Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-04-06
IRELAND AS A NATlON'
HE SAYS THIS CHERISHED HOPE
is OPPOSED TO EXCLUSION
OF ULSTER
WOULD ACCEPT OTHER PLAN
THIS CALLS FOR A VOTE BY
PROVINCES AS 70 DESIRE
TO REMAIN INCLUDED

London, April CT think in the
present circumstances there is moth
ing for the house Of commons to do
but proceed with the home rule for
ireland bill, as 1t stands"
This was the closing sentence OF a
speech delivered today in the house
Of commons by John d.. Redmond,
leader of the Irish nationalist party
on the second reading Of the home
rule bill The vote of the house on
the measure was arranged to be taken
tonight The days proceedings in the
house were opened by Mr.. Redmond.
He continued: "The country as e
whole is sick and tired of the Irish
question, and it must be settled here
and now"
Emphasizing that it was impossible
for the irish nationalisits by agree
ing TO the permanent exclusion of
Ulster from the operation Of the home
rule bill to abandon the principle of
ireland as a nation" Mr.. Redmond
added:
THE real question Of the moment
is how far each side is prepared to
advance toward an agreement"
Tias natioua1ists, MI. Redmond said
would have been glad to accept the
scheme proposed By Sir Horace Plum
kett in February, BY which a plebis-
cite would be taken after a certain
number Of years on the question whe-
ther any section Of Ulster desired TO
continue subject to the Irish paTlia-
ment. Mr.. Redmond said he was in
sympathy with the general proposal
Of scheme of federation, but vague
talk on the subject he declared, was
and could not solve the
difficulty.
Amid great cheering on the minis
terial side of the house, Mr.. Redmond |
then summed up his view of the sit
uation, saying that although he would |
not do or say anything to preclude
the possibility Of a fair and honorable
peace, he though here was nothing
else to do at present than proceed
with the bill in its present form.
In the course Of mis- speech, Mr..
Redmond said:
"The house of commons owes it as
a duty to Ireland and to England to
pass the home rule bill. / am pro-
foundly confident that when the bill |
has once been passed it will never
be repealed
a'Sir Edward Carson. the Ulster
unionist, declared Lthatgs the govern.
ment's attempt to Jump" Ulster with
naval and military forces has made
him skeptical Of any reality in its pro
fessions Of peace and conciliation. Sir
Edward suggested that Mr. Red
mond. like the government, was try
ing to create atmosphere favorable to
himself without an attempt to find a
practical compromise.
THE talk Of federalism" he said,
shas not advanced the settlement OF
the Ulster question an iota. If the
government had said It was willing to
hang up the home rule bill until a
federal solution had been passed into
law. then the sincerity Of the minis
terial offer would be unquestionable.
The adoption Of the present home
rule bill would effeetually bar the
way to federalism
Sir Edward Carson then repeated
his offer that if the government would
agree to allow parliament to decide at
the end Of the six years period Of
exclusion whether Ulster should have
the continued right Of local option, he
would call an Ulster convention and
submit the question to it.
@The only solution" said Sir Ed
ward, sis to leave Ulster out Of the
bill Until her consent to Inclusion has
been won"
Sir John Simon, the attorney gen.