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Show oo ASQUITH, HOME RULE AND ULSTER. That Prime Minister Asquith oi Great Britain is tactful and fully equipped in mental make-up to sue cessfully handle the home rule uues tlon is the opinion of the San Fran Cisco Chronicle which says "Recognizing that the Importation of armB by the disaffected Ulsterites In the north was rapidly assuming alarming proportions, and that the failure of the government to take any preventive measures against seditious organization has encouraged the mill tant suffragettes and strikers in their disrespect for authority, ABqulth ha6 decided on a policy at once firm and diplomatic. "It would have been within his power to revive the Irish crimes act, with its drastic provisions concerning the carrying of arni6. but he was dls creet enough to realize that such a course might precipitate a rebellion, and In preference he selected a cus toms law, which, every bit as ef fectlve, is not clouded with Buch un fortunate associations. It might have been poetic Justice to apply to Ulster an act which It welcomed when applied ap-plied to the Nationalists in the south, but It would have been a risky business busi-ness Asquith is further tactful In attempting to pacify the anti-home rulers by Informal conferences, in which he appears to be making con cessions, but Is yet careful not to com mlt himself to any definite changes in the present bill. To make such changes would necessitate beginning all over again, as the altered measure would have to go through all the for malities of veto by the House of Lords, and could not become law for at least another three years. As things at present stand, all that is necessary to place home rule on the atatuto book Is for the Asquith mln istry to remain In office until May 9, 1914. secure another majority In the House of Commons, ana pass it up to the Lords, whose acceptance or re Jection will then be a detail of no 1m portance. At present there Is noth Ing to Indicate that the Liberal Gov ernment will not be In office net May. A British Parliament lafltB five years, If not dissolved, and the House of Commons now In existence |