Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-07 | Page 4 | Plan of Liberals to Pacify Ulster

Wi PLAN OF LIBERALS SM TO PACIFY ULSTER I: j- . LONDON, March 6. It is understood t.Wi ji that at the meeting of the British cabinet ou NVcrincsday last, the plan iir previously favored by Premier Asquith and Sir Edward Grey, undor which j''i'.ji the province of Ulster was to bo of- kit .' fcred n sort of home rule within homo K Mi. rule, was abandoned in favor of a tem- f porary scheme of local option. It is ; js! ; now proposed, according to reports Mv; '. ' from govornnicut circles, to allow any !3. i; Trish county by a plebiscite to vote it'll, it-'ll, i, self out of Ihl operation of the homo 4 1 ji rule bill for a period of three years. '; VI vt The Irish Nationalists were reluctant ; ! . r to acciuiescc in the local option plan j i' j .f and thpy have only accented it subject j i I . y to indorfcmont By their convention , .it wlnoli will be summoned to meet in J j; I 'j Dublin ater Premier Asquith has made IJ j ' his announcement in the house" of com- I ."'. i nions on Moudny when the bill comes ' up for second reading. i'i. This power of a plebiscite by the 1 Irish counties will romp into operation i 'j tj inunediatolv after the bill is passed '. i.i H and after tho Dublin parliament actu-allv actu-allv begins its work.