SETTLEMENT OR REVOLUTION.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13934, 17 July 1917, Page 2

SETTLEMENT OR REVOLUTION.

THE IRi/sH PROBLEM.

AMAZING, OUTSPOKENNESS OF

SINN FEINERS,

PROBABILITY OF .WINNING • Y f ANOTHER-SEAT. > , .

"(Per' Oitjjl.c— Press AssociationTT-Cdjiyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association) . LONDON, 'July 15..

vTlie.death of Mr Patrick; O'Brien, M.l',! promises the Sinn Fciners another seat,-for Kilkenny,' .

Mr ,de Valera, the recently elected .M.i'. for East Clave, speaking to a large, cro.wdMn the chief thoroughfare, Dublinj said 'the Irish would not fight for .the .blood-stained Union Jack. They had no particular love for Germany, but if a foreign nation held oiit its hand they would grasp it. Such a nation wquld naturally expect something in return. That was common sense; The Sinn Fein programme, lie said, was one of absolute independence, There is arming and equipping of the North country organisation of the Irish people to prevent the imposition ol 1 unjust taxes.

A crowd at Kallybaiiion attacked the police barracks ami lired shots. The jiolii-c tired back, and a youth was'shot dead.

Australian and N.Z.Cable Association) LONDON, July fi.

Tin- Observer's special corr<.'s|)omluiif. palls attention to the £fiuii Eeiner's amazing out.spukt'iiiiosa. The corrospondent says do Valera is an unemotional speaker, but his words are violent, and tlie Government niust adequately and promptly deal with this audacious challenger, whose advocary is little short of armed rebellion, remembering that it is outlined by a scholarly leader of a numerous party. Southward of the Bcyne everybody in Ireland believes that another rebellion is certain unless the Government prevents it by a policy of suppression. The'Sinn Fein will-not suffice, because it is uiicoustructivc, and the Nationalist .['arty is tottering because the Nationalist democracy is not consulted. Strong opposition exists to the Nationalist Party's back-parlour intrigues and'wirepulling methods. .Therefore the Convention's prospects arc very poor. Mr Redmond might save a desperate situation if lie promptly summoned the National Assembly, sought its mandate, and also requested it to appoint a small council to which Nationalist delegates would report. He would thus relieve the Nationalists' fear that they may probably be kicked into an unrepresentative settlement. It is popularly suggested that the Government should enforce the Convention's agreement only after a referendum thereon.' THE IRISH CONVENTION,-, ,

GOVERNMENT'S INVITATION TO PROMINENT IRISHMEN.

(Australian and N.Z. Chble Association) LONDON, July 15.

Mr Lloyd George has invited Sir Crawford McCullagh (Lord Mayor, Belfast), Judge Hiram Wilkinson, and Br Sir William Wiiitla, to join the Irish Convention.