The House of Commons proceeded on Monday to the discussion
of the report stage of the Home Rule Bill. There was a preliminary discussion of a time-table motion, allotting seven days to this stage, moved by Mr Asquith, and Mr. Bonar Law took the opportunity of emphasizing once again the monstrous limitations which had been put upon the debate during the Committee Stage. Only 212 lines of the Bill had been discussed in Committee, while 1,434 lines had been passed without any discussion. The debate upon the new clauses was then opened, and continued without any event of great interest throughout Monday's and Tuesday's sittings. The Government's clause for satisfying the apprehensions as to Trinity College was agreed to without a division ; and there followed a long argument upon a clause brought forward by Mr. J. F. Hope providing for the resump- tion by the Imperial Government of all executive power in Ireland in case of war. This was eventually rejected by 288 votes to 150—a majority of 138, and other new clauses were rejected by similar majorities.
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