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discussion had been evuded, and that only
PIP lines had been discussed in the Com
lniitee stage, while l,434 lines were una.s-
cussed. Tins, he considered destructive of
Parliamentary institutions, converting the
House OF omuon into n mere sounding
board for ministers to register the Gee, ,ou
OF the Cabinet. M. John Redmond answered
that Home Rule lad been discussed for 26
years; As days had been spent on the pend
ing Bill, 100000 words were spoken in
Parliament during 1912, and MEMBERS of the
House had walked 20 miles during 1874 d-
visions. Mr.. Asquith's motion was adopted
by 279 votes to 1913. Sir Edward Carson
has notified that he will move the Ulster
Amendment as above. There is an un-
confirmed runour that the Government
duringits report stage, III u manner accepta-
bic to the House Of Lords, and securing its
passage.
The Belfast Branch of the United Irish
League has issued u manifesto repudiatjng
the UniouiSt Assumption to represent Ulster,
whose exclusion nom Home Rule would, il
declares, be prejudI:ial 70 listers interest.
The UnionIst newspapers say Mr.. BYHug
Law viii retire from the leadership, nuIe.s
the badgoring ceases regarding his speech
at Ashton UNDERLINE on Che 18th. u!timo,
which represented a deliberately adopted
party policy, thus Lopsl Lo~usdoWnes r~esigEa-
ton would follow that Of MIR. Sonar Inv.
The "Noruing Post snys the crisis re-
suits from the United Klgdom having re-
jocted Cauada's oycrtures ia 1907, thus cau,-
ing the United States Reciprocity Ne1oG.,-
lions, and thinks the Colonial Conference,
upon Imperial preference, should result 10 q
permanent and broader conference on n cen
erai ImpeIia. policy, the decisions of such a
conference to be merely preliminary to ac-
uou by The respective Governments. thus
embhug the United Kingdom to adjust
It's own taxation in a manner not bur
deusome 10 the breakfast table. To ask
the Uniouists to abandon altogetner Il
tuN GU food stuff, would, it declares,
be n betrayal OF a great cause, and
the Abandonment Of a great hope. 1t con
tends that Mr.. Bouar Laws position has
been misrepreseutel.
Advlces from Berlin announce the sudden
death from heart disease of Herr Won kiderljn
Waechter, Minister for Foreign Affairs. His
death, following SO soon after that Of Baron
Marshall Won Ejebersteia, is regarded as Il
great loss to Germany during the present
crisis.
The Peace Conference adjourned to-10y,
upon the Turkish Pienipotentiarios a.kin2
Tor time TO declpnt1 then instructions re.
gordjn9 a proposal to refer the terms to ,Ae
ambassadors Conference, as Il method Of
reaching IA compromise. The Allies resent
the alleged T1lkish pracra4tination upon
flrmsY PreTeXts.- Fire 4aTinlos' SAYS the rea4
negotiations are beng conducted oatside OF
the Conference.
New York, Jan. lst -Thjrty three dyha-
me,e huye been sentenced to Terms of in
prisonmeut, varying from | to Z years, and
six sentences have been suspended. The
British press, commenting on tho result uf
the trial, says such Ionjen,y towards + grant
malefactors puts q premium upon criminal
conspirNcies.
London, Jan. 2nd-Anong the New Year
honours, peerages have been conferred upon
Sir George Clarke, Governor OF Bombay,
and Sir George Kemp, who resigned hi<
seat in Parliament Oh accouu5 Of his inability
to support Home Rule. Seven bas ~onetcies
are announced, including Vice Admiral Sir
Percy Scott aud Mr.. Thomas Jackson, the
eminent architect, eighteen Knighthoods IN
Gliding Professor Francis Darwin, Do-,Or
Robert Philip, Mr.. Arthur Liberty, founder
and Chairman Of Liberty and Company, Mr..
j. Dods Shaw, Editor of the Official De-
bates, AIr. j. S.. Wilson, Editor OF the