JINKS JUSTIFIED.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 195, 19 August 1927, Page 7

JINKS JUSTIFIED.

WALKED OUT OF DAIL His Only Way Of Saving The Government. EXPELLED BT PARTY NOW. (By Cable.—Press Association. —CopyrisM.* LONDON, August 18.

All speculation and fears regarding the why and the wherefore of the sudden fading away of Mr. John Jinks, the National League party member for Sligo of the Dail, at the critical hour of the division on the noconfidence Tote have been set at rest. Speculation was at its height in Dublin ■when the cause of it all was observed walking unconcernedly toward the Dail. When Mr. Jinks had extricated himself from a mob of excited inquirers, he put all doubts at rest as to his part as the saviour of the Irish Free State Government. There was no blarney about Mr. Jinks. He simply said:— "I left the Dail last night without voting in order to save the Government. My constituents do not favour a Coalition Government. They urged me to support the Government and my party pressed me to vote against the Government. "I listened to the debate and decided that the present Government is the best for Ireland at present. So I walked out. That is all." The National League party has decided to expel Mr. Jinks. Mr. John Jinks has gained more publicity than any man or any event in the British Isles. To-day he is the subject of leading articles, street corner comment. Government discussions, laughter, applause and abuse. Hordes of reporter- were on the trail of Mr. Jinks all day. Various reports were in circulation. One was to the effect that he had been dramatically kidnapped, another that he had mysteriously vanished or been spirited away. One newspaper went the length of asserting that Mr. Jinks was preoccupied in a Dublin hotel, where the best brands of Irish whisky are stocked, when the vote was taken. U A Jinks Party." The "Morning Post," London, says: "Mr. Jinks should constitute himself a separate party. He has some of the qualities of a leader, but it is quite evident he is not likely to be a good follower." The "Daily Telegraph" says: "The sooner Mr. Cos grave appeals to the country the better, if possible at a general election, because the country is startled at the prospect of a Johnson-Redmond coalition, which would be completely at the mercy of Mr. de Valera and * his party." The Dublin correspondent of the "Times" says: "Only a political miracle saved the Government. It is the general opinion that Mr. Cosgrave is now safe for at least two months, but Mr. O'Connell, a Labour member, will return shortly from America. This will place Mr. Cosgrave's party in a minority unless Mr. Jinks turns positively to the Government. "On the other hand, the two pending by-elections should result in victories for the Government. If so, that will provide Mr. Cosgrave with a majority and with an opportunity of announcing a dissolution of the Dail." The correspondent adds: "It must be remembered, however, that a large section of the public, including even Mr. Cosgrave's supporters, dislike the rigours of the Public Safety Act. Mr. Cosgrave would be well advised to rely to the utmost on common law. If so the Government might have a clear majority immediately and even a large majority. "As it is, it is certain that an appeal to the country is likely to be made in December."