Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-17
SEEK COMPROMISE
ON HOME RULE BILL
Members of House of Lords
in Overnight Conference
With Officials.


LONDON. December 17.-Members
Of the house of lords who have stood
firmly against the Irish home rule bill.
as passed by the house Of commons.
were in consultation with members
OF the government overnight, it is
understood. trying to arrange some
sort of compromise relative to the
measure.
1t was asserted here this morning
that the virtual deadlock between the
two houses Of parliament must be
compromised or the bill would be
lost, and the home rule measure of
1914 would automatically become a
law as soon as ratification of the
Turkish treaty formally ended the war.
Developments are being awaited
with curiosity and anxiety. The ac-
tion of the house Of lords in amend
Ing the home rule bill was tAnta-
mount to rejection of the measure,
the original bill seems to have placed
the fate Of the legislation In the
balance. - o.
Object to Counen.
Many members of the upper house
of parliament object to the provision
OF the bill for the council Of ireland
and oppose the clause providing that
II ireland declines to accept the form
OF government established by the
measure q cr0Nn colony govefatndnt
Will be imposed. Some writers de-
clare that the ireconcilable peers will
recede s1fom their position and that
when the house Of lords meets at
sent given the meastife and zee Il
placed In the statute books as q law.
This orderly ending of ne long
drawn discussions and maneuvers OF
the rival parties accofdA Ii MOI way
with Aeeerticnss made, In other QUAR-
terh where 1t asserted that tho PEERS
whose votes carried the amsnsdznents
in the house of lords, will absolutely
refuse to accept the bill in the form
to which it has been rest0fed by
commons.
Feace Neg0ffAtions Resuused.
DUBLIN. December 1e.-Peace nexo-
tiations have been resumed In Ie-
authority. 1t Is difficult to ascer-
tain the lines on which, the inter-
mediartes are operating, owing to the
reticence OF all engaged. but it Is
understood that high church dixni-
faries. including Archbishop Cune OF
Bishop OF KiHaloe. Mgr. Fogarty. are
prominent among those continuing their
efforts to bring about a settIemeuf
Four policemen were killed today at
Ahkommon, when q patrol Of eight
OF them we're ambuscaded by 100 men.
Shot BY = Cadet.
The frank admission that Cannon
Magner. killed yesterday at Dunman-
way: County Cork. and shot by an
auxiliary cadet, was made by Dublin
castle today. A statement issued by
the castle says that the cadet was one
OF lorry party which was ambushed
near Cork Saturday night. and init
mates that he became insane as a re-
SUIT OF that experience. 1t confirms
Timothy Crowley, a farmers boy, p.
5. BRADY. magistrate, who witnessed
the tragedy, came near suffering q
similar fate.
CORK, December 1.-THE Bishop OF
CORK today received the following tel
egram. dated Dublin Castle:
please accept my deepest sympa thy
on the appalling tragedy OF the death
Of Canon Magner. and kindly convey to
his relatives an expression of nv
deep sorrow and sincere sympathy.
(Signed) Inspector General,
Royal Irish Consta buIary."
To this the bishop replied:
II should accept sympathy from the
inspector general of the old r. /. c.
The verbal sympathy of an inspector
general whose men are numbering my
people and have burned my city 1 can
not accept or convey to the relatives
of the murdered Canon Magner."
Condemn Cork ~Atrocity.,
BOSTON. December ia communi.
cation to Premier Lloyd George OF
Great Britain terming the Cork fire "a
typical British atrocity," and declar.
ling that the American people 'sbv a
majority Of 100000 votes have FOR.
ever made any alliance with your
bloody government an impossibiiity.'
was signed by many members of the
cial session.
I'VE, elected representatives of ths
state of Massachusetts," the message
said. sharing in the universal horror
with which civilized peoples of the
world have witnessed your latest bar
barities. IN Ireland, denounce you anf
the government of which you are tho