The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
Is IT WORTH wn,LEf

| "''" 'hd' We ana MS supporters would
never allow one inch OF Ulster soil to
be excluded from the rule Of n Dublin
Parliament. John Redmond seems to
| have made the one great mistake In
ms magnificent hsht for home rule
Tor ireland. heretofore. in all the de.
ba'es on the issue in the Commons. and
MI OF hts delivera on IL out side bs
had proven himself The most self poised
! or all STRUGGLING in the lists ever
leaving the opposition TO make the irri-
'Htins assaults. parryius with cool ana
\ states mRnlike adroltness and thrust
Ing with diHRrming spirit OF compro
mise.
ihc declaration was in response or
retort TO Winston Churchilrs pro.
posal. In the nature Of COMPROMISE
'hat. In order TO avert the possibility OF
civil war. thai portion OF UIste, in
which the majority refuse 10 he placed
under a Dublin Parliament and deai,e
/ TO rena'n unde, the Parliament AT
Wrstmins,er. DC excepted from the
; Irish home rule bill This proposal
followed several councils OF the Cnhi-
net. At which. II Is known the Irish
"'tnat'ob WAS discussed. and that II
was decided upon tentatively as sov-
ernmeut policy rs shown by an alter
native intimstion' OF Mr. Asouith's
/ the int,mation Was the Pren,iers he
lief mat II the Protestant sections OF
USE: Insisted upon being omitted from
The home rule scheme way to con
c"ssion might he provided under the
. IA n
| te'mined to pat the measure into force
hN force, u necessars. all oVet ireland.
II before its enactment the men or
Clste, should fan TO take advantage
OF the means Of escape suggested
rhe proceeding of exclusion would be
unusual. bnt IL would not he without
precedent AS witness rho orsanixatio
of the Australian Commonwealth and
ON own Federal government
II ~ understood that the underlying
idea OF the policy does no, contemplate
abandonment OF the principIe OF home
'me FOR ireland as an entity bu, Ia
one or allowance II is argued that in
he not distant future when the pas
sions and the animosities thai nave
heen stirred NJ by such Sir Edward
Carson. Houar Law. Ell ID omne genus
shall have cooled reason will assert
Itself and the centripetai forces OF
nationality and common economic in
'erestR viii bring the resisting Uister-
ites into The home rule fold In his
declaration Mr Redmond has virtually
split with the liberal government has
laid himself liable TO the charge Of
seeking 70 domineer Al the expense OF
The iriah minority. which in word and
act he has convincingly refuted here
tofore. and mas diecredited the essence
OF tue doctrine OF home rule as M 10
'hamponed
We have never for moment believed
that Ulster would sune, from nome
raie that she would be disseminated
| aga inst and oppressed by Dublin Par
lament But we cannot but recognize
that the state or feeling resultant from
the incendiarism OF LAVISH and Car
sonism involves the menace Of serious
,io'inR and deplorsble bloodshed if
( home rule ~ forced" on Ulster now
We could fain hope. therefore tina, Mr.
Redmond Will take grave pause and
n sk himself Is IT worth whilen" This
IT wonid seem 10 MS. he could 10 with
out The least sacrifice OF principle and
/ without in the slightest ieopard,ztnp.
! TIA" consutnmation of home rule fo,
ralI OF ireland especially in tho light OF
! the argument We have no,ed sc ad
! vanced IN vindicaton OF the govern