The Irish standard., 1914-07-11

He supposed he was going to
be the last of the Chief Secretar-
les for Ireland. He shared that
hope and treasured that belief.
Nevertheless they must be a lit
tie patient for little longer.
The only blunder that was open
to them any longer to commit
was to begin webbing, to lose
courage. and to be overborne at
the last moment by sinister in
duences. threats of violence, or
underhand intrigues. If the Bill
made its appearance on the Sta
tute Book unaltered, it would be
bill of which every lover of
civil and religious liberty might
be proud. When they were told
that Ulster ought not to be sold
into slavery and put under the
heel of the Pope let them re-
member that Ulstermen could
vote themselves out for six long
years, and that Parliament at
the end of that time would have
full option and choice to do
what it liked in the matter. He
believed the one great reason in
the Tory mind for rejecting the
proposals of the Government
was that they had very grave
doubts as to how the people
would vote when the opportun-
ity of doing SO presented itself.
Whatever happened, Home Rule
was safe."
Mr.. Birrell was quite right. The
Home Rule Bill was sent up to the
House of Lords for the third and
last time under the Parliament Act
on May 25th. 1t has been a month
before the Lords on Thursday, June
rs. Nothing can then prevent it
from receiving the Royal Assent. and
taking its place on the Statute Book.
The Amending Bill.
Mr.. Lloyd George, M. p. 1.-THE
Chancellor of the Exchequer), speak
ing in South London, said:
Exclusion has been put for
ward, and Sir Edward Carson
once said so, in order to defeat
Home Rule for the rest of Ire
land as we'll as for Ulster. For
that purpose we cannot recog-
nize it. But tell you what we
i. are prepared to do. Next week
you will have introduced in the
House Of Lords on behalf of the
Government, a Bill that will
give to every county in Ulster
the option to vote itself out Of
Home Rule until two General
Eelections have passed in this
country. They say, Not merely
do we object to Home Rule be-
ing established for counties, the
majority of whose inhabitants
dislike it, but we object to Home
Rule being established for coun-
ties, the majority of whose peo-
pie ask for it, and If you attempt
it we will rebel Well, now, that
is claim and a pretension we
shall not tolerate for mo-
ment"
Sir Edward Carson. speaking on
Saturday at Bolton, Lancashire, said:
For my part the day I shall
like best in the controversy will
be the day in which shall be
compelled-if am to be so
compelled-to tell my men:
You must mobolize and defend
yourselves say this in no
spirit of defiance. have every
thing to lose.
ION Tuesday next the Govern
ment are going to make one
more shot to settle this Irish
question. I hope they may be
more successful on Tuesday than
they have been in the past. From
what gather from those
sources of information which
seem to be in the confidence of
the Government, they are only
to repeat the same old offer that
they made upon March 9, which
I called, and call again, hypo-
critical sham. That, am told,
is the offer that is to be made by
the Government.
"Well, tell the Government
here, and I believe with your
concurrence, that if that is their
offer they may as we'll keep it to
themselves, for we will have
nothing to do with it," !.
LONDON POLICE GUILD.
The latest Catholic body is con-
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