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Show WILL RUSH THE HOME RULE BILL Autumn Session of British House of Comons Promises to Be Exciting. LONDON, Oct. 7. The first sitting of tho autumn session of the house of commons today was occupied by a debate de-bate of the reports on the Titanic disaster mado by the board of trado aud Lord Mersey. Leslie Scott, a member from Liver pool, and several others oppose tho board of trade's rule calling for boats for all. Mr. Scott said the rule would compel man' steamers to carry such a load of boats that they would bo un-soaworthy. un-soaworthy. Premier Asquith's time table gives thirty-two days for tho discussion in all stages of tho homo rule bill. This, with tho time already cou-sumcd cou-sumcd on that measure, totals forty-nine forty-nine days, whereas, Gladstone's bill in 1S9IJ was under discussion for oighty-fivc oighty-fivc days. Tho Conservatives intend to offer strong opposition to this guillotining process under which the bill will be sent to the house of lords by tho middle mid-dle of December. |