IRISH PROBLEM.
THE ULSTER ATTITUDE. RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. THE BREACH WIDENING. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 17. Ten thousand loyalists supported the Lord Mayor (Sir Robert Anderson, M.P.), who proposed a resolution supporting Sir James Craig’s action. He said the Ulsterites’ feelings against the' Dublin Parliament were tenfold stronger than ever before. Ulster would not submit to be the; vassals of the Sinn Fein Government. The Rev. Irwin, ex-moderator of the Irish Presbyterian Church, said the Ulsterites would follow Sir James Craig wherever ho led. The resolution was adopted, amid enthusiasm. r ' —- THE ULSTER POLICY. LONDON, November 16. Mr Brown, the Irish Attorney-Gen-eral, has resigned in consequence of a disagreement of the Government over the Ulster policy. A crowded Ulster Unionist Council demonstration at Belfast protested against tho Government’s policy. Sir J. Craig telegraphed: "I ask your support for my colleagues and myself in every step we consider necessary to maintain freedom from Sinn Fein domination, while still striving for an honourable peace wth honour. The prestige, and perhaps the whole future of the Empire, is at stake.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1976, 18 November 1921, Page 5
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188IRISH PROBLEM. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1976, 18 November 1921, Page 5
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