SERVICE IN IRELAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16824, 15 April 1918, Page 6

SERVICE IN IRELAND.

CLAUSE CARRIED, MAJORITY OF 166 VOTES. THE HOME RULE ISSUE. PLEDGE FROM GOVERNMENT (Received 6.5 p.m.) Router. LONDON, April 13. The House- of Commons adopted tho clauso of the Man-power Bill, applying conscription to Ireland by 281 votes to llS.v Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Recti. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. April 13. The second clause of the Man-power .'Bill, extending conscription to Ireland, was considered by tho committee of the whole House last night. Mr. J. C. It. Lardner, Nationalist member for North Monaghan, moved as an amendment that conscription should not apply to Ireland until the Irish Parliament approved of it. A lengthy debate ensued, i Mr. J. McVeagh declared that Ireland , would become a shambles. Mr. Arthur Henderson said he never remembered a clause so fraught with web danger of disastrous consequences. | Mr. Asquith said in view of tho urgency j of tho perils of tho war situation ho could ; not bo a party to obstructing thoso responsible for extricating the country from that peril. He had not in the least modified , iris views regarding the responsibility the Government was assuming. He asked wliv should not the generous measure of self-government, which Mr. Lloyd George had promised bo passed without delay, $m \>w>s mfo Vb I put compulsion in Ireland into force. Ho I I appealed to the Government to state , exnlicilly thai this would bo done. He believed thereby serious trouble would no' avoided. Mr. 11. E.. Duke, Chief Secretary /or Ireland, said the. Government was determined to deal with its pledgo with regard to Irish self-covernment in such a way as to satisfy Irish aspirations. There was no reason . why a self-Government Bill should not be on the Statute. Book at an early date. The Bill would be presented and prosecuted with the greatest despatch. Nothing would bo moro satisfactory to the Government than that a Parliament should be established in Dublin beforo anv man joined the colours. Mr. J. Devlin declared that Ireland wanted the same status and power as Australia and Canada. Let Mr. Duke satisfy Irish aspirations that way, leaving Ireland to decide conscription, and Ireland would start anew a friendly relationship with Britain. If this were done he would join tho armv forthwith as a privato and persuade others to do so. Mr. Lardner's amendment was negatived by 280 votes to 108. Mr. Bonar Law, closing the debate, said that the Government would be craven lot to try and (jet troops from Ireland. No other constituted authority could do it, as the defence- of the realm remained with the British Parliament. There was no validity in the Australian analogy. America was conscripting its citizens, It wan impossible to say that America ought to do this whilo we should not. "Renter. ' ;< LONDON. Anril 12. | The,"Nationalist candidate, Mr. Dooley, at the request of his supporters, decided, as a protest , against conscription, not to contest King'a County, against a Sinn Fein candidate: Polling is fixed for April 25.