Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-17
HOME RULE IN
IRELAND WINS
Measure Has 10 Majority In
House of Commons--NoW
Up to Lords.
WILD SCENES FOLLOW
Rebellion Against Irish Par
lament is Threatened in
Ulster County.

London, Jan. lily IL majority Of
ITO and amid cenes of wild joy by the
Irish Na~tionalists the home rule blu
passed its third reading and the ina
stage In the house of commons and
was sem Immediately to the house of
which lasted for f1fty-two days. Ev.
cry possible vote had been whipped In,
and the house was crowded.
sBonar Law. the leader Of the Oppo-
sitiou, IL Augustine BirreIl. the chief
secretary for Ireland. were the princt-
pals In the final encounter. The Union
list leader. while admitting that he had
nothing new to say. reiterated his DELHI
crate conviction that no rebellion would
be better justified than one by Ulster
against the new Irish parliament. He
said he knew that Ulster would rebel.
and she was bound TO succeed. because
the FISHERMEN were ready to give their
lives for the cause. II n hundred men
were shot In the streets of Belfast a
thousand more would he ready to take
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the shooting would be on the govern
ment.
Birreii Answers Law.
Chief Birrell criticised Law for at
tempting to belittle and almost denying
the existence of the Nationalist move
ment. which for years had been ths
soul of Ireland. He did not deny that
the FISHERMEN disliked the proposed
iden OF an Irish parliament.
He ven admitted that If the Union
list fears of oppression were verified tho
FISHERMEN would he justified in offer
Ing resistance. but he asked how could
the present mode of government con
tinue indefinitely. Nobody except Eng
lisflmen. he declared. would tolerate the
present ridiculous state OF things. The
chief secretary appealed to the 0pposi-
ton TO help the government In solving
this tremendous problem,
The amendment of former Premier
Balfour to reject the bill was then
formally submitted and II division TAX
en-. The vote was 25S to 1868 against
the Opposition.
The moment the figures were an
nounred the Irish NationaIists sI%slng
10 their feet and began cheering vehe-
mently. They waved their hats. hand
kerchiefs and papers, and the Liberals
joined them In tho enthusiasm. The
Unionists sat very Eium and silent
An Ovation For Asquith.
Prime Minister Asluith on returning
to his seat after the second division
was accorded II great ovation. Az soon
rs John Redmond returned to his seat
a Cnionist member yelled. Now cheer
your real leader" at which there were
l%ronical Conservative cheers. John
redmond then CHILLED upon his follow
ers for three cheers for the hate Charles
Stewart Faruell. They were given
heartily. Cheers for Mr.. Redmond and
the British democracy followed.
Meanwhile II dense crowd OF Irish
sympathizers In the outer lobby cheer
ed the result in tunultuous fashion.
When Sir Courtenay Ilbert. the clerk
of the house of COMMONS. started to
carry the bill to the house of lords the
enthusiasm was renewed. and a long
procession of members. mostly Irish,
accompanied him. The house of lords
held IL special session to receive the
bin, and in accordance with the usual
form 1t wns read for the first time and
ordered printed. The lords Immediately
adjourned
Left Sick Bed to Vote.
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mous consisted of 24S Liberals. 81
Irish Natiouaiists and 81 Laborites.
Two Liberals opposed the bill. Robert
Cameron, a Liberal member from Dur
ham. who was in favor OF the measure,
insisted upon being brought from a
sick bed to support the bill and was
carried into the lobby. Edward J..
Kelly. Irish National. left the Dublin
hospital and Travelled to London, ut
tended only by a nurse. The oniy Ma
iionaliSt absentee on the tiuul voting
was Joseph Patrick Nannetti. member
for the College Green division of Dub
lin. He was absent BECAUSE he was
stricken With paralysis Yesterday.
Many thousands of people who are
udherents of both parties waited out
side the house in a driZzling rain to
hear the result, Rival flags were
taved. and rival cries were shouted.
but the crowd was good hunlored and
Kept the peare. The police prohibition
ngainst bands playing rival airs was
respected. The police were in strong
force. and, while wild cheering and
bUoing greeted the news of the diyi-
sions. the crowds SOon melted.
+. L. Smith. the UnioniSt member for
Liverpool, who has bitterly opposed
home rule. addressed n crowd from a
balcony of the Constitutional club. He
said the fate of the bill would not be
decided by the house of commons. but
IN the streets of Belfast. There was
an excited manifestation against the
bill In Belfast. There was II demon
stratiOn IN the streets. and Il copy OF
The bill WIS burned In tragic fury.
There was 10 riUting, however. and the
.roops. who We're IN tie barracks, were
not called out