20 APRIL 1912, Page 3

The introduction of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill has been regulated

so as to suit the convenience of the Irish Nationalist members. It appears that the Irish National Convention opens on Tuesday, the 23rd, and in the absence of the Nationalist members for the. first three days of the week there would be no majority for the Welsh Bill, and leave to introduce it could not be obtained. It is a curious comment on the proposals of the Government to reduce Irish repre- sentation at Westminster that they are obliged for party reasons, in the words of the Dean of Lincoln, "to use the strength of a dying vote in the Imperial Parliament on a question that does not concern Ireland in the least."