THE IRISH.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2999, 22 July 1916, Page 1

THE IRISH.

STILL WORRIED OVER HOME RULE. NATIONALISTS AND ULSTERITES [Australian-N.Z. Cablo Association.] London, July 20. Mr. Redmond on Thursday sent a memorandum to Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George, in which ho says: "I feel bound to toll you that the long delay in making public the, text of the Irish Bill and the uncertainty and irritation caused hy Lord Lansdowne's speech has created a most serious situation in Ireland. In my opinion further delay makes tho settlement on tho lines laid down by Mr. Lloyd George quite impossible.' When the terms wero originally submitted we strongly urged the uso of all possible despatch. Consulting our supporters in Ireland you told them that a great Imperial interest was at stake. Three weeks havo elapsed but- no progress has been made. For some mysterious reason the matter, which was so urgent five weeks ago, hangs fire. I therefore urge the Government that further delay will be fatal and I record my Conviction that any proposal to depart from the terms agreed upon, especially in respect to the strictly temporary and provisional character of "all sections of the Bill, will compel us to declare the agreement on faith, which we obtained by the assent of your supporters in Ireland, has been departed from and is at an end." A large meeting of Nationalists sitting at Derry, representing the counties Derry, Tyrone, and Fermagh, j passed resolutions opposing the exclu- j sion of Ulster counties, declaring that if a separate government is established they will resist authority. The Catholic Bishop of Derry Avroto approving of these resolutions.