The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-11
ERIN'S HOME RULE FIGHT
CHAMBERLAIN ATTACKS THE NEW
BILL OF THE LIBERALS.

The Speaker Questions Whether the
Present Measure Would Settle the
Irish Question-ae Asks That Time
Be Given to Show the Effects of the
New ARrarisn Law and Church
Disestablishment.
LONDON, April 10-There was but thin
attendance In the House of Commons to-
day when the discussion was resumed on the
motion for second reading OF the Irish homo
rule bill. The first speaker was Hernot w.
Paul, liberal member of parliament for
South Edinburgh. Mr. Pauls remarks did
not fill the benches, and it was not until
Joseph Chamberlain arose that the mem
bers hurried in and the house assumed an
aspect of interest and attention. MIR.
Chamberlain SAID that the bill proposed to
establish a brand-new constitution for Ire
land. The prime minister asked
them, continued Mr.. Chamberlain, when
the controversy would be settled If
the measure snould be rejected. The
whole question really was. Would the bill
settle the controversy! Was not MIR. Glad
stone in too great a hurry, and was not he
too impatient to deal with the Irish diff
Guilty. A new era mad opened for ireland
with the disesrablishment of the Irish
church. Then the agrarian question has
been partly settled. Time ought to be given
to allow for the beneficial operation Of these
other measures; but tho prime minister said
that Ireland was still discontented and that
no progress toward Cancellation had been
made.
TURNING THE TABLES.
II such was the case, then the predictions
Of the prime minister regarding the meas
ures he had already promoted for Ireland
had proved fallacious and threw discredit
on similar predictions in regard to the
present. measure, giving ireland a separate
legislature. Probably, added Mr.. Chams
! berlein, the people OF England would ao-
cept the bill if they believed that It enable
them TO get rid Of the Irish quos-
tion hear, hear, but he feared it
would do nothing Of the kind. Mr.
Gladstone had disregarded the rights Of the
minority and treated the most influential
| and prosperous section of the Irish people
| with contempt. He proposed to subject
| that section or the Irish people to such
| legislative conditions as would wreck
| their industries and expose the whole
country to financial ruin. Not Ireland
| alone but England equally had reason TO
dread the results OF the measure. The
whole of the property GLASSES, continued
! MIR. Chamberlain, whatever their RELIGION
were opposed to the bill.
| Mccarthy RIDICULEs THE Prophecies.
| Justin MCCARTHY, the leader OF tho anti
| Parnellites, ridiculed Mr.. Chamberlain's
prophecies of disaster The Irish people, he
said, hailed the bill as a pledge that their
| aspirations would be satisfied. They would
accept it as q message Of lasting peace. The
| predictions that they would misuse it to
| foment discord and dislovalty could be
made honestly only by thoss miss
| taking the present mood Of the
Irish nation. He could not say
thet the Irish party were quite satisfied
with the financial clauses of the home rule
| BILL nevertheless they accepted the bill geu-
! orally as an honest settlement of the guess
tion. Cheers AS fer as the Irish party
could foresee, it might prove a final
| settlement. II the bill were carried the
prime minister would win the undying graft
tude of million of mon. Prolonged cheers. J
| REDMOND TIRED OF TALK.
William Redmond, leader Of the Parnell.
I ties, said that the nil had been discussed
| sufficiently by the house. Nothing was 70
| be gained by prolonging the debate aud
| division was now needed TO give effect to
the wishes expressed by the nation
| at the last general election. Mr. Redmond
ridiculed the idea that Ulster had any thing
| TO fear from Catholic Ireland. Ii disturb
| ances in Ireland should follow tho passage
! OF the bill they would be due to the conduct
| of the opposition leaders, who had not heEi-
| tated TO excite the worst passions of both
| Catholics and Protestauts. Hear, hear i