THE O'DONNELL CASE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1438, 11 December 1919, Page 5

THE O'DONNELL CASE.

hot words in parliament. [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, December 9. In the House of Commons Mr Devlin, in moving the adjournment to discuss the O’Donnell case, said he took that action in consequence of the intolerable outrage that had been perpetrated. He demanded the dismissal c.t all responsible tor .die insult to a brave officer of the Australian army. He asked Mr Churchill to express condemnation of the arrest and the treatment of Father O Donnell, and to state what reparation would be offered for the insult and the humiliation, and that expenses would be paid. He understood the cost to Father G’Donnel was £IOOO. —Mr Churchill replied that he could not be expected to express regret when neither he nor his subordinate had acted wrongfully. —When » Churchill declared that O Donnell» treatment throughout was strictly m accordance with the military regulations, Mr Devlin replied; “Who supplied the tissue of lice?” Mr C hurchill said he had every reason to suppose that the statements were lurmshed m good faith as being strictly accurate. He deplored the attempt to make a trivial episode the cause of a quarrel between Britain and Australia. Porty Labour members and some Liberals supported Mr Devlin;

INSULT TO INJURY. (Received Wednesday, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, December d. Father O’Donnell in a letter to the “Morning Post” protests that Mr Churchill is adding insult to injuiy by his tactics in the House of Commons. “Such methods,” he says, “make traitors and weaken the bonds of Empire.” Father O’Donnell adds that he resigned his commission in order to seek reparation in the King’s Courts against his ministers and their minions.