Show HOME RULE BILl BILLt t CUMBERSOME IS ASQUITH'S VIEW Multiplication lJ f of or Offices in w Ireland Will rill Be Result of Measure l I. I London March arch 30 O. Herbert As Asquith In n th tho tha of oC commons tO today 1 described bill cum cuin ed cd tho Irish homo llomo rule as a rous duplication and multiplication that and offices offices' adding raiding of oC Institutions e from tho the viewpoint of efficiency c y there thero Is fa nothing nothing- to be bo said for it ft Mr r. r Asquith recalled that in 1914 he Ireland should pal have o o 3 vc SL a a. a pled pledge go that one ono parliament and dc declared that ho he adhered to that view now non Ho Iio disagreed disagreed dis dis- with those who bc- bc agreed ho said there thero could bo no constitutional changes until order had boon been restored ami Inti asserted that the root of ot tho the trouble could not b ho bO gotten at al until I th there r ras was as a wide reform la Sn tho the government gov gov- system sj Majority U Db It If Claim The Tho substitution on of or this bill for the tho measure on the statute books Mr Asquith Asquith As As- continued took from th the tho Irish what th the majority of them wanted In one ono form or another an and attempted to on them something tho the great majority majority ma ma- j disliked and would always re refuse refuse refuse re- re fuse to accept lie He advocated amending amending amend amend- ing tho the 1014 UH f home rule act enlarging the the- powers of Ut the Irish parliament and executive so as to give gJ them to all intents and purposes tho the status of a ado do dominion mInIon Air Mr Ir Asquith said he still sUll favored lire tho expediency of or county count option for Ul- Ul ster whereupon Sir Ir E Edward Carson tho the Ulster unionist l leader der asked tho the speaker if IC ho favored count county option for or the of or Ireland Mr Asquith answered in tho affirmative Thon Then wo we can l have we a Sinn Fein Foin FeinI county count retorted Sir Edward I J IIo Lloyd I George r Rc O Premier Lloyd George Georgo changed cd his 1 for I th the debate plans lUf u. u oot g ging Mn- Mn A v yIng y ing Ing- not to reply until tomorrow to Mr Asquith's attack up upon upon n tho the bill Andrew Bonar Donar Law the I government leader r. r j followed Mr Asquith in today's toda's debate de do- bate declaring In that if IC the tho liberal leader lead lead- er or proposed to amend end the existing law as he had indicated his proposal would bo be condemned as unanimously b by the of southern Ireland as the present bill I Mr Bonar Law Late asked d what Mr Mi- MiAs r. r Asquith AsQuith Asquith As As- meant by county option whether er cr ho meant that an any county count could refrain ro ro- frain train from tram joining in the the government until it Jt was rend ready to come come in Tho The government leader said that hat tho the newbill now new bill billas was as not th the result of at a a. tree free choice on the go governments government's p part pirt It It recognized recognized d that when the last of oC the peace ce treaties was BI signed ned tho the ex existing law for tor Irish home rule w would uld become b become come d effect effect- the t- t ive We This would have havo meant that Ulster Ulster Ul Ulster Ul- Ul ster would be forced to Join the Dublin Dublin Dublin Dub Dub- lin parliament against its will some will some something thing which the government go would not attempt to carr carry through four alternatives said There were ere Mr Ir Bonar Donar lAW Into Tho The first t was wa to re repeal re- re rc-I rc peal the tho homo home rule rulo act tho the second to tot t establish dominion home rule the third to give o I self determination on to tho the Irish people which would mean an Irh Irish h republic And fourth to give l c I Ireland Irelan tho the largest men measure mea uro of oC pore homo I rulo rule compatible with national sc security and the pledges that had been beon given Tho The last declared Mr Bonar Donar r. r LAW was that it was wa 1 intended to give o 1 through the tho present bill |