100 years ago today: today’s leading news stories cover the
Amending Bill which was passed in the House of Lords and the funeral of Joseph
Chamberlain. With regards to the debate
on the Amending Bill, Lord Curzon notes in his speech: “We are driven… to the
odious alternative of providing for partition as the sole means of escape from
the still worse alternative of bloodshed.” The amendments propose to remove “the
whole of the Province of Ulster from the authority of the Irish Parliament” but
it is hoped that leaders on both sides will unite to try and secure peace.
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