MR. DEVLIN'S SUSPENSION.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 188, 10 August 1920, Page 5

MR. DEVLIN'S SUSPENSION.

THE SPEAKER SUMMONED.

J.Pkes3 Association.! (Renter's Telegrams.; LONDON, Aug. *. * Tho .see-no in the House of Commons " lasted for some time. Mr Devlin spoke- nominally on . points of order, but his speech was really a vehement denunciation of tho "Government Bill and tho pro- . cedure adopted. He declined to take any notice of the Chairman. At one point both were on their feet together, while loud cheers, cries of 1 "Order!" and Opposition counter.cries made it impossible to hear the remarks. Finally, during a lull, the -■Chairman ordered Mr Devlin to withdraw. He declined, and the Deputy-Sergeant-at-Arms formally requested him to leave. Mr Devlin was still obdurate, upon which the chairman named him and sent for the Speaker, after which Mr Shorfct, Home Secretary,, moved L his suspension. . Prior to this the House rejected, by 216 votes to 68, an .amendment limiting the operation of the Bill to *a year' after the termination of the -vwar, or after the passing of the Act. Sir Hamar Greenwod said that it •was impossible to vlimit the duration ,of the Bill until order-was restored in Ireland. He hoped that it would be possible to repeal it before the period suggested, and he emphasised that the Bill only applied to parts of Ireland. The Irish Executive was , of opinion that special tribunals wore necessary. He sincerely desired to carry on without the application or -,this drastic measure, except where I it was essential. ; j Replying $o a suggestion that the Bill providing for an indefinite would cause misapprehension in the Dominions and the United States, Sir Hamar Greenwood said that he -was of opinion that the Dominions and the United States had such an "intimate knowledge of the Irish situation that the Bill would m no •way perturb them. '•■ The Bill was read a third time by •_206 votes to 18.