Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-23
Crowds Assemble in Vicinity
of Buckingham Palace to
Hear of Conference
DELIBERATIONS ARE
TO BE DELIBERATE
Delegates From Both Sides
Lack Power and Must
Report to Caucuses

London. July 22.-Public interest IN
the crisis over the Irish home rule
question over shadowed everything
else in the British Isles today When
the representatives of the liberals
conservatives, Irish nationalists ana
Ulster unionists arrived at Bucklng-
ham Palace to continue their CONFER
ence with view to pacific settle
ment of the Ulster problem, they
found an enormous crowd assembled
before the gates.
Having disposed Of the preliminar.
ies of the conference at yesterdays s
meeting when King George addressed
the assembled statesmen, the con-
ferees today prepared to tackle the
crux OF the problem-the area OF Ul-
ster to be excluded from the operation
of the home rule bill and the means OF
carrying out this exclusion.
Openly the two sides declare they
cannot withdraw from their present
position but 1t is understood the
Premier Asquith is likely to submit
to the conference a proposal to allow
the protestant counties of Ulster to
vote together on the question OF ex.
clusion from the home rule parliament
and that he may also go so far as to
change the time limit of six years
embodied IN the amending bill.
Both Want Tyrone.
Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster union
list leader will make fight to have
the county Of Tyrone included In this
agreement and his proposition will. it
is thought provoke a conflict which
will decide the fate of the conference.
The liberal newspapers in the province
continue to criticise King Georges 8
speech. They appear to be particu-
larly irritated at the phrase "the cry
of civil war is on the lips of most re-
sponsible and sober minded of my
people, which they say might have
been taken from the speeches of the
Ulster leaders. These, says the, Man
chester Guardian, a leading liberal
newspaper the King thought fit to
summon to his presence without a
word OF rebuke. The king has been
unduly alarmed by the reports Of GER
tain OF his Official councillors and the
impression thus made on his mind may
unless he wisely determines to be
guided henceforth by his official coun-
cillors have consequences more seri-
GUS than any that have yet been pro-
duced."
Conference Adjourns.'
The conferees were again in session
for an hour and half today and then
adjourned until tomorrow.
At today's meeting the claims of the
two opposing Irish parties, led by
John E. Redmond and Sir Edward
Carson, on the crucial question of the
area to be excluded from the opera
tion of the home rule bill, were pre-
sented to the conferees. AS neither
the nationalists nor the Ulster union
lists leader possess plenipotentiary
powers, however, these claims must
be submitted to the consideration of
their respective party caucuses at each
stage, so that the progress of the con-
ference necessarily must be deliberate.
John Redmond and John Dillon, as
they left Buckingham palace and
passed along the sidewalk in front Of
Wellington barracks, received great
reception from the men Of the bat
TALON of Irish guards stationed there.
The soldiers crowded close to the win
dows of the barracks rooms, cheering
widely and waving their caps.