HOME RULE BILL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3986, 17 July 1913, Page 5

HOME RULE BILL.

REJECTED BY THE LORDS

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGH LONDON, July 15. j Tho Lords rejected the Home Ilu Bill.

Lord Morley said that the Cover) ment had been asked what they worndo in tho event of violent disorder i Belfast, hut he declined to say wh i they would do in a purely hvpothet cal contingency.

TO AVERT A CIVIL WAR. "- WHY UNIONISTS WANT AN ELECTION. (Received Julv 16, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. In the House o.f Lords’ discussioi on the Home Rule Bill Lord Curzoi said the opposition wanted an eiectioi because tiiey wanted to avert a civi war. Lord Morley, in winding up the debate, was repeatedly pressed by the Opposition to say whether troops would be ordered, to fire on loyalists. He refused to answer, but said he was confident that in a difficult or dangerous crisis the authorities would do al! the public dutylm posed on them tor the maintenance of order.

He contended that a referendum or; a dissolution before a Bill was passed: would lie a far greater blow to Parliamentary authority than anything in; the Parliament Act. He was sure that when the Irish party had a Parliament! of their own they would show the same; statemanlike spirit they had shown, hitherto and would make it a success, j Lord Lorehorne again appealed for ai comprehensive settlement by consent j to a consultation in goodwill. If this : effort failed then would be the time; for a general election. The Marquis of Londonderry ernphasised the unanimity and determina- j tion of the Irish Protestants against > Home Rule. . j Lord Lm-ithgov, in his maiden , speech, said the Bill was calculated to j infuriate beyond measure the people j of Ulster without assuaging a single j existing difficulty. The Archbishops and six Bishops present voted with the majority. The 5 Bishops of Oxford and Hereford, who in 1912 voted for the Bill, were absent.

RIOTOUS EXCURSIONISTS. CATHOLICS’ DWELLINGS WRECKED. LONDON, July 15. Excursionists at Castle Dawson attacked the Hibernian Hall. They destroyed the drums and banners, and wrecked twenty-two Catholics’ dwellings. Revolvers were fired, but no one was hurt.