THE IRISH CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 187, 27 April 1918, Page 7

THE IRISH CRISIS

SIR EDWARD CARSON'S VIEWS i . i GOVERNMENT PLEDGE BROKEN London, April 25. Sir Edward Carson, in x a letter to tha '■ Ulster Unionist Council, says that" it i will bo necessary to summon ;the Stand- „ : mg Joint Committee as soon as the Home Rule Bill is published as thij position to ha inlceu up. will bo tho gravest possible. It will also bo neces- ' •Miry to reorganise the machinery which lias been in abeyance during the war, 1 Sir Edward Carson Buys he regrets thii j distraction of Ulster's at'ic-ntion, but i! is unavoidable in view of the Governincut's action in' raising a burning question in defiance of its pledge and the i party truce.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable .Assn. A SPLIT IN THE CAMP ! (Rec. April 20, 9.30 p.m.)' ; London, April 25. "Tho Times" Dublin correspondent ' states that symptoms of disintegration aro already apparent in the Nationalist- : Siim Fein alliance. Tile Nationalists re- • nent and will oppose the Sinn,Fein candidate for tho East' Cavan election. The carrying and keeping of arms in the southern and western counties is now i prohibited.-"—"Tho Times." A DEVOLUTION SCHEME. (Rec. April 20, 7.45 p.m.) ' ; London, April 25. At a largely-attended, meeting 'of tha ', Unionist members of the House of-Com-moners and-the House of Lords it was ■■ .resolved thai; a federal devolution 6chema should lie adopted, with tho reservation •hat Ulster should bo treated as a separ- i nto unit in a general scheme. The Welsh; ' and Scottish members arc actively advocating a. devolution to Federal Parliaments, which the Irish Home Rule Com- ' V uiittee is making tho basis of their pro-posals.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • I ■AMERICAN SNUB TO THE SINN. FEIN. (Rec. April 20, 5.5 p.m.) San Francisco, April 25. Mrs. Skeehy Skeffington widow of the ! Irishman who was executed during tho Sinn Fein rebellion, had arranged to make -a speech at the demonstration of the Irish Freedom League,, here. The ■ members of the Californian Defence. Council prohibited the speech, on the (/round that attacks on Britain were not! permitted.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.