1 FEBRUARY 1913, Page 2

Lord Crewe moved the second reading of the Home Rule

Bill in the Lords on Monday. In a long but somewhat dis. pirited speech he dealt at length with the relations of Great Britain and Ireland from the seventeenth century onward. In spite of all efforts Britain had never succeeded in making Ireland an integral part of the United Kingdom ; and his own experience as Viceroy taught him to recognize that what they were carrying on was Crown Colony government. Irish nationality refused to die, and this measure was based on the fact that Ireland was a nation, and that experience had shown Irish opinion to be the safest road to Irish legislation. The difficulty presented by North-East Ulster was real, but could not justify a policy of despair.