LATE SIR H. WILSON.

Grey River Argus, 27 June 1922, Page 5

LATE SIR H. WILSON.

PRESS VIEWS. A MARKED MAN. LONDON, June 24. The “Daily Mail,” referring to the burial of Sir 11. Wilson in St. Paul’s Cathedral, says: The whole nation will approve. The “Mail” warns the public that the last has probably not yet been heard of the murder gang. It seems clear that there is an organised conspiracy, but no effort to terrorise the British people has the slightest prospect of success. The “Mail” adds: The outrage is expected to materially affect the Government’s position. Nothing since the general election has so weakened party allegiance. There is a possibility that the Home Secretary’s (Mr E. Shortt) resignation will be d*» ma nded. Sir IL Wilson will be interred in the north transept beside Field Marshal Roberts. “The Times” states: The burial is the only ret of reparation that an outraged nation can offer. No event has evoked such indignation, anger and grief. Cabinet sent a message to the Police Commissioner paying a tribute to the courage and devotion of the police in arresting the murderers of WilsonI.R.A. NOT IMPLICATED. WHERE THE BLAME LIES. LONDON, June 24. The I.R.A. headquarters in Dublin issued a statement that the shooting of Sir Henry Wilson was not done at the instance of the I.R.A. If it had been the I.R.A. would acknowledge the The statement added, “The death is to be. deplored, not because it occurred apparently at the hands of Irishmen, but because he is the victim of the Imperial policy pursued by the British Government in Ireland. There is no use trying to saddle the responsibility on Ireland, or any other group of Irish people. It .would be hypocritical to condemn such actions as the shooting of Wilson, while the causes that provoke such deeds remain.” CONSTABLE NOT DEAD. LONDON, June 25. The previous report that one of the constables who was shot by Wilson’s assassins, was dead arose through his sinking into unconsciousness. He is not dead. DE VALERA’S STATEMENT. ULSTER ASSOCIATION’S REPLY. (Received June 26, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. June 26. The Ulster Association, replying to Mr de Valera, describes his statement as an outrage to decency, to foreign instincts and British and Irish chivalry. It might have been thought, the Association stated, that on such an occasion as this, when the whole world was stunned by such a murder, the voice of de Valera would have kept silent, but instead, he had chosen a most solemn occasion to make statements which were not only a travesty of the truth, but were maliciously designed to excuse a crime unparalleled in the tragic history of Irish affairs. SCENES AT THE HOUSE. (Received June 26, '5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 25. Field Marshal Foch and General Weygand visited the late Sir Henry Wilson’s house, knelt by the body, and recited prayers for the dead. Thousands made a pilgrimage to the house on Sunday and stood in silence, the. men uncovering their heads. Among those detained is a man who was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in 1921 for shooting at a London policeman, and who was released at the Irish armistice. RAILMEN’S SECRETARY PROTESTS. A mass meeting of railwaymen at Edinburgh loudly cheered Mr J. H. Thomas’s statement in reference to the late Sir 11. Wilson, which was as follows: —“It is our duty to remember that the bullet must not substitute the ballot in this country, in which no prrty can stand up more fearlessly against outrages of this kind than Labourites. ’ ’