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Show mi question IS BE SETTLED . BY COMMISSION Govemrvrcent Anxious for End, but Sacrifices Must Be Made on Both j Sides. LONDON?, March 22. In the course of a debate in the house of commons tonight on ;a resolution offered by Sir Panics llen-y Dalziel, liberal, urging the overnnien to make another attempt to tattle tlie Irish difficulty, Andrew Bo-nar Bo-nar Law, j chancellor of the exchequer, announced) that the government already had decided to make such an attempt. The DnWjjel motion accordingly was -lhe nationalists, considering that r they already had stated their position, did not participate in the debate, tvhich revealed a strong desire for a settlement settle-ment ou the part of all the unionist and liberalApeakerB, with one exception. The exception was Lord Hugh Cecil, who declined to believe that war time T7es favorable to Bach aai attempt. The Dalziel resolution urged the government gov-ernment to take immediate ' steps to bring about a settlement of the Irish question. Scraps of Paper. ir James argued that Ireland was a weak spot in the great task before the country and said he thought the government gov-ernment ouyht to appoint a commission to endeavor to reach a settlement of the home rule controversy. Great Britain had entered the war for a scrap of paper, he added, but he was , unable to forget the existence of an ! Li irii scrap oi. paper, which was in- dorscd by the will of the British peo- j pie. It would be impossible for the gov-; eminent to persevere with its motion to exieini t ho life of the present parlia- ; n.iMit, Sir James said, if there was a' solid Ijodv of opinion iu the house of (niriiions against them( and every day's Mav v. as recruiting a supporter to the ph; sicil force uarty in Ireland. Trumped-up Charge. Iiouald AlV .Will, unionist member for Kent, ou behalf of L'lster county, pro-' Nvtuil ngjiinst the suggestion of John Dillon, one of the nationalist leaders, in the honsr Tuesday night, that there had bron nrfr';.;i ions between the Ulster ( ;i 2riini Baron Kuhhnann. He de-Ta de-Ta 1 U is was fv trumped-up charge ipim! that, it would prove a great obsta-V' obsta-V' l'- t.j a tettlsment of the home rule qneytion. Ho expressed the belief that tlie statesmen of the dominions "would refuse to touch this Irish commission with a bnrce. role." Mr. Bonar Law w-eleomett the tone of the debate. He declared that far from desirinp a peneral election on the Irish iuest.iiin, as had been suggested, he would detest such an idea. The present situation, however, was a Menr.sh on British statesmanship besides be-sides being a handicap in carrying on the war. All parties aprsed that it was impossible to impose a settlement on Ulster by force. The government, the chancellor continued. wa.s anxious for a sott lement. ,but sacrifices must be marie on all sides. He hoped Ulster would nrove less adamant, and if the nationalists would openly avow their readiness to act with the same spirit of the British parties their task would prove a much easier one. "Jf we make another attempt and fail," said Mr. Bonar Law. "the position posi-tion will be worse. But we have decided, de-cided, in spite of the risk, it is worth while for us who are responsible to make that attempt." Mr. Bonar Law's announcement was received-with loud cheering. "The house knows the difficulties and therefore we hope it will not press us for particulars, but will give us time for consideration." Former Premier Asquitb, having expressed ex-pressed profound gratification at the announcement of the chancellor, concluded: con-cluded: "I think it better to make the attempt at-tempt and fail than not to make it at all, and I am certain the government will have not only the sympathy, but the active co-operation of the wnole house." In the lobbies Mr. Bonar Law's announcement an-nouncement was warmly welcomed. The general idea was that the government govern-ment would appoint a commission on which the colonial representatives now in England would sit. |