Show SIR EDWARD GREY IN FAVOR or OF orA I A fEDERAl 6 CONTROL British Foreign SeCre Secretary a Makes Startling g Speech in House of Commons LONDON March 31 The 31 The establishment establishment establish establish- ment of or a federal system of government for the British Isles was suggested to the house of commons today by Sir Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Grey as a solution of the home rulo rule difficulty The Tho suggestion was received with great attention by the house which was engaged in iii deb debate te on on the the- be se second ond reading read read- ing jag of the homo hom rule TUle billI bill billI billI I bel believe sa said d Sir Edward Gre Grey that if our present difficulty is not solved by th time tho introduction of a federal system the country will go under through the sheer inability o of pa parliament parlia a. a ment meat to transact its business Sir E Edward ward Grey Put ut forward rd a a. hint that the gc government was vas ready to go to tho the country for far a general election if jf parliament would e wt S b J n. n f l ot il i ilag ing lag home rule to Ireland and disestablishing disestablishing l lishing shing tho the Welsh church chuich II If If an an election could be he e as assured ho he said on the terms of securing the the abolition of plural voting arid and of placing placing placing ing home rule and th tb the Welsh on tb the tho statute books tho the method would bo be worthy of ot consid ra- ra tion Sir Edward Gre Grey said that the tho ministers min mm- were were not prepared to make any concession concession beyond the six years jears' ears ion tion of the Ulster countries from the operation of the tho bill offered by Premier Asquith I The The country ho no said must settIe set set- tIe the question at the end of that time Meanwhile the tho question of tho the coercion of Ulster cannot aris arise ariso until after a general election but if there thero aro are sporadic radic radio outbursts in that province force must be used and if any attempt to set setup setup setup up a provisional ional government and defy the imperial parliament t is made tho the army must bo ho used If there had been boen a general elc tion last week it would have been on a much graver aver issue than home homo rule rolo If th tho army had taken taiton active sides in politics the country would have havo faced a graver problem than it had faced in three thrpo centuries II If It It there is any question raised of f government by parliament without interference interference in in- I myself will take a stand an at firm as 38 that of any labor member I Sir Edward suggested ested the resumption of conferences between party leaders in order to fee see whether a settlement could not b reached on tho the basis of establishing establishing establish establish- in ing a f ral system for the whole country country coun coun- tr try before tho the end of tho the six years named by the government in its otter offer to Ulster |