The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-02
SUGGESTS CHANGE
OF GOVERNMENT.
BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS RE
cEIVEO SUGGESTION OF HOME
RULE SOLUTION.

London, April l-- ne eSldDllSHllltll
of a federal system of government for
the British Isles was suggested to the
house of commons today by Sir Ed
ward Grey as a solution to the home
rule difficulty. The suggestion was
received with great attention by the
house, which was engaged in debate
on the second reading of the home
rule bill.
81 believe" said Sir Edward Grey,
that if our present difficulty is not
solved by the introduction of a feder-
al system, the country will go under
through tile sheer inability Of parlia-
ment to transact its business"
Hint of General Elections.
Sir Edward Grey put forward a
hint that the government was ready
to 90 to the coHntry Tor a general
election if parliament would enact its
bills abolishins the system Of plural
voting, giving home rule to Ireland
and dis-establishing the Welsh
church.
1t is expected the reading Of the
home rule bill will occupy the house
of commons for at least three days.
The absence of Mr.. Asquith who was
in charge of the bill, was the subject
Of bitter complaint by the unionists.
Viscount Morley of Blackburn, the
president of the council, today aban-
doned his intention of resigning from
the cabinet, as intimated in the house
of lords yesterday. The cabinet met
today and the strongest pressure was
brought to bear on Lord Morley not
to add to the difficulties by giving up
his office When the house of lords
met later in the day, Lord Morley an
nounced to the members that he had
not quit the cabinet.
"If Col. Seely's first resignation had
been accepted by Premier Asquith," ="
said Lord Morley, mine would have
followed, as have been a party to his
irregularity in adding to the two per
ceant paragraphs to the cabinet docu-
ment."
Lord Morley contended, however
that the spirit of the two paragraphs
added to the memorandum sent to
Brig. General Cough, was not at all
alien to the view Of the government.
The vital fact so far as his action
was concerned, he said, was, that
when he saw the paragraphs he had
not seen Gen. Coughs letter, so he
was quite unaware that there had
been any attempt to distate terms.
Grey Speaks in House.
In the house of commons Sir Err
ward Grey, the foreign secretary
spoke on behalf Of the government
He said that the ministers We're not
prepared to make any concessions be
yond the six years exclusion of the
Ulster counties from the operation OF
the bill offered by Premier Asquith
- he country" he said, must set
tie the question at the end of that
time. Meanwhile the question of the
coVcion Of Ulster can not arise until
after a general election, but if there
are sporadic outbursts in that prov
ince. force must be used, and if any
attempt is made to set up provis
ional government and defy the i'm
perial parliament, the army must be
used"
It is reported from Dublin that Pre-
mier Asquith is to be opposed in the
bye-election for East Fife by Jane.
Lariin, who, as head Of the Trans
port Workers Union, was leader o
the strike in Dublin last autumn. II
connection with the strike Mr.. Lar
kin was sentenced to seven months
Imprisonment in October for iucitins
to riot, but later was released.
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