The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-07
Law Predicts Civil War.

| Ia" IAGu1CLS SINl w dI
Andrew Bonar Law, the opposition
leader, though protesting, in certain
passages of his speech, TO see hardly
any hope OF Il peaceful settlement and
predicting that civil war was certain
If the government persisted in pushing
the bin through, declares that he and
his colleagues would gladly accept n
proposal for the renewal of the con
versations with the government lead
ers, but feared that nothing would
come OF il. Augustine BirreH, chief
secretary for Ireland, was most Opt
mistic. Despite all adverse criticism,
he was certain that great progress had
: been made toward peaceful settle
: ment,l and civil war. he declared. was
impossible.
The second reading of the home rule
bill was carried the first time by Il
, majority of lol and the second time
by majority of 9S Last night eight
= o 'Brienitcs abstained from voting and
two hheralists voted against the gov
eminent. One nationalist was absent
: through illness. Three laborites were
also absent and Charles r. G. Master
r man, who had previously voted ms n
5 member of the government, lost his
: seat in the election for Bethnal Green
last February. Mr.. Asquith took no
part in the voting, rs he recently re-
signed his seat to stand for reelection
on his appointment rs secretary. Sir
Edward Grey 5 departure from London
has no political significance. He Is
merely taking a holiday for which he
arranged some time ago.
The nationalists. Mr.. Redmond said,
would have been glad to accent the
scheme proposed by Sir Horace PUNK
EFT in February, by which n plebscitc
would he taken after a certain number
J. of years of the question whether any
n section Of Ulster desired to continue
subject TO the Irish Parliament. Mr.
| Redmond said he was in sympathy
3. with the general proposal of a scheme
d OF federation. but vague talk on the
5 subject, he declared was miscellaneous
W and could not solve the question.
1t Not Trying to Find Compromise.
=, Sir Edward Carson suggested that
" Mr.. Redmond like the government, was
; irving to create an atmosphere favor
. able to himself without an attempt t.
find practical compromise. The tall
- of federalism had not, he said, ad
" vanccd the settlement of the Ulste
- question an iota. If the government
! had said it was willing to hang up tn,
y home rule for Ireland bin until a fed
= eral solution had been passed into law
- then. said Sir Edward, the sineerit,
- Of the ministerial offer would he IN
questionable. He contendcd, however
that the adoption Of the present hom
rule bin would effectually bar the wa,
to federalism. Sir Edward then repeat
ed his offer that If the governmen
would agree to allow Parliament t
Mt decide at the end of the six-years
period of exclusion whether Ulste
should have the continued right o
m local option he would call an Ulste
a convention and submit the question t
as it.
ld Sir John Simon, the attorney genera
81 told the House that the government
W. offer to Ulster of temporary local or
~ ton was still open, but that Irelan
50 could not be permanently divided TIL
government he said, was aiming a
k, Irish unity and was therefore unahl
ne to concede permanent exclusion to u
as ster. If the efforts to reach a con
y promise should fail the government wa
on going to garry the home rule for Ire
sh land bin rs it stood.
ie Timothy Healy, the Independent n:
e. tionalist, charged Mr.. Redmond wit
Il deluding Ireland From Sir Fdwar
! " Grey's speech announcing that ther
= must be an appeal to the electorate b,
! fore the bin came into operation b
=. said it was clear that the whole matte
was the purest gamble for Ireland. ]
the advocacy of Cancellation made b
. William o 'Brien had been followed. il
stead of calling the Ulster me