DAIL EIREANN

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 209, 18 August 1927, Page 5

DAIL EIREANN

DEFEAT OF CENSURE MOTION CAPT. REDMONDS COMMENT. .WHERE WAS MR. JINKS? [By Cable —Press Assn. — Copyright.] (Received 18, 11.30 a.m.) ' London, Aug. 17, Captain Redmond, interviewed, said the substantial moral result of the vote was satisfactory in that the Government’s highly contentious policies could not be carried through when itj existence depended upon the Speaker’s vote. “I do not know why Mr Jinks was abwnt. He must surely have been spirited away as a result of methods in use a century ago.”—(A.’and N Z.) d' NO HEAT OF ORATORY* SPEECHES FREE FROM BITTERNESS. London Aug. 17. The “Daily Mail” says: “The last minute decision of one Redmondive saved the Irish Government The result .intensely satisfied huge street crowds.

After Captain Redmond’s speech everybody looked towards Mr. de Valera, nut he made no sign and his followers kept the silence. The result of the voting was received with loud laughter. The Speaker thereupon gave his casting vote.” The Times” says the debate was marked by no heat of oratory. All the speeches were completely free from bitterness..

Opinion both in Ireland and in London it that Dail has aettled ite a typically Irish way, while Mr g* credited *Uh saving . The man whose name will go down in Irish hktnrv j n connection with the occasion is Mr John Jinks, o t Sligo. What happened to Mr. Jinks vhe deponent sayeth not. It may be ■le abstained iroin ■ oting from con•iction. Oh the other hand, to use in Irishism, he nay have been osent because he

ras not present. All that is known

publicly is that Mr. Jinks should have voted with the other six Nationals, but did not. Had Mr. Jinks voted the motion would have been carried and all the speaking in the world could not have saved Mr. Cosgrave. There was laughter as well as cheers in the gallery when the result of the division was announced. -(A. and N.Z.)