The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-10
ONLY BULLETS
CAN ENFORCE
HOME RULE
Unionist Leader in British
Parliament Throws Down
Gauntlet to Premier to Sub
nit Irish Question to Vote.
ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA

fBS Leased Wire Ia Evening Herald |
London. Feb. 1O.-TWo subjects re-
ferring To- the recent conference of
safety al life ut sea and Co home rule
for ireland stood out In bold relief la
King Georges speech from the throne
at the opening Of parliament today
The address for the most part was
q cOloriess recital uf events which "a
developed since the closing OF tho
previous session.
The king referred 30 his forthcom-
ing visit t0 FtuuCc Hr unordlng 'un
opportunity OF tcstifying tp the cor
dial relations between the two cuun-
tries.
Besides tho renewed submission To
parliament OF tho home rule Tor Ire
land and the Welsh church discHtnb-
lshmcnt bills. the domestic legislation
promised In the kings speech Includes
proposals FOR the reconsttution of
the second chamber, a bill providing
for imperial naturalization, and meas
urcs dealing with the housing OF the
poor and education.
The real work Of what promises to
De the most mOmentous session of re-
cent times began with the assembly
of the house of commons. The house
was donsely crowded and excitement
ran high. There was wild cheering
by the respective partisans az new
members elected during the recess
were introduced
Much OF the customary p"crfuuctury
procedure was omitted and little i'm
%tercst was manifested in the formal
speeches Of the mover ana scCund,r
of tho address in reply to the speech
from the throne.
Walter Long. formerly u|niunist
chief secretary for ireland. on behalf
of the u|nionlsts. throw down "a chal-
longe 60 Premier Asuuith To submit
home rule to a vote ~ the country
The plea made ny the king Ira his
speech TO heal d%issension" found
little echo In Mr.. Longs advocacy OF
the cast FOR the unionists FOR Ulster.
He asked the house or M
squarely To face the fact that for Tho
first time in centuries the United
Kingdom was threatened with civil
war. The attitude of the %uuionists.
he snid, Mas the same as il had bccn
since 1856. In no circumstances
would they ~stultify themselves 10y ac-
cepting a measure to which they were
N-H NHN. EHNNAE HIANNNAH
There were, said Mr. Long. TOO. 600
men N training In Ulster and pre-
pared To sacrifice their lives resisting
this home rule bill. and as the first
fruits OF the parliament act tho gov
eminent, II IL carried the home rule
bill into effect. would have to do IL
by the use OF British bullets and bay
onets.
MI. Long ridiculed tho ak Of tho
supremacy which the imperial parlin-
ment would have over the Irish legis-
latiVe body.
Turning 90 the ministerial bench
he tainted the members Of the gov
eminent for what he termed their
~pusillanimity with regard to the re-
cent vents In the Union of South
Africa.
with all % u boosted supremacy.
the former chief secretary 81 ireland
said, you dare not take any action
that would bring YOU into conflict
with the government Of South AZ
RIGA"
Then Mr. Long raped "a the UNI
ionist challenge that before the gov
eminent took a step fraught with
such consequences IT should consult
the country, and he concluded his re-
marks by moving an amendment 10
the effect that In the opinion Of the
house 10 would be disastrous FOR the
house to proceed further with tho
government for ireland bill before
the measure had been submitted 20
the judgment Of the country.
As Mr.. Long resumed his seat Pre-
mier Asquith arose and addressed the
house.
Premier Asquith early In his speech
promised that the government would
take the initiative In putting forward
suggestions for a settlement BIS agree
ment of the Irish difficulty.