BRITISH POLITICS.
[United Pbe33 Association.— CopsBIOHT.I THE UNREST IN IRELAND. THE AGBABIAN AGITATION. , . LONBON, Thurs. Agitators in Ireland ore propagating , Lord Denman's remarks that cattle driving is not a serious crime, and have caused the failure of one prosecution. Speakin in the House of Commons, Mr Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, who was^greatly heckled, declared that the Government expected owners to protect their own cattle; Mie actions of the police were merely an adjunct to such protection. Be declined to say what the owners' step's should be. ' The police tad no evidence that the surrender of farms was due to the pressure of the Irish League. The "Times" says that the Nationalists are successfully appealing >to the agianan jiassions of the peasants over a growing area in Connaught and Mtmand urging 1 them* to dfcfy the law. This will force the Government to choose between coercion and anarchy.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 June 1907, Page 3
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