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Show THE IRISH HOME RULE BILL GWston&'s Speech la (hi House ol Commons Yesterday. Nlr Illcliael llleka Sloira Ibe tlrjec- lieu or Hie Hill Ike lleelng (aee. Iondun, April 0. Uladstone, In moving a second reallug of thu home rule bill, said the government had no Intention of aineiidlcg tbe bill n presented, pre-sented, llovirnestly deslreJ to bring homo to tho mind of lb liouio the juesllou when this groat controversy was to end. llu did not address tbe question to tbe opposition In tho spirit of assumed superiority, but would rather press It earnestly upou tbelr hsarlaaud understanding as a matter In which both sldraallkearululetesled. Ilia lltMrul rtartv fttl, ml a anlnt nn. but wheu they asked tbulr opponent where all tills was to end they barely obtained an nuswer. Certainly thu opposition baj not yet ventured to point out a process v. hereby this greatest great-est of Irish queetlons should le decided, de-cided, asida trom tbe way In which Iho home rule bill proposed to decide it. Uladstone then pruceoded with thu historic development of the rlsunud causra ot the demand for home rule. Thu i rogress of eventa In tbe last century had j roved Ibe fallacy of Ihu argument ottered by thu opponents of homo rule that tlrno anil patlencu would see Ireland led lied without Sclal legislation. Let the household he, look at thu spectacle tbo world oilers In regard to Its unions In tho civilized world no Incorporated union, cllnted aud maintained by force, has uvrr prospered. Hicks llcHch Interrupted, "Tako the cased the United Htates." Uladstonu re piled i "I eald Incorporated Incorpor-ated uuleu. You missed Ihooeseatlal word. Holland and llelglum trlod lu-corporatoJ lu-corporatoJ union, and after a precarious oxliteucuof fifteen years dlvorou was ttlected. Austria aud Hungary tried Incorporated uulou, and alter years of sad ex erlence found the chulcu lay lu giving up It or tho empire, ltustla Incorporated In-corporated Poland. Take your stand tberuon If you think fit. Let the oiosltlon make Its model of their operations to all unions. Hut one principle cau bu applied, and that is whether they require permanent main-teuancu main-teuancu by torco. If, when forcu dlsap- fears,harmony remslnr, union la good. f tbe maintenance of unlou by forco Is necessary thu value of the Uulon Is questionable. Unions not Incorporated but autonomous liava been attended lu all cases with success, sometimes complete and always considerable. Iu conclusion Gladstone referred to tbe retention of Irish members lu the Imperial tarllsment. During the tail sixty yeara cabinet have boeu dl. placed twelve times by a vola of censure, cen-sure, and not once was the Issue purely llntlsb. Light were Imperial and four Irish. i Therefore less Inconvenience ought tube exected from Irish members mem-bers voting uu llrltleli questions than had been anticipated. Uogardlng flu anco Uladstonu said It was no easy mailer to disentangle the finances of tbe countries associated for thu last ninety years. Tbo trouble waa merely dust In the balance compared with the vital lin-portauceof lin-portauceof the great 1 urpose aiming at tbe real union of the two countries and consolidation of thu emi Ire, If the houiu was not satlaflod with tho security ollered under thu existing financial olautu bill he was ready to deal freely with tbo question aud recast re-cast tbu olausesobjectod to. Helectionof tbu home rulo bill was moved by Ulr Michael Hicks lieacli. The llrrlug ( oiliest. Pahis, Arll 0. In closing tbu auuwer lo Phelps' proposal to exoludu the supplementary report of thu llrlllsli llerlng sea commissioner, Blr Charles Hussell ronton led tbat Ihu objection uf the United HUtf I to the report an tho ground that It waa uot lulject lo contril or oiwa-rxamlnatlon applied equally to a large maia of the evidence in tho United Blales counter casu. In conclusion, blr Charles urged upon tbo arbitrator tbu neceaatiy of detenu de-tenu nlug tbo quftillon of right before dealing with thoregulatlouof tho seel flslierlts- , In rally Mr. Caiter remarked that It was not the custom of thu American bar fcr couniel to Introduce hi own lersonallly Inthucaaeso aa to attach weight to his arguments, therefore, he himself would sot follow tho cxaunnhi several llmesset by thecoumtlfcrUrcat Hrltalu. Ha pointed out that when the United Blales delegates arrived lu Palis Ihu case, as far as argument was concerned, was flnlehod, and both tao aud countar-cssea bad long teen doled. Thu United Btaiea government govern-ment Is of the opinion that It lis much reason la corajUIn of Clrmt Hritsln'srouduot lutbo rair, lut this has been passed over. They brllrve the only thing lolodonelstoteliirn the documents. |
