The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-01-11
HOME RULE GAINS
BY ULSTER FIGHT
The Bill Will Soon Enter on its
Third Reading in the Commons
and Then to Lords.
The Tories are Inditf arent Concern
ing Welsh Disestabishment
of English Church.
No Foundation for Ridiculous Ru-
NOR That an Early Election is
in Contemplation.

In his cable OF last Saturday from
London to the Chicago Tribune, II. L.
O'Connor says:
Tho close OF tho Week finds every
Homo Ruler il high spirits, especially
because of the events Of Wednesday
night, when the Tories, after long
hesitation, decided to move the
amendment to- exclude Ulster from the
operation of the Home Rulc bill.
When this proposal was last dis
cusscd there was a slight wavcrinE
among the Liberals, and, indeed, the
proposal came from tho Liberal
benches. Then the government ma
jority fell down under seventy, and
several Liberals abstaincJ from vot-
ing, but last Wednesday,, with IL single
exception, tho Liberals stood solid
and the majority against the proposal
mounted UP tu ~.
IIGllllci lAS'ltilli. jOhll i>Eulllollu'
Home Rule leader. and Winston
Churchill first lord OF the admiralty.
made brilliant speeches against tho
proposal. Tho whole debate was d
triumph for he Liberals and Irish,
and Asquith heartily cougra tulated
!, Richmond on. tho magnificent success.
Reaches Third Reading Soon.
: Next week the debate on the report
stage OF the bill will be finished, and
OH Tuesday, Jan. IA, the debate Oh
third reading starts and will end in
two or at most threo days, and by
Jan. 90 the discussion will open in
the House OF Lords. No doubt now
is; felt that the House of Lords will
reject tho bill, though many of tho
English Tories arc beginning to get
rcstivc under the complete servitutlc
ot all tho English conservative inter
ests to the narrow intolerance OF the
Ulster OrAngclncn.
OF course, the bill will be passed
by the Commons Il second time within
~ few weeks of its rejection by the
. House Of Lords, and then VIC shall be-
gin, probably, an era of proposals Of
some kind OF compromise By the
, sancl. Tories.
Any compromise will be made diff
cult BY tho continuance Of tho irrcc-
onclabe attitude of tho Orangcmcr,
who this week reiterated their deter
: mination not to accept Home Rule
| even if, i'm another election, the Brit
isll constituencies declared in il;
! favor.
/ Bonar Laws Threat Fails.
:. This irrcconcilal,le attitude com
{ pelcd y. Bonar Law, opposition lead
, cr, To make the open admission that
, if Home Rule were accepted hy the
. British constituencies again he would
+, bow TO their decision, but LAw wound
v astounding declaration that he would
$ support tho Orangcmcn in any action,
cyen civil war, which they might take
). against Homo Rule.
s The Ulster Nationalisls, who know
+ ClStcr the best, laugh ut these views
: and Premier AsI,uth is not in the
least affected by them and he is ready
, to take oil the steps necessary to
vindicatc Home Rule when it il
j passed into the law Of this land.
:, Break in Tory Ranks.
;, During this week. however. as dur
: ing the last, all legislation and every
q Liberal move were submerged in pub
n lie interest by the spread OF the big
y split between the food takers" and
r the "frce foodcrs'' in the Tory party
V In spite of every attempt Of some
: OF the Tory papers to postpone OF
&, hide the split, the discussion proceeds
with the utmost livcliIlnss, and The
:. Tory journals Of the different sections
Il continue to apply to each other terms
r of ferocious and almost hooligan VIC
lence and insult.
1t is uncertain what the ultimate
h issue Of this tremendous conflict vii
It be. For the moment tho food taxcr!
u have an enormous advantage. The.
= own the machine, they have tho mon
&c cy, and they have the leader. Blu
whether these advantages will ult