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Sir John Simon Found In Sir E. Carson's Speech A

sub- stantial indication of a desire for a settlement. It was not true that the Government's proposals for a settlement were dead. "The offer will remain open whatever the......

Mr. Bonar Law Failed To See Any Change In The

essential facts. "In my belief, the position was never more full of danger." The danger could be ended only by the Exclusion of Ulster or by an appeal to the people. Mr. Boner......

Our Radical Pacifist Fire-eaters Must Feel A Curious...

envy when they read the accounts of the new regulations as to the use of its weapons by the Army against civilians which hare just been issued in Germany, and were printed in......

On Friday Week The First Meeting Of The Provisional General

Council of those who have signed the British Covenant was held at Caxton Hall. Lord Milner said that signatures to the Covenant were pouring in at the rate of thirty thousand a......

Mr. Redmond Said That The Demand For The Total Exclusion

of Ulster was not a compromise or a concession. Sir E. Carson had "nob advanced an inch towards compromise." The Government's latest proposals were hateful to Nationalists, and......

Sir Edward Carson Was The Hero Of The Meeting, But

the presence of Mr. Balfour, an ex-Prime Minister, lent the protest its greatest weight. The speeches were, with hardly an exception, worthy of the occasion. Mr. Balfour drew a......

The Great Demonstration Against The Coercion Of Ulster...

Hyde Park last Saturday afternoon was remarkable for its quality and temper, as well as its numbers. No open-air meeting held in London in our time has been attended by so many......

The Home Rule Bill Passed Its Second Reading In The

House of Commons on Monday by a majority of 80. The majority for the second reading in 1912 was 101, and 98 in 1913. The number of Irish Nationalists who voted for the Bill on......

Mr. F. E. Smith Asked When Before In The History

of the world any Government had been mad enough to try to drive out from its Parliament a loyal, obedient, and pros- perous community. Sir Edward Carson said that no Radical......