The Irish standard., 1914-03-07

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nounce, any final judgment upon this,
or any other, suggested solution" He
pointed out, however, that exclusion
was advocated only as an escape from
more serious evils; that Lord Lans-
downe had pointed out the objections
to it; that he (the Premier) had a
"fear that under any of the possible
suggested schemes for the exclusion
of Ulster, Ulster might be made, in
the years which lie Immediately be-
fore US, or perhaps would inevitably
become. the cockpit of contending
factions" Sir Horace Plunkett's plan
for the inclusion of Ulster, with the
option of exclusion after a time, he
would be perfectly prepared to well
come" (6) Il will use no last word
in reference to this matter of settle
ment. Schemes and suggestions of
settlement are in the air .... SO
far as I and my colleagues are con-
cerned, we will not close an avenue,
however unpromising for the moment
entrance upon it may appear to close
it, which directly or indirectly holds
out the hope Of leading to concord or
to settlement
The Prime Minister'S proposals are
expected to be made early in April,
when the Home Rule bill comes on
for second reading.
How the Unionists Received 1t.
Before giving summary of Mr..
John Redmond's speech in the debate,
it will be useful to quote the opinions
expressed by Unionist members who.
followed Mr.. Asquith on the question
of the exclusion Of Ulster:
Mr.. Salter-"There used to be an
optimism the other side that Ulster
would never resist. That has disap-
peared.'
Mr.. Cassell-"So far as even the ex.
clusion of Ulster is concerned, that
would not get rid of my opposition to
this bill"
Mr.. VIM. Moore, M. Pr do not
believe in the exclusion of Ulster as
proposed by the Prime Minister. I
believe that the men of Ulster are
perfectly able to secure their own ex-
clusion ...... at any rate, we do
not want exclusion. 90. After all,
the exclusion of Ulster will not settle
Ireland, but it will keep the Ulster
Volunteers and the loyal population
from being brought into collision with
the kings troops. That is the only
good it will do.'
Viscount Castlereagh ITO my
mind, there can be no compromise on
the principle of the bill. You are Civ.
ing us nothing whatever"
Mr.. Mitchell-Thomson-"A settle.
ment is better than civil war, but not
any settlement"
Sir F. Danbury-"The speech of the
Prime Minister, I must say, did not
seem to me to hold out any very en-
couraging hopes for a settlement"
Mr.. Austen Chamberlain-"The ex-
clusion of Ulster is the only possible
basis of peace. The right hon. gen.
tleman said that the exclusion of Ul-
ster was only pis alIer Fl. =. say
the exclusion of Ulster would have
one positive advantage: It would be a
statutory denial and negation of the
claim of Ireland to be regarded as an
Independent nation"
Sir e. Carson-"We must go on,
whatever happens, opposing the bill
to the end. If the exclusion of
Ulster is not shut out, and If, at the
same time, the Prime Minister says
he cannot admit anything contrary to
the fundamental principles of the bill,
I think it follows that the exclusion
of Ulster is not contrary to the fun
damental principles of the bill. If
the exclusion is proposed, it will be
my duty to go to Ulster at once and
take counsel with the people there.
-. On the other hand 90. II
your suggestions try to compel these
people to come into a Dublin Parlia.
ment, tell you shall, regardless of
consequences, 60 on with these peo-
pie to the end with their policy of re-
sistance. go. You must either
coerce her, If you 60 on, or you must,
In the long run, by showing that good
government can come under the Home
Rule bill, try and win her over to the
case Of the rest Of Ireland. 90. One
false step taken in relation to Ulster
will, in my opinion, render forever
impossible solution Of the Irish ques-
tion. say to the leader Of the Ma
tionalist party, II you want Ulster, go
and take her, or 60 and win her. You
have never wanted her affections:
you have wanted her taxes"
Mr.. Redmond's Speech.
Mr.. John Redmond, the Irish lead.
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