PUBLIC OPINION PUZZLED.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 154, 1 July 1916, Page 5

PUBLIC OPINION PUZZLED.

'LORD LANSDOWKE'S CAUTION

WHAT THE PAPER 6? SAY

(Received June 30, 10,55 p.m.), ;;;> :.■:■;':■■••■..■, ,j J oND^:'^une.m.r-;--iPuiblic opinion is nnaljle to rmcier■«tand the •: position ;of £he .Iriffe •inegotiiitioris. VNewspaper vcpimmen.ts /a-eflecb the general doubt. > : ; :.('J?he-' Daily' News comnjents <m Lord ■Lansdowne's caution. It is -evident •that he Realises the : gravity of : the ■moment.. '■■■•'" . ■:■'"■"■'■' :"|'/■•''•' ■'' ■■• • ''<■''"' /The Daily Mail, however, protests aigainst- Lord. Laasdowne's ,^peec»? yrhicli was ;'most; mischievous and to cause grave dowbts in Ireland as to: the good faith; of; the British Government. J

' Th& /Morning Post says: "It■•is now clear:■ thait'^Ministers never imagined that iftey gave Mr; Lloyd George *v .free y-X&axL to .commit- them to '.it cut dried proposal: ]\fr. Lloyd George ■pledged Cabinet ' without its .authority.: Me ivied ai hnst] ing triclc sought to rush an Irish; settlement.. Tli^ tii^K' has.-not come off.