HOWIE RULE BILL

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9953, 24 April 1918, Page 5

HOWIE RULE BILL

TO BE URGENTLY PRESSED

A VIA MEDIA REGARDING CONSCRIPTION POSSIBLE.

Br Tele<rraph-Pres« As.oomMon-CevMrveh! Australian and VJZ. CM. LONDON, April 22. It is expected that the Government will introduce tho Home Rule Bill at the .end of next week, and that, it will be pressed with the utmost urgency. . Tho opinion grows that a way out of the deadlock oan possibly be found by permitting a Dublin Parliament to initiate the methods most acceptable to the Irish people for. increasing the Army without oonceding it authority over the Navy or Army. CONSGRIPTION ASPECT BISHOP BLESSES RESISTANCE. By Tel«r«w>h-PrcM - s -« oe '? tl ° n - C ? D f l^ ! " Australian and A 1. Cable AMoclatlon. LONDON,- April 23. Congregations at Galway headed by the pohce, marched to Iffre Square and took tho oath. Bishop O'Dea said that conscription was likely to work a grave physical menace to the health> remnant of the Irish race. He blessed resistance by every means within God a The bishops everywhere urge cool respect of the law and no violence. In Tipperary 10,000 took the pledge after Mass with uplifted hands. The Archbishop of Cashol, preaching at Thurlos, said that before paying the blood tax Ireland demanded the right to impose its own taxation. ' Lord Dumaven, in a letter to the newspapers, protests that Ireland is selfish beyond expression. If she persists she will grievously suffer in loss of self-respect and forfeit the esteem of all nations.

U.S. LOSSES AT SEICHEPREY

HEAVIEST YET SUSTAINED,

By Talceraph—PreM Association—Copyrlc'ni Australian and N.Z. Cable Amooiatloa. (Received April 24, 12.45 a.m.) NEW YOR.K, April 22. A'cable ..message from General Pershing states that the American casualties at Seicheprey were the heaviest yet sustained, but the German losses wero greater, numbering 500. AMERICAN SHIPPING CHARTER SUCCESS OF LIBERTY LOAN. iis * r *!eerm>h —Pvcae Asuric-'iaUon—CopyriKm Australian and N.Z. Cabla Anoclatlon. (Received April 24, 12.45 a.m.) NEW ,yORK/ April 22. America, ban chartered 400,000 tou» of Norwegian shipping. Tho Liberty Loan subscription, exceeds ono and a half billion dollars. SSR WILLIAM iaVi:-!E LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA. By i'eleeraoß—Proas Asnoclatlotir-CopyrlffSll (Received April 23, 8.4.0 p.m.) .MELBOURNE. April 23. Sir William Irvine has been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria.

REBELS_JN INDIA SURRENDER OF KHOTRAM TRIBiE. (if Te'n■sraulJ— Pfw» Association— CodjttlsU. Aua. and N Z. Cable Assn. and Bentei. * (Received April 23, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 22, 10 p.m. The Press Bureau states that the India Office reports that Marri. Nawa.b and several "chiefs of important sections ■have submitted, and that the whole, ot the Khotram tribe has surendered unconditionally. IN MACEDONIA AN ITALIAN REPORT; - li*' Te'.ccraph—Fresn Association—Copyright An?, and SI Caljie'Aisn. and Eeuter, (Received April 23, 7.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 29. An Italian Macedonian official report states: We inflicted on Saturday heavy losses on German advanced posts. One post was destroyed.

BRITISH PRICES FOR WHISKY

By Teleerapli—Preei Aeaooiattbn— CopyrSgS* Aus. and N.Z. Cable Aisn. and Eenter. (Received April 23, 7.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 22. Tho Press Bureau states that the Food Controller has fixed the maximum prices for whisky 30 under proof at 8s 6d and 9s 6d per bottle, according to quality, with a proportionate reduction for lower strengths..

bmous germ AIRMAN KILLED BEHIND BRITISH iJINES.

3y Teiesrapli—Frees Association-Coprrlßhi Au6trallaa und NZ- Cable A»anc!»tioa- ' LONDON, April 22. Baron Richthoien, the famous German airman, who, it is claimed l , has brought'down eighty. Allied a«roplaies, has been killed in the rear of the British lines. The funeral of' Richthofen, which took place in the Sonvrne Valley, was conducted in the form in which a deceased British flying officer Is honoured.

PLACATING THE GERMANS

ACTION TAKEN BY RUSSIA,

By Toletrrapli—Press Association—OoayrlfchS Aus. and N.Z. Cablo Asbii. and Keutei. (Received April-23, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 22. A wireless Russian official message states: -. : . •■ ■•■ ■ Russia has informed Germany 'teat orders have been issued to internment ca.mps to prevent' acts of violence among war prisoners differing politically also to assure officer prisoners of the privileges they possess in their own country. Moreover,' the officials l.avo ■been instructed to renounce all agitation against the political constitution of Germany and her allies. FOR NATIONAL PURPOSES REGISTRATION OF BOTH SEXES IN CANADA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Coprtfsrln ABo'mlian trad N.Z. fo.b'.o A'soeistVin. (Received April 23, 7.40 p.m.) OTTAWA, April 22. The , Government is preparing a register of every male and female in Canada between the ages of sixteen and sixty, with a view to the utilisation of their sen-ices for. national purposes. •' A proposal is now being noneidered by the Houses of Commons that all enemy aliens should be compelled to work on farms in order to increaso production.