23 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 3

Next, Lord Salisbury deals with the continuance of Irish Members

at Westminster, and points out that the only solution is that if there be Home Rule at all, it must be " Home Rule all round." Lord Salisbury sums up his arguments—or shall we call them rather his statements of the essential obstacles ?—with great force and good sense :—

" Unless, then, Home Ride all round is to follow, Home Rule in Ireland would not be fair. Unless Ireland can pay her own way, Home Rule would not be workable. Unless it can be guaranteed that there shall be no armed forces in Ireland, Home Rule would not be subordinate, nor would its establishment be safe. And unless Ulster and the South and West of Ireland can come to an agreement one way or the other, Some Rule would be totally impossible."