The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-07-28
CABINET SMASH
is THREATENED
Asquith Would Dissolve House
on Home Rule Issue
WANTS TO GIVE BILL TRIAL
Saws II Would be Good II He and
Redmond Could Shake Hands
But There Must be No Co.
ercion Ulster.

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made in the House of Commons by
! Premier Asquith at the conclusion OF
debate on a motion for adjourn
ment made by John Redmond. the
Nationalist leader. following an an
nouncement by the premier that the
government had no intention OF in
PRODUCING any home rule for Ireland
bill with regard to which there was
40 substantial agreement among all
parties. In appealing to the Nation
alists not to throw away the oppor-
tuntty for bringing home rule into
immediate operation. Mr.. Asquith
said:
II ask the House. and will ask the
country If necessary. If the govern
ments proposals are not fair"
Just before the motion Of Mr..
Redmond was voted down, Mr.. AS
quith directly addressed the Nation
alists, denying that any paruality
had been shown to either side during
the negotiations. Mr.. Asquith de-
clared that the exclusion of the six
Ulster counties from the operation
Of the home rule act was to his mind
the greatest give and take arrange
ment ever made in the history Of
political controversy and he asked
the Nationalists not to break of
the negotiations.
Mr.. Redmond desired an adjourn
merit saying that he wished to call
the attention of the members of the
House to the rapidly growing unrest
in Ireland and the deplorable effect
resulting from the government not
having carried out in its entirety the
tentative agreement for a temporary
government in Ireland.
Mr.. Redmond characterized the
new proposals as an absolute and
disgraceful breach of faith toward
his supporters.
Mr.. Lloyd George regarded the
Nationalist failure to agree to them
as a disaster, while Sir Edward Car
son, the Unionist leader In Ulster.
declared II would be good thing il
he and Mr.. Redmond could shake
bands on the floor of the House. but
that to bring such an event about
there must be no idea of the coer-
cion OF Ulster.
confirming publicly the suspicion
that the cabinet had been unable TO
reach decision in regard to the
home rule amending bill, Premier AS
quith in the House Of Commons an
nounced that the government would
not introduce any bill Of this kind
with regard to which there was not
substantial agreement among all par
ties. This was taken in the lobbies
OF Parliament to mean that home
rule had been dropped for the mo-
ment and that David Lloyd Georges
negotiations had come to naught.
John Redmond, leader of the Ma
tionalists. moved an adjournment Of
the House to discuss the premiers
reply. He declared he did not want
to attack anybody, but merely to
state the facts which. he said, spoke
for themselves. He said that when
two months ago Premier AsQuith re-
turned from Ireland he announced
that the present system of govern
ment had broken down and that the
cabinet had unanimously requested
Mr.. Lloyd George to bring about IL
possible provisional settlement Of
the Irish question by the consent of
everyone concerned, he was thrilled
by the hope that in the interest, not
only of Ireland, but of the empire, the
Irish question might be put out OF
the way until the war had ended.
The proposals Mr.. Lloyd George
put before Sir Edward Carson and
himself, Mr.. Redmond said, were in
no sense their proposals, but after
considerable negotiation and many
changes. they agreed to recommend
them TO their friends. Mr.. Redmond
declared he had had the greatest diff
ficulty in obtaining the consent OF his
have considered the proposals unless
they were put forward as a purely
temporary settlement for the period
OF the war.
He said the agreement was for the
provisional settlement of the ques-
ton until the war was over. or until
final and permanent settlement was
arrived at within limited time after
the war The first plan proposed was
that the whole bin should remain in
force during the continuance of the
war and for IL months afterward, but
Sir Edward Carson objected that II
Parliament took no action during the
IL months after the war. then the six
Ulster counties should be excluded
from the operation of the home rule
act OF 1914. To meet Sir Edward
Csrson's objections. the following
words were added: But II Parlia-
ment has not by that time made fur
ther and permanent provision for the
government OF ireland. the period for
which this bill shall remain in force
4. to- be extended by order OF the
council for such time as Is necessary
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