The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-21
UNIoNiSTs PREPARE ToR
ELECTION IN THREE WEEKS

London, July 2i.-While the lead
ers of the liberals. conservatives, ma
tlonalists n Ulster ~unionists were In
conference today at buckingham pal
ace, endeaVoring To nnd a solution of
The home rule problem, preparations
were being made by tho chief union
list organizer for n general election
lie sent orders 10 all the constltu.
tiencics 10 prepare for an election
three weeks after the conference az
the leaders are convinced that no
matter what may be done at Bucklng-
ham palace. the house OF commons
soon must be dissolved.
During the time the conferees sat
around the table in buckingham PAL
ace they found an opportunity to dis
cuss many points Of difference ana
before ~adjourning touched on the
question 81 the exclusion Of the
county Of Tyrone from the operations
~ the Irish homo rule bin. "a point
which everybody recognizes as tho
most thorny one 81 the whole sue
ject.
The general Impression prevails
that the conference viii settle This
matter since nobody believes that the
question Of The exclusion OF n
county will be allowed. by eight pol
iticinns5 possessing the ability az the
~conftreos 10 urn the scales for civil
war.
AZ the m time Il Is not thought
that parliament viii accept ans com
promise going beyond the offers al
ready made and refused aud " the
house Of ala so. ireland it.
self would not fab Into line.
Great Crowds Gather.
So deep IN the interest taken by the
people OF all classes In the crisis
which has arisen over the Irish home
rule question that great crowds gath
cred today outside Buckineham pal
ace TO witness the arrival OF the var
ions party leaders who are participant
Ing In the conference inauEurated by
King George with a view to brinEinr
about a peaceful settlement.
King George with Baron Stamford
ham, his private secretary, received
tho statesmen In the chamber where
the privy council always meets aad he
shook bends cordially with all OF
them.
Since personal FEELINGS among pol
i~iicians IN the United Kingdom never
ran 30 high al A. present the aimos-
phere Of the gathering could not hav4
been otherwise thaa extremely chilly
and formal.
After a brief conversation. Klng
Georae withdrew from the meeting.
The conference after being In ses-
sion for only about an hour and a
half adjourned nm tomorrow.
According Go the Daily News. which
represents the section OF the radicals
that rcsents the kings interference,
the king Intends 90 withhold assent
from the home rule bill unless the
amending bin Is presented al the
same time for the royal assent. the
court view being that the king 4 en-
titled to take this course because the
Introduction 81 the amendment has
v%itiaied the procedure under the par
Lament act.
The Daily News believes that Il was
the d%iniculty thus raised which com
PEELED ecu To the round table
conference. II adds thai the ~unionist
leaders al FIRST refused 10 enter the
conference except ON the condition
that there should be q general oles-
ton In autumn. This the government
declined 20 Rccede. whereupon the
kings summons for n conference waa
put IN the form Of a command In.
tsiead Of a request.