The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-21
ATTACK BY IRISH
 MADE IN COMMON
Redmond Leads With Speech
 Full of Menace
TO UNDERMINE MINISTRY
Makes UneompromIsino Demand for Home Rule-Mr. Wyndham Gives Straightforward Explanation
 of Misunderstanding.

London February 20-1n a95ing as an amendment to the address in reply to the speech from the throne the declara- ton that the present system of govern ment (of Ireland) is opposed to the will of the Irish people" John R. Redmond led the Irish party in the House of Com mons today in an attack that contained for the conservative ministry more of menace than lay in the fiscal debate pre- cipitated by MT. Asquiths amendment of last week
 The Redmond amendment was care fully calculated. in fact, to undermine the governments majority. Interest in the debate was intensified by we'll defined report in the lobbies and which quickly spread elsewhere that the Earl of Dudley had resigned the Lord Lieu tenancy of Ireland. This report which was given wide credence, put heart in the nationalists who made the attack on the Earl of Dudley. one of the fea- lures of their speech
 It was generally believed that the de- bate would bring out a sensational scene, but while anything of this character was entirely lacking throughout the after noon and night sessions, the critical sit- uation coupled witl. the clever tactics of the Irish natlonalists, kept the galleries interested and alert until midnight
 Demand for Home Rule.
 MT. Redmonds speech was uncom- promising demand for home rule. He di- rectly and unsparingly charged individ- Gal members of the Irish administration with ncompetency. Both MT, Redmond and MT. Moore Irish unionists, who fol- lowed made a special point of what they termed the shameful treatment of Sir Anthony Mcdonnell in connection with the now famous differences in the minis try over the devolution scheme.
 MT. Wyndham, chief secretary for Ire land, delivered straightforward eXplan- alton of how these unfortunate misunder- standings arose. In doing so, he paid splendid tribute to Sir Anthony MacDon- nell. who he said was asked accept the post of under secretary, Che ca pacity of an underling, tff Nise and able colleague MT. M said he had given Mcdonnell Il ffee a1ad to deal with the situation. They had discussed the situation together. He knew that MacDonneH and Lord Dunraven had been considering a reform scheme but he dld not know all the terms of their plan. MT Wyndham said:
 Source of Misunderstanding.
 T had often discussed reforms with MacDonnelk who with his Indian experi- ences found analogies between my ideas and ideas he had formed in India Here came the first source of serious misunder- standing l with a colossal ignorance Of Indian affairs did not know that a semi .1 t4fa in India. and. therefore it never occurred to me in my conversations with Mcdonnell that he had in mind any board partially elected as part of the reforms of which l ap- proved If I had thought he had any such idea I would have told him that 1t was in my Judgment quite impracti- cable"
 MT. Wyndham said he was absent for a holiday when the devolution scheme was published, and that when he return ed without consulting Mcdonnell he wrote to the press denouneing the elec- tive councils feature.
 Mir. Wyndham said the cabinet never had dohuted MacDonnelfs loyalty. but had simply recorded itself as not ap- proving the action of an under secretary who had approved of a scheme without first submitting 1t to his chief MT. WYndham admitted that Mcdonnell was perhaps justified in taking his approval for granted.
 The night session was taken up by T. w. Russell. Winston Churchill and others who bitterly assaled the governments management of Irish affairs, and the Earl of Dudley's administration.
 The rumor of the resignation of the Earl of Dudley quickly spread through the house of commons. but late tonight the lord lieutenant's secretary declared the rumor to be unfounded.
 A cabinet meeting has been summoned for tomorrow to dlscnss the situation.