The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-04-08
Home RULE N IRELAND
Gladstone Moves d Second Reading
Of The Bill.
ONE OF HIS STATEMENTS,
Tbs Grand 0ia Man Speedily Disposed cf Him TAs
Isas il ons Beswesn Nation ana Nation Pssmi.
er alalssoas Greeted With Cheers.

LoNpoS. April The galleries Of
the honse III commons was full. bui
the housc itself was not crowded when
Mr Gladstone arose Thursday % NOV.
the second reading 81 tho bill 20 estah
lish homo rule in Ireland
Mr. Gladstone said that tho govern.
nlenl had no intention 81 amending thu
bill III presented. except III somc minor
particulars lie earnestly desired &
bring horne to the mind Of the house thu
question when this great controversy
was 10 end. Cheers Heidi not address
the question to the opposition Ia spiri
81 assumed superiority. but he woult
rather press il earnestly upon their
hcnrts aud Understandings us matter
III which 10th sides were equally In.
terestcd For many ycfrs The question
Of Irish home rule had blocked the why
OF legislation. The liberal party had
offered solution, but when they
asked their opponents where all this
was TO end they rarely obtained 10
answer Certainty the opposition had
not yet venturcd 10 point outn process
whereby the greatest Of Irish questions
should be decided apart from the way
III which the home rule bill proposed
TO decide Il, tchee~
Mr. Gladstone proceeded with q his.
toric development 81 The rise and causes
or the demand for home rule
Mr.. Gladstone said that the progress
of events III the past century had
proved the fallaey 81 the argument Of.
fcrcd by the opponents 81 home rule
that time and patience would SOC IRE
land pacificd without special leEiSln*
ton Never was there time when
the Irish people were so near 10 accept.
ance Of the union as during the first
twenty-ninc years after the actof union
had been passed, and the reason was
not because they loved Il, but because
they wore trodden under foot They
wished for peace, and they had no
representatives In the imperial
parliament Az soon as the voice Of
Ireland was heard In parliament the
constitutional movement for sclf-gov-
crnmcnt commenced, and II Ind never
ceased, and would continue until self.
government should he granted. Lat
the house, MIR. Gladstone continued,
look al the spectacle Tie WORLD offers
In regard To the unions Ia the cixiliz.
Cd world no Incorporated union effect.
cd and maintained BY force has ever
prospered. That Is a challenge Of some
boldness Is II too bold?-
Here Right Hon Sir Michael Hicks
Beach interrupted Mr. Gladstone with
the rcmarlx ssTakc the casc o. tho
United States.
Mr. Gladstone said Incorporated
union (liberal and Irish cheersi, You
missed the essential word. tIIcnr.
hcnrJ. Holland and Belgium tried in
corporated union, and after aprccarious
existence for fifteen years divorce was
effected Austria and Hungary tried
Incorporated union, and after years OF
sad experience they found the choice
lay In giving It mp or the empire.
Cheers. Russia Incorporated Poland.
Take your stand thereon II you think
fit Let the opposition make II tho
model OF their operations tHearl To
all unions but one principle can be mp
piled, and that Is whether they require
permanent maintenance by force II,
when the force disappears, harmony re-
mains, the union is good II the MAIN
tenance OF the union by force, actual or
in reserve, is necessary, the value Of
the union Is questionable.
The rejection Of the home rule bill
was moved BY SirMichaei Hicks Beach,
president Of the board Of trade In the
last Salisbury cabinet He tainted
Mr.. Gladstone with having made o long
excursns into Irish history when he was
expected 10 answer the multitudinous
criticisms Of the bill Since the char
acter Of the measure had become known
the Amost intense antagonism had de-
yeloped against II In large part Of
Ireland the people were irreconciiably
opposed TO all the details. as well as to
the principle Of the bill.