IRELAND
THE CONSCRIPTION ISSUE.
(Rec. April 9, 10.5 a.m) V LONDON, April 8,
The Daily Chronicle says:—-We learn that the Government, in anticipation of an Irish Settlement, propose to include the country in the new Military Service Bill. Their intention is to extend conscription to Ireland at some unspecified* date. The serious blunder will assuredly blast the fair and promising hope of reconciliation between Ireland and England. The Government will incur terrible responsibilities in wrecking the Convention's work. True, Ireland's exemption from the Act of 1916 was an anomaly, and if conscription accompanied Home Rule, Ulster's objection to the Irish Parliament would be mitigated, but this reasoning ignores the realities that the Home B.ule Act did not become operative in 1914. There are signs that the .Sinn Fein movement is on the down grade. It is the bounden. duty of the Government tb j promptly adopt the Convention s recommendations. Conscription must not be mingled with Home Rule. SINN FEINNERS AND CONSCRIPTION. (Rec. April 9, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 8. .Mr Eamoun de Valera (Sinn Fein member for East Claro and a leader of the movement), in a speech at Tullamore, said the Irisb people must unite to a man to resist conscription. It is better to die for Ireland than for Flanders.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 81, 9 April 1918, Page 5
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