, 1914-03-07

ANj1''
H,>l resistance
Tie Uuionist Press attach the greatest i'm
portance 10 the foregoing, but the Govern
ment organs ridicule its puerility and say it
il equivalent to a declaration OF a contingent
rebellion
The DAILY Chronicle" says the Govern
ment will announce its proposals regarding
Home Rule within q fortnight, and tbnt the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Ireland will not be IN
Guided. Education. the police and licensing
viii, it SAYS, be under the control of the I'm
perial Government for SIX years, a board Of
patronage will guard appointments against
setariapism, the Members of Parliament re-
presenting Ulster will have the power to veto
legislation prejudicial to Ulster, aud North
East Ulster viii have the right of withdrawal
-ueoa-a plebiscite being taken within five
years. Ii the Opposition does not agree to
the foregoing, the Bill will be passed unmo-
difed.
The Liberal Agents have been instructed
to prepare for a general election in May
that is, after the passage Of the Home Rule
Bill
Mr.. John Redmond proposes the %reintro-
duction OF the Home Rule Bill on Saint Par
tricks day, the seventeenth inst,
Mr.. Bonar LAW bus questioned Nj. Lloyd
George regarding the Insurance Act,suggest-
ing that It's fundamental calculations are m
sound, because they are based upon the eX-
perience OF voluntary Societies which are
worked upon motives Of mutual considera-
ton and self help beyond the control Of the
Government. The competition by the Gov
eminent now threatens the societies with
embarrassment The Unionists are dissatis-
fed with Mr.. lloyd Georges evasiye reply.
M D,n., ~ Rev cat.g uha bapIAA hvl
Paukhurst's letters to his Majesty = Secretary
under an escort of police, who refused to al
low her entrance into Buckingham Palace
otherwise. She declares that il no answer is
received, another letter will be sent, and if
no attention is theu paid the women viii go
to Buckingham Palace, but that anyhow
Mrs Pankhurst VIII not accept "uo' rs an an
swer.
The employees Of tenants on the sandring-
ham estates have struck, because the ten
ants have not followed the Kings example
as to conditions Of employment.
A despatch from Copenhagen states that
the first Railway will be built ia Iceland
from Keykjavik to the RagarvaIla district.
New York, March 18th -Adyices from
Washington state that the House Of Repre-
sentatives has not passed the Bill e%nacting
the provisions of the treuty between Canada
and the United States regarding the fisher
les. This is President Wilson's first defeut.
but another attempt viii be made to pass
the Bill.
Over forty million pounds of Cuban sugar
have been taken out OF bond, upon the re-
duction Of the United States duty by twenty
five per cent. The State Of Louismna has
applied for an injunction against the reduc-
ton Of the duty, because pleiudleiai to her
sugar interests and contrary to the Cuban
treuty OF reciprocity and preference. The
defence is that legislation supersedes the
treaty.
Dispatches from Mexico state that Gen
eraI Carrauza defes England and says
that, having recognized President Huertp.
she must look to him for satisfaction, and
that she has no standing with him, General
Carronza. He further declares that the Unit
ed States has no right to intervene on behalf
of an Englishman, or without its recognition
of the Constitutionalists
London, March 4th- Sir Edward Grey
speaking in the House of Commons, stated
that the obstruction to the Benton inyesti-
CATION indicated that something was con-
cealed. England, he declared, could not re-
quire the United States to act unless it was
responsible for Mr.. Benton's death, which
was not the case, and the United States
bovinO shown tho co n intoroot &c To-, 49,.