The sun., 1918-04-18
PLEDGE GIVEN
FOR H0MERULE
BEFORE DRAFT
Government Promise Fails
to Halt Irish Opposition
to Consumption.
,INIONISTS WILL ACCEPT
Dublin Convention Assumes
Proportions of Grave
Importance.
INIONISTS WILL ACCEPT
ssecisi Caoie pes2dish 10 The sUs,

SOptr,Dht. 1s!s: a.! rag itssffto.
loNpoN. April .I.--Las; :.!ghts Gs-
bate in the House Of Commons and tie
reception given 10 Premier Lloyd George
after his declara: :ion ia. ;ise Gove:n-
ment would resign IL re House o: Lords
refused 20 pass the irish home rule bill
make II clear that 10; even tie fall o:
Lloyd George from power or 4 change In
thr Government can proven. Ireland 3
scl:- COVE. nineEt from coming into opera
ton this year.
Sir Edward Carson pinned the Gov
ernment down to the fact that /. vas
It's intention 70 pass the home rule bill
before any consumption was a.tcn,pted u
in Ireland. Following the debate the
Cnionists held a meeting which n ma
jority o. the members attended.
II was agreed ira; although the Gov
c.nnents lrish policy was most unpaia-
table. II must be accepted ~ this critical
moment in the empires history. Sir
Edward Cerson's announcement tina,
not even to avert the passage OF the
home rule bill would ne urge the Ulster
! Unionists TO take any action that n1isi
make victory more remote best exempli.
sem fer Cssseslptis,.
Even IL sou put me under the gov.
ernnent Of the opposition Of Of tlie Sim
Feiners." he declared In the House of
Commons, II would still support con-
scription. because prefer anything to
German domination"
To-morrow's convention at Dublin to
, consider Irish conscription is assuming
, great Importance. For the first time the
Sim Fein leader, will appear on the
same platform with the Nationalists. in
cludirg the OBrienites The convention
OF Dublin tor the purpose o. protesting y
against the application TO Ireland OF i'm
perial compulsory service.
| l: is believed that the Government s
commitr,er. 10 the policy OF home rule
before conscri>t.on is extended, to Ire
! land will exercise considerable influence
! upon the attitude Of the convention. In
some quarters it had been believed tina,
tine Irish leaders planned 20 appea, to
/ an International tribunal to pronounce
Judgment upon the claim O. ireland for
the right OF sels-determina:ion in her
! local affairs, I. also was believed that
| plans were made to induce President
! Wilson to use his good ofYices in support
| Of the Irish demand that the question
! Of conscrlption be left to an Irish par.
lament.
Resistance JIardeninR.
News from Ireland shows that IN,
opposition to conscr.ption is hardening
the Nat'onalists and Sim Feiners act
ing together In protest meetings all owe,
the country. From pulpit platforms tn,
| clergy called for united front in op
position to the measure. Reiteratlns
resentment against cOIsoription ant
urging passive resistance Archhisho,
Walsh of Dublin In a public letter say.
that the only home rule bill, coupled
| with conscr.ptior. that can he sup
ported by tho Nationalists IS a bill tina
! actually has become law and la,
brought into existence an Irish parlia
ment and that the only conscription bill
acceptable Is one framed by that par
+l.ament and made into law by Il.
The Sheffield Dolly Tclc0rdph 9
, strongly conservative organ, does no
| believe that the Governments pro
sramme will solve the Irish question.
This is NOT the time saws IN,
Telegraph. "for 1outng friends ane
counting enemies who raise their pr.c,
| Wirh every concession"
The Irish, Ike Will o the w.sps
now that Home Rule is promised t.
them. say that 1t must be given to then
before conscription is put into effec,
and say that in fact only an Irish Par
lament is entitled to impose it. Raising
their peace terms in 1914 ON the HON,
Rule act when 1t was agreed that al
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