The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-22
HOME RULE FOR
EMERALD ISLE
Everything Working Out For the
Good Of ireland.
CONSERVATIVES HAVE PLAN
NATIoNALIsTs IN THE COM
MONS ARE KEEPING QUIET.

London. March 2l-The announce
ment that the government eonteln-
plates bringing I'm a bill providing
modified form of home rule for Ire
land complicates the present situation,
which already presents an eXtraordl-
nary muddle No measure of home
rule can be brought before parliament
this year. and the Irish secretary Mr.
Wyndham. is quite likely to deny the
serious existence Of such plan. Any
denial however. can be regarded as
mere political evasion. due 70 the gov
eruments desire not 10 arouse rurtner
opposition among fits own supporters
until the Irish land purchase bin ia
safely passed. which is not expected
until September. The provisions Of the
latter measure are stil kept absolute
Is secret. and will not be revealed IN
! I'll March 25, when the bill viii be
brought IN. The nationalist members
OF parliament, and the Irish uniOnists.
/ including Lord Dunraven. continue
hopeful that IL viii or indeed, that IL
must contain proposals which will IN
some degree meet the demands OF
Z united Ireland.
Waiting and Watching.
Lord Duuraven also declared that
there was a widespread feeling among
/ the unionist landlords for an extended
form of local government. They saw
no reason why an the Irish parties
should not work together towards that
end. as they had done in he lanl GUS
/ ton. The nationalist leaders refrain
| from making any comment. and pub
/ llcly make little of the continuous sup
port of Premier Bahour. The rank and
{ de, however, do not hesitate o. paint
out that the government Is now az their
mercy. and that the ministry W0ul
twice have been defeated this session,
thanks 90 the vigorous attacks Of the
fourth party and the large abstcnticn
| of its nominal supporters from vOtin6
/ had the nationalist voted. as they
have done for years, with the oppOsi-
/ ton.
A nationalist member Of parliament
said TO a representative of the ASsO-
ciated Press:
with the dwindling majori.ias in
I the house, crushing defeats in the bye
/ elections and virulent attacks from the
fourth party 10 really would not De so
much out of the way if Mr. B3lfour
did bring in a home rule bill. though.
/ of course. he will call il extension OF
I local government.
Strange Alliance.
The alliance of the government with
/ the Irish has caused intense indigna-
| ton among many members of the con-
/ servative party. who, however, so far
have not publicly expressed their dis
approval. To has also caused keen APP
! prehensiOn among the liberal forces.
I who have been put I'm fresh di-
/ lemma by the action of r. w Perks.
| liberal. who practically controls the
nOn-COnfOrmist vote i'm England. and
who is Lord Rosebery's chief EyHch-
man I'm the house of commons In is
suing a manifesto declaring that the
/ liberal leaders must now choose he
tween the Irish or uOn-cOnfOrmiss al-
/ lance. He maintains that the action
/ al the Catholic Irish members I'm help
I ing the government TO pass the eiuca-
/ tiOnal bin in the face of violent pOa-
Z conformist protests forever prevents
an understanding between the lIisa
D. Catholics and the non-conformists.
; What we are entitled to- Mr. Perks
says, els a direct pledge that Brit
| ish uon-confOrmity Will take prece-
/ Cence over the Irish Catholic party,
and ne advises his fellow nOn-cOnform-
| lists not 90 vote for the liberal indie
/ date at the forthcoming Dye-elec,ion
/ be the Chertsey district of sur
/ rey. Mr. Perks has thus placed Sir
I Henry Campbell Bannerman, The lib
+ eraI leader, on the horns Of a di-
+ lemma compared with which even tie
/ recent successes of the liberals at the
+ J. us are unimportant, and has added
another TO the many confusing issues
which are rapidly breaking up the es-
Cahi shed party distinctions on Doth
I sides OF Tho house