LONDON OUTRAGE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11247, 27 June 1922, Page 7

LONDON OUTRAGE

THE POLITICAL ASPECT PROBABLE EFFECT ON GOVERNMENT’S POSITION. SIR HENRY WILSON’S BURIAL. Bv Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, June 24. The “Daily Mail” states that the outrage is expected to materially affect the Government’s position. Nothing since the general election has so weakened party allegiance. There is a possibility that Mr E. Shortt's resignation will bo demanded. The “Daily Mail,” referring to the burial of j-i r Henry Willson :n St. Paul’s Cathedral, says tho whole nation will approve of the proposal. It warns the public that the last has probably not yet been heard of the murder gang, which, it seems clear, is the instrument of an organised conspiracy ; but no effort to terrorise the British people has the slightest prospect of success. Field-Marshal Wilson will be interred in the north transept, beside Field-Marshal Lord Roberts. Tho “Times” states that the burial in St. Paul’s is the only act of reparation the outraged nation can offer. No event has evoked such indignation, anger and grief. ANOTHER ARREBT AN AMNESTIED MAN. LONDON, June 25. Among 'those detained in connection with the crime is a man who was sentenced in 1921 to a long term of imprisonment for shooting at a London poldoeman, and was released at the Irish Armistice. ATTITUDE OF LABOUR “BALLOTS, NOT -BULLETS.” LONDON, June 25. A mass meeting of railwaymen at Edinburgh loudly cheered Mr J. H. Thomas’s statement in reference to Sir Henry Wilson, whyn he said: “It is our duty to remember that the bullet must not be a substitute for the ballot. This is a country in which no party will stand up more fearlessly against outrages of this kind than the Labour Party.” PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD FRENCH MILITARY CHIEFS? VISIT. LONDON, June 25. Marshal Foch and General Weygand visited Sir Henry Wilson’s house, and knelt by the body, and recited prayers for the dead. Thousands of people made pilgrimages to the house on Sunday and stood in silence. REPLY TO DE VALERA “STATEMENT AN OUTRAGE TO DECENCY.” (Received June 26, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 26. The Ulster Association, replying to Mr De V alera, describes the statement as an outrage to decency, foreign instincts, and British and Irish chivalry. It might have been thought on such an occasion that when the whole world was stunned by such a murder, the voice of Mr lie Valera would have kept silent, but instead he has chosen the moot solemn occasion to make statements which are not only a travesty on. truth, but are maliciously designed to excuse a crime which is unparalleled in the tragic history of Irish affairs. A REPORT CORRECTED CONSTABLE NOT KILLED. Router* Televram. LONDON, June 25. The earlier report that one of the constables shot by Wilson’s assassins was dead arose through his sinking into unconsciousness. He i» not dead. I.R.A. VIEWPOINT VICTIM OF IMPERIAL POLICY. Australian and N.Z. Cable-, Association. LONDON, June 26. The Irish Republican Army headquarters in Dublin has issued a statement that the shooting of Field-Mar-shal Wilson was not done at the instance of the i.R.A. If it had been, the I.R.A. would acknowledge the fact. The statement added: ‘ ‘His death is to be deplored, not because it occurred apparently at the hands of Irishmen, but because he was the victim of the Imperial policy pursued by the British Government in Ireland. There is no use in trying to saddle the responsibility on Ireland or any other group of the Irish .people. It would be hypocritical to oondemn such actions as the shooting of Sir Henry Wilson while the causes that provoke such deeds remain.”