The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-27
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IS SURE
Asquith Proclaims Cabinet
Purpose to Set Up an
Irish Parliament
BY MEANS
OF THE ARMY
He Suggests Way in Which
to Secure Har-
mony

Ladybank. Scotland, Oct. 27.-Premier
Asquith, straight from the recent meet
ings of the British cabinet, gave TO the
country Saturday night the eagerly
awaited decision of the government on
the Irish problem, which recently has be-
come befogged by various proposals for
conferences of the political parties and
by divergent utterances of the members
of the cabinet.
Mr.. Asquith came out fiat-footed
against the suggested formal round-ta-
BILE conference but betrayed a leaning to-
ward compromise on the lines suggest
ed by First Lord of the Admiralty
Churchill namely, leaving northeast cor
ner of Ulster TO remain under the inn
perial Parliament for a limited period.
The premier minated plainly that no
insuperable barrier must be erected
which might permanently sever the
unity OF Ireland or prevent the Prot
estant minority from ultimately throw
ing in their lot with the rest of their
fellow -countrymen, but the speech Is
taken TO indicate that if the exclusion
OF Ulster is the only means of settle
ment by consent he would be prepared
to agree to that temporary arrange
ment.
Anxious as he showed himself to be
for friendly settlement, Premier As
quith unhesitstingly announced his de-
cision to establish Parliament in Ire
land in accordance with his promise, and
also, if the opposition declines his sug
gested adjustment OF the Ulster prob
a . L.. 4 81 hf
ton in carrying the law into effect.
There is no scheme for the adjust
ment of the problem of Ulster which the
government would not consider" Mr.. As
quith declared, but if the statutes
passed by Parliament are not met by
organized and armed resistance it will
clearly be the duty Of the executive to
assert the authority OF the law by every
appropriate and adequate measure"
Premier Asquith admitted that it is
the duty of the government to deal re-
spectfully with the deepseated and gen
uine sentiment OF the minority in Ire
land, even though it believes that APP
prehension is groundless.
"There are two reasons" he said, 'for
settlement by consent. The first of
these is that il is OF supreme Importance
for the new system OF government not
to start with the apparent triumph OF
one section and the humiliation OF an
other The second is that the settle
ment should be regarded by all parties
as resting on solid foundation without
the risk of further parliamentary and
electoral vicissitudes. Ireland has too
long been the cockpit of the British pol
itics."
He considered the proposal of con-
ference of party leaders not helpful, for
without an agreed upon basis OF discus
sion and defined limits it would be GER
tainly abortiye. Moreover there is no
need for all the machinery of such IA
conference 'If there is general dis
position to exchange views and sugges
tions / and my colleagues are perfectly
ready to participate subject to certain
simple governing considerations name
w that nothing must interfere with the
establishment in Dublin of subordinate
Irish legislature with an executive re-
sponsible to it. That is the root prin-
ciple of the bill, from which the cabinet
can not depart, In the second place
nothing must be done to erect a perma
nent and insuperable barrier in the way
of Irish unity.
Gone thing is certain-the government |
is not going to be false to the trust the |
majority of the Irish have reposed in it.
It is not going to betray their cause,
which carries with it the best and only |
prospects of happy and pros
porous future for Ireland"