The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-17
OPPOSITION LEADER
PREDICTS BLOODSHED
Redmond Expects Rejection
by Lords. but Says Law
VIII Pass This Parliament
in Spite of Opposition
Day of Victory for Irish
man Has Arrived" Judg-
ment of Their Champion

LONDON, Jan. 1s.--After long hat
tie the home rule bill passed the house
Of commons tonight by q majority of
ITO and was formally passed for first
reading IN the house Of lords There
; we're two divisions in the commons,
My. BaKour.s motion for itsorejection
being defeated. 25s to sss. while the
third reading was carried by 5s7 to
s57.
Although the result OF the division
was 40 foregone conclusions Irishrnen
outside and inside thS house gave the
measure for which they had waited
and worked SO long a great sendor on
its way TO the l3rds. The nationalists
waved hats. handkerchiefs and canes
and cheered lusti1y for Premier As
ouith oand Mr.. Redmond. who so far
forgot his usual impassivity as 20 join
sin the Demonstration.
The crowd IN the 5obbies received the
reEult ofo the vote with another roar
and the aJ,l itself We eheere as ii
was carried By an Official through the
! Hobbies to the house of lords. which
G formally passed its first reading The
crowds in the streets cheered long and
: loudly. but as strong force OF police
prevented any organized demonstration
Because of fear of a clash between
opposing, factions.
The division was preceded by another
series of brilliant speeches by Fred
erfck e. Smith, Solicitor General sir
John Aa simon,2 John E.oRedmond. Tim
otlfy HealySand Augustine oBirrell, chief
secretary for ireland
IRELANO's DAY OF VICTORY
Redmond declared that the day of
victory for Irishmen had arrived.
We know he said. that the house
Of lords is going to throw out the
home rule bill, but Il believe the bill is
going to pass into law within the life
time of this parliament in spite of the
house OF lords al
Andrew Bonar Law, leader Of the op-
position. said that the liberals had
been em61ating sisyphus. They had
rolled the stone2to the top of the shiI
for the third time. but the cheers over
the votea would not have died away be-
fore the stone again had started to
roll down, this time to remain at the
bottom.
He declared that no bill which in
eciuded Ulster without listers consent
ever could become a law. He said
the real demand for home rule came
from the nationalist party. which had
so votes to sell. The unionists, he
said, would remove the temptation
when ut got the chance by reducing
the Irish Representations in West
minister to just proportions. He chaI-
lenged Mr.. BfrrelI to say the bill could
be imposed upon Ulster without blood
she'd
ULSTER WILLaREBEL
mo rebellion could be better justi-
fed" he said. The men of Ulster are
ready to give up their lives at the
hands OF the British soldiers. If
they shoot down hundreds of persons
in the streets of Belfast, thousands
would be ready next day to share their
fate"
Mr.. BirreH. who closed the debate,
regretted that the opposition merely
had belittled the movement which for
years had been the soul OF Ireland
When the final debate was resum ed
a crowd was awaiting eagerly the
speech of John Redmond, the Irish
leader. Three rounds of the parlia-
mentary equivalent OF a cheer greeted
film.
I'VE oppose the exclusion OF Ulster
from the home rule bill on several
grounds" he said, but the supreme
objection is that nothing would COM
pensate the nationalists for the mutila-
ton of their country"
Mr. Redmond then reiterated that
the nationalists accepted the bill as
the final solution of vexed question. |
He thought ii would lead to the recon
ciliation of all the interests at stake |
between the north and south of Ire
land.
The speaker declared that the ma
tionslists refused to regard Ulster |
men as anything but brothers and he
invited them to join with the national
lists In the emancipatio and the gov
eminent Of their common country. He /
went on:
For myself and my colleagues this /
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