DEFEAT PROBABLE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 August 1927, Page 5

DEFEAT PROBABLE

CRITICAL POSITION.

IRISH TREE STATE POLITICS. A COALITION POSSIBLE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 12. Reports from Dublin state that Captain Redmond’s National League Party of seven members this afternoon decided to support Labour, and when the division is taken it seems probable that the GoA-ernment will be defeated. The neAvspapers 'state that Air CosgraA’e \s administration av ill in this event be succeeded by a coalition composed of Labour and the National League, Avkich Avould lia\-e the support of Air do Valera’s party. Captain Redmond said that the action of Air de A r alera and liis party in taking the oath Avas an immense gain to the cause of constitutionalism. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY. LONDON, Aug. 14. The latest Dublin telegrams mention the possibility of the National Party not A'oting, in Avhicli case, in the event of an even vote, the possible aid of the Speaker’s casting vote Avould decide the issue. BALANCE OF POWER, , WITH NATIONALIST PARTY. LONDON, Aug. 13. Captain Redmond, leader of the National Party in thp Dail, after a meeting of the party, denied there AA'as any dissension and declared a unanimous decision had been reached which would not be revealed until after the debate on Tuesday. It is the general opinion -that the, fate of the Cosgrave Cabinet is in Captain Redmond’s hands, and there is a growing belief that he and his party Avill not ally themselves with the Labour Party or the de Valerans. .