GOVERNMENT URGED TO MORE ACTIVE MEASURES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16215, 28 April 1916, Page 5

GOVERNMENT URGED TO MORE ACTIVE MEASURES.

CENSUBE BY A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS London, April 26. Fallowing the statement in (lie House of Lords by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Middleton said that Sinn Feiners were armed '■ in wartime with guns. He declared that the situation was one of , utmost danger. He complained that the Government was not . taking vigorous enough measures in Dublin. The Government had lot provided sufficient forces to deal with the insurrection. He doubted whether adequate steps had been taken to prevent the I spread of disorder organised by the Sinn Feiners. The Government had known for months of the existence of a large body of men, well

I equipped, and bent en causing trouble. They were in possession i of ample explosives and money, the origin of which was well known. & The Government permitted seditious papers to be printed, and stood ■'I Still, and remained so, despite warnings received. Lord Middleton 11 added that Mr Rirrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, was in London, .V-'i-?"aiid that Lord Win-borne, Lord Lieutenant for Ireland, on Monday vent to Belfast Many officers on Monday attended a race meeting >;.*» Dublin some of whom were seized when returning to duty.