RESTORATION OF ORDER BILL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9289, 10 August 1920, Page 5

RESTORATION OF ORDER BILL.

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' ■";;;';■", :...,•. LONDON], August 6f 'The' scene-' I.iii /the' Cqnmions., laste'd 1 for some timeJ' ' '

Mr J. Devlin/spoke nominally on a point of order, but his speech was xeajly a vehement denunciation of the the Restoration of Order in Ireland Bill, and the procedure adopted.

He declined to take any notice of the Chairman, and at one point both were on their feet together, while loud cheers, cries of '.'Order!" and Opp(>v eition counteE-cries made it impossible to hear what' was being said.;

Finally, during a lull, the Chairman ordered Mr Devlin to withdraw. He declined, and the Deputy., Sergeant-at-Arms formally requested him to leave. <Mr . Devlin, was; still.. ■ obdurate, upon which the Chairman.named him, and ,cent for the Speaker. After this the m. Hon. Edward Shortt (Home Secretary) moved" his suspension.

Prior to this,, the House had rejected by 216 votes to 68, an amendment limiting the operation of the Bill to a year after the termination of the War, or after the passing of the Act. • . Sir Hamar Greenwood .said, it, ; was impossible f to limit the duration of the „ Bill mntil.", order was restored in Ireland. He .hoped it would be possible to repeal'it before the period suggested, and emphasised that the Bill,.applied only to certain parts of Ireland. 'The Irish Executive was of opinion rthat special tribunals were necessary. $£c sincerely desired to carry on with«out the application, of tliis drastic measure, except where it was essential. ' -Replying to a suggestion that the ■application of the Bill for an indefinite -period was a cause of misapprehension in the Dominions and the United States, Sir Hamar Greenwood said he was of opinion that the Dominions and ,the United States, had such an intianate knowledge of the Irish situation . ,that the Bill would in no way perturb Th£ LIU was read a third time by 208 votes to 18.