THE SINN FEINERS.
PROBABLY WILL NOT ENTER PARLIAMENT. A DANGEROUS OUTLOOK. TAust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, Dee. 31. As a large number of the elected Sinn Feiners are either in gaol or interned the party probably "wdll adhere to its intention not to enter Westminster. This emphasises the expectation that the Sinn Feiners will create a Constituent Assembly in Dublin, making the future outlook dangerous. With the Sinn Feiners absent Labour has a most cohesive Opposition, and is thereby entitled to occupy the front opposition benches. The swearing-in of the new Commoners begins on the 21st and will occupy ten days. Mr Edward Shortt (Chief Secretary for Ireland), in an interview said: ''The coming six months will decide whether the Irish question will be settled peacefully or bloodily. I do not consider that the largo Sinn Fein vote at the recent elections shows a demand for separation from England. I believe that 60 or 70 per cent, of the Sinn Feiners can be persuaded to accept Home Rule."
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 14095, 2 January 1919, Page 5
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