The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-05-28
IRISH HOME RULE
WINS BY II VOTES
House of Commons Passes
Measure 351 to 274.
ONLY AWAITS KINGS NAME
Ulster Receive. New. Of Action In
House Of Commons in absolute
Quiet and No Dl-order ls
Reported

London, May 26.-The Irish home
rule bill passed it's third reading in
the house of commons by majority
of II in full and excited house. The
vote was 351 to 274.
Under the provisions of the parlia-
ment act the bill will now become law
even if the house of lords rejects or
mobiles it, the measure having been
passed twice previously by the com
mons in separate sessions
Elaborate precautions have been
taken to preserve peace in Ulster. One
thousand armed police have been
moved north and General Macready at
Belfast has instructed the railway au-
thorities to be ready with troop trains
should the civil authorities call for
military aid.
At Newry, Colonel Turner, COM
handing the infantry regiment sta
toned there on receipt of urgent or
ders, sent all the women and children
Of the regiment to the Curragh camp.
1t was Brigadier General Cough, in
command of the Carragh camp, who
refused to take command in Ulster
last March and finally received writ
ten guarantees from Colonel Seely, the
minister of war, which finally resulted
in the resignation of the minister.
Quiet at Londonderry.
At Londonderry there were no dem
onstrations over the passage Of the
home rule bill. At night the streets
were absolutely quiet.
Belfast received the news of the
passage of the bill with dead quiet. BY
II p. IN. the city was like a church
yard, Dublin was calm. Limerick re-
joiced with fireworks and bands. At
Cork great enthusiasm was aroused.
Bands paraded and the streets were IL
Illuminated with torches and blazing
barrels. There were no disorders.
John Redmond, the nationalist lead
err in a signed statement in the Free
mans Journal says in part:
"Today's division marks the death
after an inglorious history of the ia
years of the union of Pitt and Castle
reagh. It's place is to be taken
by a new union founded on mutual re-
spect and good will between the two
islands"
End OF Flight Is Sudden.
The passage of the home rule bill
brought to a sudden end the hard
fought struggle. The unionists re-
fused to debate the bill without fur
Their information as to the govern
ment's intentions in regard TO the pro-
posed amending measure.
Premier Asquith lifted a corner of
the veil, but though Andrew Bonar
Law, leader of the opposition, admit
ted that the premiers words were con-
ciliatory, he fastened to add that Mr..
Asquith had not told them anything.
To discuss the third reading under the
circumstances, would he said, be
futile and ridiculous.
End Of Ac, Not Play.
He added:
LET the curtain ring down on this
contemplate farce. 1t is only the end
OF an act and not of the play. The
government can carry the bill through
parliament, but the concluding act of
Iu0 uIdlIld VIII NC III Tic NouhNi
where an appeal to the people will not
end In a farce
Mr.. Law then remarked that when
the government was unable to obtain
seat in parliament for a member OF
the cabinet, meaning Mr.. Masterman,
chancellor Of the Duchy of Lancaster,
an appeal to the country evidently was
not far of.
In a brief speech Premier Asquith
defended the government against the
charge of ignoring the rights of the
minority and explained that he was
introducing an amending bill not be-
cause he thought that the Irish home
rule measure was bad or imperfect,
but because he was anxious for peace.
Members In Demonstration.
The vote was then taken, and the
announcement of the figures brought
out a great demonstration by the ma
tionalists and the liberals. AS one man
they rose from their seats, cheering
and waving hats and handkerchiefs.
On March 9 premier Asquith told
the house Of commons that before the
bill became operative a poll would be
taken of the parliamentary electors OF
each county of Ulster to decide wheth-
err those counties should be excluded
from the provisions of the Irish home
rule bill for period of six years from
the first meeting OF the new Irish par
lament. If the majority of the voters
were in favor of the scheme the coun-
ty would automatically be excluded for
the prescribed period.