Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-10

LONDON, May 1O--No Irish lead
ers have been executed at Dublin
since Monday, Premier Asquith an
nounced in Commons this afternoon,
He added that he hoped It would be-
unnecessary to execute any more Of
the Irish leaders.
LONDON. May 1o--Rejection in Com
mons Of the bill to extend complete com
pulsion to ireland and a rapproachement
Of the Redmond and Carson forces marked
the Irish situation yesterday.
That Home Rule for ireland is definite.
" I'm sight and may be foreshadowed in a
manifesto to the Irish people, to be pub
lished this week, is almost certain to
prove TO be the result of yesterdays com
ference between John Redmond. the Ma
tionallst leader, and Sir Edward Carson,
chief Of the Ulsterite Unlonists.
1t Is understood that the terms of the
! manifesto have been agreed upon, but that
Its publication has been withheld until
Thursday so as to secure it's simultaneous
appearance In all parts of Ireland Va
rious rumors were current I'm the Hobbies
Of Parliament tonight concerning negotla-
tions between the Government and the
Irish parties, but nothing is likely to be
decided upon by the latter until after
Premier Asquith's pronouncemcnt on the
Irish situation, which is expected tomor-
row.
Thus It looks as though Irelands unfor-
tunate experience of the last few weeks
might become the indirect means of ad-
justing in manner satisfactory to all
parties the difficult Home Rule problem,
which was hung up with the outbreak of
the war.
DRAFT DEBATE BITTER.
The House of Commons, at it's late ses-
sion, indulged in bitter debate on the
military service bill and on the rebellion
and executions in Ireland.
Premier Asquith had announced when
the House opened that the casualties
among the Government troops and police
in the Irish uprising totaled 124 killed,
SSS wounded and missing, and early
In the debate Sir Edward Carson seized
the opportunity to arraign the Govern
ment for falling to suppress the anti
recruiting campaign In Ireland, which he
believed had largely led to the recent dis
astrous events. Sir Edward demanded
that Ireland be included in the measure
on compulsory service.
John Redmond besought the House, not
only for the sake of Ireland but for the
sake of the Empire, not to force con-
scription upon the Irish people. The de-
bate reached n climax when Sir John
Brownlee Lonsdale. whip of the Irish
Unionist party, moved that Ireland should
be included in the operation of COM
pulsion.
PRIMER Asquith opposed the motion,
and 1t was finally voted down without
division. The Prime Minister in his
speech said that a very large number
of the representatives of Ireland were not
at the moment prepared to accept COM
pulsion in Ireland and that it was not
desirable that the country should be
plunged into q controversy on the subject
at this time. Ireland had just undergone
a terrible ordeal, but the result of it, he
believed, would be to establish the founda-
tion among loyal Irishmen of larger
measure of agreement than there ever
had been in the past
The Premier asked what could be worse
than that the representatives of Ireland
should be forced into a conflict at this
moment. The Government, he added, was
reviewing with the utmost care the
military arrangements in ireland and the
matter of bearing arms, and he hoped q
common agreement would be reached.
GLORY WON BY IRISH SOLDIERS.
Certainly, sinco the Coalition Govern
inent was instituted" said Mr.. Redmond.
Ireland. My opinions have been over I
borne and my suggestions rejected. 1t is
my profound conviction that If we had
had power and responsibility during the
last few years the recent occurrences in
ireland would never have arisen'
Mr.. Redmond proceeded to declare 1t
unfair to leave the impression that Ire
land had not done well in recruiting
She had more than 10000 men now