IRISH CRISIS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 31 October 1921, Page 5

IRISH CRISIS

UNIONIST CENSURE MOTION OVERWHELMING GOVERNMENT .EXPECTED (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Australian & K'.Z. Cable Aeflociation, LONDON. Oet. 20. CV.hmel 11 ret ton will move and M R, S. Owvnne will second, Hie “dit ban!" censure motion on Monday, wide the press generally anticipates will T( suit in :m overwhelming vote of emit denee in the Government, Hu* majorir; oi a!! parties Iwlhwing Hie only all erne live I'; negnl ta t inns is real delerinmei v. aria re. The Evening Standard slates (ho well-informed quarters admit that Hi peacu oenl’ereuee has not made any tea progress hitherto, i Mr Cun nelly, organiser of lhe_ Soul] Wales branch of Hm Irish Self-Delei ruination League, was committed fo 'i rial for hoarding revolvers, pistols lasting cartridges, _ gelignite, and ; l.'u’p 1 qunnliiv <•) 1 1 ilc h oxpltifliyi*. fi also had a document showing the plan 'of six powder magazines in Merthyr, j si,- 1,. Worthington Evans, speakmi lai Riadin", said rnanv people were sut l-.rised it the Government negoi intin; with Hm Irish ivpnhliean leaders, whos larmv had been guilty oi dr, si ard ly ol 'feiie'cs. hui it was the statesmans dui; , (o do the, best- possible for the countv; nn.l the Empire and <'*y iq enable th, i (Invminicnt- of Ireland U he carried oi i wiihonl bloodshed. The people of Bn lain would not go to far >1 h.were pos Hide to escape it. hut if Hm Empire t-alclv were at- Hake they would do s< 1 and "ran-v if on to a successful ennchi I s ir in E'verv chance of bringing fhou j 'enn ihat iou 'would f.M be taken. |ACTIVITY OF BRPTIBLTCAN ARMV LONDON, 0,-i. AO, The. Irish republican army S-ei/.e; Ballvsliatmon workhouse and is nsim J- as 1 rain'ng head.; m.'te.s Vo-dln are l,eing conseripted and ndei..,l Hun for ira ; niug. jl’he iiuna'-s v.'ie sent'Hu: 0 ,'H h. Sjiilrd. ( itNEERENf E HANGING BY A Til BEAD LONDON. Oet. 29. The British political situation collidines most obscure. ibe Irish Confereilee .lining!' exisionee, is )>elieved. to Imug (>y a- Hn'ead • N'leli seureev is hin-> maintained, i hut evei the Finn Feinors iu Dublin are com plaining Hm' Hn\v '"'e , ntmhle If sneak, act-, or think owing to iguorii'nee. of events in London, /I he !nsl dele'mtion ja'.u'.arding ike situation a; procat ions, have forwarded, an import, ant statement to .Mr Do Valera, n Dublin, where the Slim hem secret convention terminated yesterday. Nobody fears that the “dm hards will kucreed in their censure motion hut ir is assorted in some well! informed quarters that if the _ motion were less sweeping it would win Hie suppoii of the majority of Hie Conservative members of the House, who- dislike All Lloyd George and hate his policy. PROPOSED AMENDMENT BY LORD ROBERT CECIL LONDON, Oet. 29. Lord Robert Cecil Ims (given notiec of an amendment to the “dielmrcis motion, declaring that -while it deplores the Government's lack of policy in Ireland in the last three years, the House is of opinion that the breaking oil' of negotiations at the present stage Is likely to increase the dangers and difficulties of the situation.