27 JUNE 1914, Page 17

In the House of Lords on Monday Lord Crewe introduced

the Amending Bill. We have dealt with the whole subject elsewhere, but may say here that the best thing that can be said of the Bill is that it is a dummy Bill, intended to be completely remodelled by the Lords, and that, therefore, it does not matter very much what it contains. As a matter of fact, the aforesaid slummy. clauses .merely repeat the offer made by Mr. Asquith in March, an offer which it is well known that the Ulster leaders will not accept, or rather could not accept without being at once repudiated by their followers.