The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-16
IRISH HOME RULE
STILL IN DEADLOCK
Settlement of Difficulty Little
Advanced by Concessions
to Obstetrics.
CARSON STILL IS DEFIANT
AsQuith's Scheme Declared to Be
Absolute Limit of Gov
crnment's Terms.
CARSON STILL IS DEFIANT

London, March ia settlement OF
the irish homo rule difficulty appar-
emily has been little advanced BY the
British governments great concessions
to tho Obstetrics, and taking the MS
scrtions OF both poli,lcal parties al
their face value. the deadlock now
remains rs iinmovablc rs before
Premier Asuu,th's concilatory offer
was made In the House Of Commons on
March ..
The slrncrs OF the Ulster covenant
declare strongly that nothing less than
the permanent exclusion Of the Protes-
tant counties of Ulster from the Irish
government AZ Dublin instead oc tho
proposed slX-ycar option, viii he con-
sidcrod by them
The moro radical covonantcrs demand
not only the exclusion oC tive four
counties Antrim. A~marh. London
derry ana pown-!n which the rrotcs
tants arc IN tho majority. hut they
want tho entire province OF Ulster OK
cludcd hnvtl,ur else they say. would
be dcsertion OF their comrades In coun-
ties whcrc Professionals arc In the mi
nority. and would he treason To their
covenant
Sir Edward Carson, leader OF the III
etcr Union. sent message to Belfast
Yesterday saving "Tf ANYTHING nocccSsi-
tntca II still more forward movement
this year, We arc roinr 10 make good
In action all We have been saving and
preraring FOR during tho past two
years"
On the other side. the government
newspapers assert that Premier AS
Ouiths scheme Is the absolute limit Of
CONCESSIONS, and 10 not basis for
further NEGOTIATIONS.
Winston Sncnccr Churchill. First
Lord OF tho British Admiralty. speak
inc at Bradford Yorkshire. yesterday.
said:
1T seems to mo that IN principle
don't speak of dctnils-that II IS the
last offer Ills Maicsty's government
can or ought 10 make"
Sir Edward Russell. who is a close
friend OF rrcwicr Asqu:th writing In
he Liverpool Daily Post. of which he
Is the editor takes different view.
He SAYS: In nonpolitical clubs every
body is confident that Premier Asquith
has made up his own mind TO let tho
Natioualists 20. that sooner or later
lie VIII tell Mr.. Richmond that tho only
feasible home rule is one with the en-
tire exclusion of Ulster
irish Nationalist rewspa pcrs declare
that John Redmond. the Irish Nation
Mist leader in the House OF Commons,
and his colleagues, could not possibly
support a bill containing further sur
renders from the original scheme OF
home rule Some OF the Nationalist
organs bitterly deuouncc the Nation
a!ist members FOR submitting to Pre-
mier AsQuith's terms.
Little taik is heard that the Orange
mems preparations To fight are a gi-
Ianuc blun The Covvnantcrs claim
10 have 10000 men drilling in Sir Ed
ward carson's army. with $4,000 rifles
and some pieces OF artillery.
The London newspapers are filled
with pictures Of Ulstremen In civilian
clothes and with rifle and cartridge
b"lts, executing skirmish and other
drills like trained soldiers
Mr.. Churchill. In commenting ycster-
day iu his Bradford address, on the
preparations being made In Ulster TO
resist home rule, said:
The first British soldier or coast
guard who is attacked and killed by
the or2ngcmcn viii raise such an OK
plosion in this country as tho Tories
little appreciate, and it VIII shake the
foundations of society"
Percy Holden lllingwcrth, tho chief
Liberal whip ia tho House speaking at
the same meeting, said there would be
no general election until some rula for
ireland, the Welsh. discstablishment
and the plural voting bills had been
passed 10y Parliament.