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Show oo A HOME RULE J FOR IRELAND. jj More than once the house of lords I has blocked progress In home rule for J Ireland. Gladstone found the lords to 3 bo his greatest obstacle Had the up- 3 per house of parliament been pos- 1 scssed of the spirit of Justice, Ireland ;f today would be tree from the horrors "J of civil warfare and England would be jj less disturbed with the problem of how jj to deal with the Irish question, a The present home rule bill was ex- '1m peeled to meet with strenuous opposl- Hon in the house of lords, but word 1 W i onics that the possibility of a conflict between the two houses has been averted and today the proposed ehantce in the Kovrrnmenl of Ireland will become law It would be a pleasing transformation. transforma-tion. If Ireland were to be quieted by elf-goverhnienl and the conditions which have prevailed so lone were to give way to peace and happiness. All people! of marked racial eharae terlstlca and strength Insist on self-determination, self-determination, just as all men seek the Itullest measure of independence compatible com-patible with community weirare. All men resent a brand of slavery or anj l form of dependence bordering on forced servitude |