IRISH QUESTION

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1914, Page 7

IRISH QUESTION

SIR ARTHUR PAGET VISITS THE KING FAILURE OP THE CONFERENCE* POINTS AT ISSUE. (By Telegraph,—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received July 27, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, 26th July. Lieutenant-Gcneral Sir Arthur Paget, Commanding the Forces in Ireland, has visited the King. Tho conference of tho party leader* at Buckingham Palace failed to arrive* at any solution of the Ulster crisis.-, County Tyrone was the stumbling-block. The Nationalists refused to agree to ite exclusion. Tho points at issue- at the < end of the conference were narrow. Ulster asked for the exclusion of nine,, counties, the Nationalists freely offered' ' four; both sides converged towards tho exclusion of six, but the Unionists' refused to accept the Nationalists' conditions and limitations. Tho conference virtually broke down on the first day. The end came after a sitting lasting only forty minutes, after which Cabinet immediately met. "WELL WORTH HOLDING."THOUGH IT WAS A FAILURE.' . SPEECHES BY LIBERAL LEADERS.;; LONDON, 25th July. , ,- Mr. A. Birrell (Chief Secretary fop Ireland), speaking at Meldrum, said the conference, though a failure, was well worth holding. The Government would . now go forward with the proposals, already made, which would enable every one of the nine counties of Ulster to vote itself out of Home Rule. He felt sure, there would be no civil war. Lord Haldane (Lord Chancellor), addressing the. City Liberal Club, said tho conference fad failed in regard to details, but not on principles. The Liberal Party realised the gravity of tho situation, but by their principles they must stand or fall. Earl Beattchamp (First Commissioner of Works) regretted the failure of the conference, and to him it seemed unthinkable that a solution could not be found, yet it seemed ,tlmt those who for months and years were preaching civil war, and whose tongues were Mining swords, were not the men to deal' •with the situation. ULSTER PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT supplies oilmo VISIONS. LONDON, 25th July., A meeting of the Supply Board of the Ulster Provisional Government, Belfast, , voted 50,000 tons of provisions, suffi- ' cient to meet the wants of the people ' within an area of twenty miles of Bel- ' fast for six weeks. The belief exists that the Provisional Government will assume control next week, and the preparations they are making are for a blockade. ARMS AND"~AMMUNITION. A SEIZURE AT~BIRMINGHAM, (Received July 27, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 26th July. The police at Birmingham seized forty thousand rounds of ammunition, destined for Ireland. GENERAL ELECTION AGAIN TALKED OF. RADICAL PAPERS EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL. ' LONDON, 25th July.' Strict orders have been issued to the staffs of the chief electoral organisations to keep within touch. Many Radical papers express disapproval of a general election. NATIONALIST PARTY. MR, REDMOND SUMMONS A MEETING. . LONDON, 25th July. Mr. Redmond has summoned a meeting of the Irieh Party in'the House of Commons for Monday next. SOLDIERS FIRE ON A CROWD THREE PERSONS KILLED. ' MANY WOUNDED. (Received July 27,' 1.30 p.m.) DUBLIN, 261h July. ' A yacht on Sunday morning landed i 2500 rifles and one hundred and Boventy. thousand townds of ammunition atV Howth for the Nationalist volunteers, j meanwhile cutting telegraph wires ■ and ' stopping communication with ' Dublin. j A motor-car was used to convey .. tho ;i arms into the interior. The police and Scottish Borderers t went to Howth in the af tornoon and' seized one hundred rifles. On their re- \ turn to Dublin a crowd of youths followed them, stoning and booing troops and cheering Mr. Redmond. , ,' The troops fired several volleys,-'kill- > ing three and wounding forty, some •>. mortally. The wounded include Women •' and children.