LORD FRENCH NOT RESIGNING.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 82, 8 April 1920, Page 5

LORD FRENCH NOT RESIGNING.

IRELAND'S BE&T BRAIN BE- • HIND SINN FEIN.

(Received..April 8, 0.30 a-m.) LONDON, April 7. The Daily Express Jiad an interview with Lord French. The latter denied that there was any truth iv the report of his intended resignation. He added: "It is scue that 1 am 'fed up,' and wish somebody would relieve me of the job; but I am not resigning." Lord French complained that the position in Ireland had been exaggerated. To© anuch of the criticism was measly destructive; nobody was offering a constructive alternative to the jpresent Home Rule Bill. He'Jiad always been a Home Ruler, and had been more so since he became Vice.roy. H© totally (disagreed with the Dublin Castle methods. He was unable to spend £20 without Whitehall's permission, but Mr , Lloyd George and Mr Bonar Law splendidly supported him. lth© Sinn Fein movement, concluded Lord French, meant a reign of terror.. The best brain in Ireland was behind it, and its 'headquarters were ia Dublin.