Mr. Redmond turned next to the burning subject of "
veto before Budget." It had been suggested, said Mr. Redmond, by the Westminster Gazette " and other so-called Liberal organs" that they should pass the Budget and deal with the question of the veto at some convenient time in the future. " To do so would be to disgust every real democrat in Great Britain, and to break openly and unashamedly the clear and explicit pledge on the faith of which, at any rate, Ireland gave her support to the Government. If Mr. Asquith is not in a position to say that he has such guarantees as are neces- sary to enable him to pass a Veto Bill this year, and proposes to pass the Budget into law and adjourn the veto question, I say that is the policy that Ireland cannot and will not approve." In conclusion, Mr. Redmond said that he would subordinate every other question, even the Budget, to the one question of Home-rule.
