UNIONISTS' CHANGED ATTITUDE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 113, 16 May 1918, Page 5

UNIONISTS' CHANGED ATTITUDE

NEW CIRCUMSTANCES. SPEECH BY MR iCH AMBER LAIN. (Reuter's Telegrams.) LONDON, May 14 A change attitude among the Unionists regarding Homo Rue is dicated by a speech by Mr . lain at a Unionist meeting, mv vfvptt lie declared that it was a question wlio th&i* 4in vicw o" the new cii'cumstaiict>® which" had arisen, the Unionists shoiiW ; riow t-ake up their formier attitude .dome R.ule was not a question of: Ir*Jaivi alone, but it concerned England. Scotland and Wales. A solution of th» whole problem was urgently demanded, and therefore he asked' the Unionists to look the "new facts in the face witb ari open n?md. He declared that the' Government Avere riot indifferent to peace, but it was idle to ialk of peace until the is su e had been decided on the battlefield. IRISH BRIM ATE ON" THE SITUATION. "DARKEST BUOT IN IRISH HISTORY.' (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Rec. May 16. 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, (May 15. The Irish Primate (Archbishop ■Crazier), in opening the Synod at Diiblin, lauded' the men who did riot hold aloof to save bodies and lose souls wiien duty called. The Primate added: "May God mercifully forgive our misguided fellow-countrymen whose abstinence from service will ever constitue the -darkest blot on the tragic page of Irish! history." PASSPORTS FOR "LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN. (Australian and N.Z. Cab> Association.) (Rec. May 16, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON. May 15. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has received pasports to enable him to visit America and expound "the Irish attitude on Irish conscription.