The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

HAS OPPOSITION
British House Of Commons is
Again in Uproar Over
Question of Irish
Home Rule.
MOST BITTER DEBATE
Leave Room as Protest
Against Form Of Settlement
Suggested by
Premier.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, March S.-For the first
! time since he assumed tho premier
ship, Lloyd-George today faced bit
ter minority of opposition in the house
Of commons. Exactly how far that
minority will go in its opposition, was
; expected to be decided today.
The division, long expected, comes
over the Irish home rule question.
Debate yesterday in the house of com
mons was the most bitter for months.
It resulted in the formal withdrawal
! from sitting Of Irish nationalists as a
protest against the form of settlement
of the perplexing question suggested
by the premier-that home rule could
be had by any part Of Ireland desiring
1t, but that coercion would not be en-
ployed to force Ulster acquiescence.
The Irish nationalists were to meet
today in conference. The greatest in
terest is attached to their decision as
to future policy.
Speculation on what the party mem
Ibers would vote, ranged from predic.
tions that they would formally with
draw from the house, to guosses that
they would continue In commons. but
adopt a policy Of active opposition to
Premier Lloyd-George in an attempt
ito force general election.
Several London newspapers. com
menting on the situation which the
premier now faces in the Irish ques-
ton, deplored his statement Of govern
ment policy yesterday. as one calcu-
lated to arouse opposition and at
tackled John Redmond, Irish leader for
his attitude.
The Morning Post, suggests the ma
tionalists are henceforth in definite
hostility to the government, though
presumably they will do nothing to
interfere with the prosecution Of war.
they will otherwise put as much sand
in the parliamentary and ministerial
machine as possible
The Daily Telegraph predicted the
Redmond adherents will go into active
opposition to the government and seek
to make it untenable with view to
bringing about general election.
Appeal to Americans.
LONDON, March S.-Members OF
the Irish party who last night forced
to an issue in the house of commons
the question of home rule for Ireland,
today issued a manifesto asking Irish.
Americans and Americans generally
to aid them in the movement.
The appeal pleaded for pressure
to be exerted on the British govern.
ment for application by England TO
Ireland OF the principles as to self
government enunciated by President
Wilson in his famous peace speech to
the United States senate.
DardsnelIes Mistake.
LONDON, March s.-The British
war council which decided upon the
Dardanelles campaign failed ade-
uuately to investigate the availability
of troops with which the joint naval
and military attack could be under
taken" according to formal report of
the DardanelIes commission, Issued
today.
Mr.. Winston Churchill's advocacy
of purely naval attack was based on
a certain amount of half hearted hesi-
tatins expert opinion the report con-
tinued, "the practicability of which
was apparently not directly supported
or directly opposed by such respon-