WHAT HAPPENED TO JINKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19718, 18 August 1927, Page 9

WHAT HAPPENED TO JINKS.

THE ONE VOTE NEEDED. LAUGHTER IN THE GALLERY. CRISIS TYPICALLY SETTLED. By Telegraph—Preps Association—Copyright. (Received August 17, 11.10 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, Aug. 17. The opinion is expressed both in Ireland and in London that the Dail has settled its crisis in the typically Irish way. Although the Speaker is credited with having saved the Cosgrave Ministry, the man whose name will "go down in Irish history in connection with the occasion is John Jinks, of Sligo. What happened to Jinks deponent sayeth not. It may be that he abstained from voting from conviction. On the other hand, to use an Irishism, he may have been absent becauso he could not be present. All that is known to the public is that Jinks should have voted with the other six members of the National League, but did not do so. Had Jinks voted the no-confidence motion would have been carried and all the Speakers in the world could not have saved Mr. Cosgrave. There was laughter as well as cheers in the gallery when the result of the division was announced. The Daily Mail says: " The last-minute defection of one Redmondite saved the Irish Free State Government. The result intensely satisfied the huge crowds in the streets." The Mail says that after Captain Redmond's speech everybody looked toward Mr. de Valera, but ho made no sign, and his followers kept silence. The Times says the debate was marked by no heat. All the speeches were completely free from bitterness.