NATIONALISTS IMPATIENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 5

NATIONALISTS IMPATIENT.

HXJRRYING THINGS UP. COUNTRY GROWS IRRITATED. ■■LONDON, July 21. A large meeting of Nationalists held at Derry, representing Derry, Tyrone and ; Fernianagli, passed a resolution • opposing the exclusion of the Ulster counties, [and declaring-that if separate gove'rnjment were established they -would* resist authority. TlYc Catholic jishop of Deny wrote op])roving of .'the resoljitiori. "' ; The following memorandum was on Tuesday sent by >Hr Redmond to Mr Asquith and Mr Lloyd George: "I feel bound to tell you that the long delay in making public the text of the. Irish Bill, and the uncertainty and irritation caused by the Marquis 'of Lansdowne's speech, have created a most serious situation in Ireland. In- my. opinion, further delay makes a settlement on the lines laid down by Mr Lloyd George quite impossible. When the terms were originally submitted we strongly urged the-use,of all possible dispatch. In consulting nrv supporters in Ireland, I told them that great Imperial interests were at stake. Three weeks have elapsed, and no progress has been:made.'Fof>some-mysteri-ous reason the matter which was so urgent five weeks ago hangs'firci I therefore urge on the Government that further delay will be, fatal, and record my [ conviction that" any proposal to depart from the terms agreed upon, especially in respect to the strictly, teinporarv- and provisional character of' all sections' of the bill, will compel,us to declare that the agreement, on the faith of which we obtained the assent of our supporters in Ireland, has been departed from, and is ; at an "end." ■;;■•• --•-;■-- •

KHXED IN THE REVOLT. '

OVER 100 OFFICERS AND MEN. LONDON, July 21.., ; A. dispatch, from. Sir. .John Maxwell, commander, of the troops ia .Ireland, attributes the Irish rebellion to the. facility with which the Sinn Fein were able to seize so many important points in Dublin. This was due to armed bodies of civilians being allowed to parade and mr.rch in the streets' of Dublin and throughout the county without interference, so that the. movement of large civilian forces on a : holiday passed un""nuriiig the whole fighting 17 officers were killed and 4(5 wounded, while in other ranks 89 were killed and 228 wounded. Sir John Mam-ell pays a high tribute to the behaviour of the troops in carrying out disagreeable and distasteful duties. He emphasises that the responfcbility for the loss of life and the destruction of property rests on those engineering the revolt, who intited the assistance. and co-operation of the Germans. . '. ,