BRITISH POLITICS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 24 April 1907, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

lUniteb JPeess Association.—CopjzBIGHT.I ' _____ ■ IRELAND AND HOME RULE^' VIEWS Oi" MR JOHN REDMOND. THE DISCHARGES FROM WOOL- I WICH ARSENAL. UNEMPLOYED DEPUTATION TO THE 'GOVERNMENT. LONDON, Tuesday. . Mr Johir Redmond, at the Irish Na- .■' tionalisfc demonstration in -London, reiterated'the Irish demand for full legis-YY.lative_-and administrative V control of pP tfieiryown^iffairs.\. JHe;.'added)^however, J*: vttat/Ykhowing Jthe' forces, at work \ A againstlreland, he was almost afraid '■' -jof awaitihg'Hhe^Gliyernment's Bill, or rJ-.to express a' tiwTsangnine view. Unless ..-the Jproposals'were calculated to pre- ■■" pare the .'way for settlement, the Irish would be advised to reject and repudiate them. Aboat 800 (?) Government employees at- the Woolwich Arsenal marched to *~J~J within a mile of the Parliament Houses ;v amid,..cordial and sympathetic cheers, jj: and:.;sent.:a;deputation to the Governto .urge, reasons against dischargYJYiiig furtlier^hands. '.'. Sir •H.J.Cj.Tßannerman, Premier, exJVJY pressed sympathy with the workers in' :;-what: the. Government considered a V -painful'necessity ;' J-rj Mr Haldane, Secretary for War, explaining, the necessity of reducing the .*;-Wool wich expenditure, below the in-J-Y 'flation>'of the former; war figures. He .aded that the J minimum was i)ow ap- .-.■■> pi-oaching. X-'r "Lord Tweedmouth, Fi/st Lord of the Admiralty, promised all the help the could give. yjAThe deputation returned to their prinr.riYcipals in a despondent mood.