Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-31
NEEDS OF IRELAND
ARE BEST KNOWN
BY THE IRISH
Separate Parliament for Ro.
man Catholics Suggested AS
Possible Peaceable Solution
Opposition Only in Ulster.

Possible Peaoeable Solution;
Opposition Only in Ulster.
Dublin. Jan. al-It certainly r. a
very interesting announcement that
Winston Churchill and John Redmond
are to appear on the same platform
az n meeting In Belfast few days
before the assembling OF parliament.
The hall IN which the demonstration
Is to take place is the building "
which 20 years ago Lord Randolph
Churchill spoke against home rule,
the speech being followed almost i'm.
mediately by the letter in which Oc-
CURED the memorable saying that
ulster will fight and Ulster will be
right A great deal has happened
since that time. Two measures OF
home rule have been introduced. one
90 be shipwrecked in the house OF
commons, the other In the house OF
lords Ulster has consequently never
had to demonstrate its rightness BY
the ordeal OF lighting. but the sig
niilCent thing 10 that a quarter OF a
century later there still 10 an Irish
question which calls for settlement.
This is disputed by sir Edward Car.
son and his friends They point with
satisfaction 10 the undoubted fact
that the material condition OF ireland
has greatly improved during these
last years and this 10 treated as proof
positive that home rule Is not really
wanted As a fact, II proves nothing
of the sort Everybody is glad that
the Irish people are more prosperous,
but the ameliOration OF their lot has
not In any way quenched theii ardent
desire to be allowed to manage their
own local affairs. As is II, they have
In ar imperial parliament to ask for
reforms which are at first rejected
and then conceded after a long strug
gle. lrlshmen believe that they are
the best judges OF their own needs,
and that the sensible thing Is that
they should be allowed 60 satisfy
those sooner rather than later
Opposition Stage Thunder.
The present opposition 10 home rule
IS largely a matter Of stage thunder
The real difficulty lies in Ulster or
rather OF that portion which centers
round Belfast II Is possible that q
good deal OF mischief may be made by
Sir Edward Carson's organization and
encouragement of Union!st and Or
ange resistance. but. after all. the
question OF the Unionist minority al
ways has been part and parcel OF the
Irish question as a whole. In the au-
tumn OF 1910 Unionist journals did
not allow the existence OF the Union
list part OF Ulster to persuade them
that home rule was impossible and
nnthlnkable Indeed thoy said that
for Unlonis;s 10 bang, bolt and bar
the door on home rule seemed TO be
madness One must be forsivon,
therefore, 10 he does not treat too Sc
riously the threatening attitude which
now finds expression in the Unionist
press.
Sir y. Carson, the leader OF the Irish
Unlonist party today said: III may
bee good political strategy to preserve
the secret OF the home rule bill. but II
Is monstrOus TO suppose that In the
twentieth century people are going to
submit TO tactics which attempt TO
ioist upon them a constitution which
they have not been able adequately 10
discuss.
Peers Can Block BILL
"ManifeHtly the government Is de-
tormined not 10 allow the electors TO
vote on the question Still worse is
the declared intention OF the govern
ment to stifle discussion in the house
OF commons during the coming sea
sion. on the plea that they must deal
with home rule Welsh disestablish-
ment and manhood suffrage Those
momentous subjects will thus be dis
Cussed under suspended constitu-
ton. In which there Is probably no
method Of compelling appeal to the
country | say probably because II
may be that ne house Of lords Will
have the eourage-and ] hope they
will-Of meeting unconstitutional
methods by drastic action. No one de-
slres such course, but Il would be
an honorable one. and the lords need
not shrink from taking IT, The peers
stlll have the power Of blocking leg
islation. and II the people are behind
them they may be prevailed upon to
90 so.
~ AiAAAtt ttttNNH AhAhAN AAAAAAAaf ~"
interesting development has occurred
In that town there Is body called
the Reform association, which has
hitherto been looked upon as an ad-
iunCt OF the Ulster Liberal associa-
ton. but serious split has occurred
I IN the ranks AZ a meeting of tbs
I Reform association Il was proposed
that the organization be affiliated with
the Liberal association. The resoiu
ton was strongly opposed by several
of the leading members, who, although
protesting their sympathy with some
points IN the Liberal program, dcelar'
cd their opposition TO home rule.
Would Divide ireland.
The motion was, however, carried
whereupon the president, A. l.. Par
kor. who has been for a long time as
ISOLATED with the body declined re
election as chairman. Ills action wal
supported by a number OF others o
the same mind.
Perhaps the most remarkable Tea
ture OF the meeting however. was tn
speech delivered by the new chairman
John Dinsmoro Although 4 had heel
decided 10 affiliate with the Ulste
Liberal association, the chief plank Il
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