SERIOUS, BUT NOT DESPERATE

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 155, 30 June 1916, Page 6

SERIOUS, BUT NOT DESPERATE

CABINET CRISIS OVER IRISH - •-: ,>& ....QUESTION. .„ NATIONALISTS DISSATISFIED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association-! LONDON, June 29. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Minister without portfolio, and Mr. W. Long, President of the Local Government Board, have resigned from the Cabinet on account of differences over the Irish question. The "London Chronicle" states that although the Ministerial crisis is serious, it is not desperate. Sir Edward Carson and his Ulster colleagues are unwavering in their conviction that a settlement should be effected on the basis of Mr. Lloyd George's proposals. Except the "Morning Post" and the "Yorkshire Post,' all the leading Unionist journals favour a settlement. (Times and Sydney Sun Service.) LONDON, June 29. A' correspondent in Dublin states that the political developments in London have depressed the Nationalists. have deserted Mr. Redmond over the question of exclusion and the most ardent are joining the Sinn Fein. Sinn Feinism is extending n Dubln, and the colours are freely worn by large numbers of young men in the streets.