13 APRIL 1912, page 1

Mr. Asquith Began His Speech By A Remark Which Shows

that, politically, he is either hopelessly blind or utterly at a loss for convincing arguments. Ulster returns 17 Unionists and 16 Herne Rulers. The figures, he declared, "......

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News Of Tim Week.

O N Thursday Mr. Asquith introduced what we do not hesitate to describe as the most unjust, unworkable, insincere, and so the worst of the three Bills devised for regulating the......

Mr. Asquith Then Came To The Main Provisions Of His

Bill, which we summarize as follows : The Irish Parliament is to consist of a Senate of forty members and a House of Commons of 164 members. The Senate, nominated in the first......

The Prime Minister Went On To Make An Announcement Which,

though not unexpected, was the most momentous in his speech. It was that Irish Home Rule is only the .first step in a larger and more comprehensive policy of Federalism, or Home......

A Tribunal Will, Of Course, Be Needed To Say Whether

Irish Acts of Parliament do or do not in fact violate these con - ditions, after the manner in which such Acts are reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States, and that......