MR. ASQUITII AND HOME RULE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1
Sin,—The enclosed letter, which appears in the Herald of October 28th, seems to me to deserve currency.—I am, Sir, &c.,
Glasgow a wider B.
"Sia,—Theugh Mr. Asquith said at Ladyban.k that there was no elector in this country of average intelligence who did not give his vote in the belief and with the knowledge that after the passing of the Parliament Act this legislation for Ireland would take the next place, yet I find it reported. in the Times of December 2nd, 1911O, that the Secretary for Ireland said 'it was untrue that the Liberals were anxious to have the sole control vested in one Chamber. Home Rule was one of the questions which ought to be left, and should be left, to the judgment of the whole people. If they thought they could smuggle a Home Rule Bill through the House of Commons three years following, all he could say was that their ignorance was beyond all conception.' The electors of Bristol would. seem to have had some justification if they at all events did not know that Home Rule was to follow the passing of the Parliament Act.—I am, dm, .TAISZEH CLARK. 10 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh. Detober 27th, 1913."
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