the prime minister
would win the undying gratitude of
millions OF men
iAn Red mond, leader Of the PAR
| nelli.es, sal Il that tho bill had been dis
cnssed suilicicntly by the house. Moth
ing was TO be gained by prolonging tha
debate aud division was now needed
TO give eff c. to the wishes expressed
by the nation at the last general cltc
ton. Redmond riIiculed the idea that
Ulster had anything 10 fear frcm
Catholic Ireland. II disturbances ia
Ireland should FOL ON the passage Of The
bill, they would be due TO conduct OF the
| oppcs ton leaders, who had not hest
tat, to excite the worst passions of
both the Catholics and Pco.estan.s.