MEETING OF THE DAIL

Evening Star, Issue 19638, 18 August 1927, Page 5

MEETING OF THE DAIL

THE FATEFUL DIVISION ABSENCE OF BITTERNESS press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August IG. The no-cnnlldcnce motion in the Dail, on the casting vote of the Speaker, was rejected by 72 votes to <l. [he details of the voting for the motion arc:—Labor 21, Fianna Fail 43, National League G, Independent L 'Hie votes against the motion were;— Ciunann na iiGaedhael 45, Independents 14, Fanners 11, Non-party 1. A Rednionditc, Afr John Jinks, was ahsent, and one National League tollowcr abstained from voting, Air Cosgrave announced that it the two impending elections due to the deaths of Air O’Higgins and Countess Markievicz resulted “against the Goveminent, the Speaker would call ft further meeting to renew the situation. The Dail adjourned till October 11. THE DEBATE. LONDON, August 16. In the course of the debate Captain Redmond (Leader ot the National League Party) asserted that the British Government had never passed such u drastic measure as the Public Safety Act, in which Mr Cosgrave swept away the constitution in order to preserve it. He described the Government as poachers who had turned gamekeepers, yet when Air Do Valera showed signs of following in their footsteps, Air Cosgrave used every threat and device to prevent it. There was no reason why Mr De Valera should not bo as good a gamekeeper as Air Cosgrave. “The National League is wedded to the fundamentals of the Irish .settlement,” he continued. “Though, we admit Air De Valera’s right to try to induce the country to abrogate it, we will resist Hie attempt to the utmost. AVe have received guarantees that they will not attempt to carry out the contentions parts of any parly’s programme; tho.'efore we have decided to support the motion.”

Mr Baxter, of the Fanners’ Party, in opposing the motion, insisted that there was no alternative to the present Government. lie suggested a five-year combination of the Cosgrave and Fianna Fail pa riles to carry on in order to let the country settle down. The ‘Gaily Mail’ says that after Captain Redmond's speech everybody looked towards Mr Du \ alera, hut he made no sign, and his followers kept silence. The result intensely satisfied huge street crowds. ‘The Times’ says (hat the debate was marked by no heat ol oratory. All the speeches were completely free from bitterness. —Sydney ‘Sun’ Cabl. TJIld MISSING R EDM ON DUE. LONDON. August 17. The opinion both in Ireland and London is that' the Dai I has settled its crisis in a typically Irish way. While t!m Speaker is credited with saving Mr Cosgrave, the man whoso name will go dowm in Irish history in connection with the occasion is .John Jinks, ol Sligo. What happened to Jinks deponcth sayeth not. It may bo that ho abstained from voting Irnm conviction. On the other hand, to use. an Irishism, lie may have been absent because ho could 'not bo present. All that is known publicly is that Jinks should have voted with the other six Nationals. but did not. Had Jinks voted the motion ■would have been carried, and all the Speakers in the world could nut have saved Kir Cosgrave. There was laughter as well as cheers in the gallery when the result of tne division was announced. CAPIA 1N 11 EDMOND'S COMMENTS. LONDON, August 1". (Deceived August IS. at 11. JO a.m.) Captain Redmond, interviewed, said the substantial moral result of the vote was satisfactory The Government’s highly contentious policies could not bo carried through when its existence depended upon the Speaker’s vote. ‘ I do not know why Kir Jinks was absent. He must surely have been spirited away ns th»; result of met bods which were in use a century ago.”