IRELAND

Southland Times, Issue 17787, 17 July 1916, Page 5

IRELAND

LANSDOWNE EXPLAINS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright) (Australian & X.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, July 14. l.onl Lonsdowne, in a letter tu the newspapers, says—“My statement regarding the permanent character ot certain provisions of the amending Home j Rule Bill was not intended to go beyond the Prime Minister’s declaration in the House of Commons on July 10 that the union of the six counties with the rest of Ireland could not be brought about without the free will and consent of the excluded areas." Ml! REDMOND CHALLENGED. A FIERY MANIFESTO. LONDON, July li. ■ Richard Jones, for many years identified with civic life in Dublin, and heretofore a staunch supporter of the Nationalist party, lias issued a manifesto urging the formation of an Irish Patriotic Union. He threatens to exhaust every constitutional resource to render Mr John Redmond's provisional government impossible. He declares that the agitation of past years will be nothing to the storm that will be raised. He adds: “If Mr Redmond and Mr Asquith persist in sowing the wind, we will leave them to reap the whirlwind." He challenges six Dublin M.P.’s to resign and seek re-election, promising that they will be swept into oblivion. EXASPERATI ON. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) LONDON, July 14. fourteen thousand Sinn Feiners. disappointed at the non-arrival of the released Irish prisoners, wrecked the recruiting offices, hissed ' the military pickets, and sang rebel songs. IRISH REBELS ACTIVE. (United Service.) LONDON, July 14. The Sinn Reiners fired shots at a recruiting officer’s residence and placed an inscription on the building “Up with the Republic," surmounted with a skull and crossbones. NATIONALIST M.P. ARRESTED. LONDON, July 15. Received July 16, 5.5 p.m. Mr L. Ginnell, a Nationalist member of the House of Commons, was remanded at Bow street. He was charged under the Defence of the Realm Act entering Knutsford prison under a false name to interview a Sinn Feiner. STATEMENT BY MR REDMOND. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) LONDON, July 13. Received July 10, 5.5 p.m. \ Mr John Redmond, replying to Lord Lansdowne, said that the matter can only be cleared by the production of the Government’s amending Bill. He was loth to believe that the Cabinet favours naked coercion. SINN FEINERS WELCOMED. LONDON, July 15. Received July 16, 5,5 p.m. Sinn Feiners at Cork welcomed a batch of released prisoners and pelted the police, who batoned and dispersed the mob.