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'PROBLEM OFMXWERNMENT,
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(Delayed ) (Rec. May 26, 1.50 p.rn.) LONDON, May 15.
Mr Hartshorn, in the House of Commons, moved condemning military rule in Ireland. He urged the Government to grant self-Governaneut and self-determin-ation.
Lord Cavendish-Bentinck supported the motion. Ho said he had completely changed his opinion. Ho believed that if the 'Government placed responsibility on the people of Ireland to manage their affairs Sand develop their national individuality, it would result in contentment and be the best governed community in the Empire. The Chief Secretary was engaged in a mere scuffle of Irish people. Mr J. I. McPherson said the Government dealt with enormou® patience with the Irish-American delegation. The Government was anxious to find a solution, Ireland to-day was more prosperous than any 'country in the world. Constitutionalism must be revived. The Government could not parley with the Sinn Fein), which endeavouring to disrupt the Empire.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1919, Page 5
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