Republican farmer., 1918-04-19
.COmmONSIS AGAIN SCENE OFDISOROER Cork Municipal Council Sends Appeal to Presi-
 dent for Protection. REJECT EFFORTS TO
 OMIT DRAFT CLAUSE Law States He Hopes to In troduce Bill Which Will
 Give Home Rule.

London, April 13-A motion proposed by Irish Nationalihts to omit the conscription of Ire land clause from the govern ment man-power bill was re- jected by a majority of 172 in the House of Commons last night. The total vote shows a large section of the house ab- stained from voting.
 The debate in the house yesterday and last night was remarkable for the speech of H. H. Asquith, the for mer premier, who, while strongly ob- jectng to the conscription of Ireland. frankly declined to take the respon- sfbility at the moment the nation is facing a grave military crisis of push ing that opposition to the extent of forcing a change in the government.
 Henry E. Duke, chief secretary for Ireland, made a brave attempt to con- ciliate the Irish members. The effort , led to a strong altercation with the , Nationalists at the close of the de- l bate.
 } The government spokesman in the house, Andrew Bonar Law, in a brief spech winding up the discussion, con- : tended that the government had a moral right in what they were doing land would be craven not to do it. l We could not tell America she had . the right to conscript Irishmen in the : United States while we had not the |, lsame right at home,'' he said. We intend at the earliest moment to in :, troduce a bill which we hope will give home rule, or rather local gov erhment, to Ireland"
 This statement brought fresh up- roar and laughter from the Irish members. Bonar Law went on:
 We shall try to carry it through simultaneously with preparations for carving out the man power bill, that is all can say.'
 His speech was interrupted con- stantly by ironical remarks from the Irish benches. The Irish members at the conclusion challenged the gov ernment to a further division on the conscription clause. It was carried by the government this time by ZSl 10 116, a majority of 165.
 William Adamson, on behalf or the slabor party, appealed to the govern | ment to give a clear assurance that | conscription would not operate untll
 a, generous measure of home rule was
 on the statute books. Capt. l.. C. M
 S. Amery, a Unionist, joined in the
 anneal of MT. Asquith and Arthur
 Henderson, Labor leader, for the i'm
 mediate introduction of a measure ol
 home rule.
 Sir Mark Sykes, Unionist for Hull
 who condemned the Nationalsts TOT
 attributing base motives to the gov
 ernment, said the government could
 only minimize the risks they nae
 taken in this matter by taking further
 risks. They must therefore, introduce
 an adeouate home rule bill and stanc
 or fall by it.
 That was the only way to stabilize
 the British moral position and prove
 the sincerity of British war aims te
 the United States and the domlnions
 Sir Mark was certain that the Engl1sf I democracy would not be behind th'
 government if it took Irish conscrlp
 tion without Irish self-government. 'r Aother uproar arose when Herber IS I. Samuel, former postmaster-genera IS declared the most important state ct men1 of the debate was that mad' h by Chief Secretary Duke that the ac ts for setting up a parliament in Ireland K should bep assed before any 1rishma1
 was called to the colors. MT. Duk' k interjected.
 m q did not say that"
 Id A wild uproar came from the lrisl rs benches, John Dillon, Nationals re leader, exclaiming.
 lg Another government pledge gone
 MT. Samuel resumed: T took dow 70 the words as they were spoken. s. "If.I I had said that" replied Sec of retary Duke. q should have bee of contradicting the prime minister. DO had no authority to say that
 Tim Healy, Nationalist for Count e. Cork, thereupon said: Tt is becaus 1e we understood you as saying that tha ny we abstained from speaking" 1e The Cork municipal council unani at n,ously adopted lasr night a resolu ve ton against consumption and appeal i'll ing to President Wilson for ''protec n- tion.' At the same ume the Ulste
 
 ld council issued a statement upholdin ne the governments proposal, pointfn ed out that Ireland at present, "the mos ne prosperous portion of the Unite IL Kingdom, is in duty bound to con he tribute her portion, be the war lon Is, or short, of the cost incurred; to d Ill less would be to surrender, whic oo Ulster at any rate, would neve m willingly do, her share in the grea LII. empire which is our common glor ca and our common heritage" h. The Ulster statement says success ne i've elections have shown the ma
 ioritv of the Nationalist vote is cor
 trolIed by a party of "open an
 ayowed treason" The statement add
 after pointing out the growth of th H. Sim F'ein movement, that "it is pre- he ty obvious that a general election | ,f- an Irish parliament would place tn
 balance of power in the hands of
 party which is engaged in drilling an rs' preparing with German assistanc
 and German promises of arms l. strike a blow at the heart of the Bri
 ish empire"