IRELAND

Southland Times, Issue 17792, 22 July 1916, Page 5

IRELAND

THE AGREEMENT IN DANGER. MR REDMOND’S MEMORANDUM. FATAL DELAY. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable. Association.) LONDON, July 21. Received July 21, 9 p.m. Mr Redmond on Tuesday sent the following memorandum to Mr Asquith and Mr Lloyd George: "I feel bound to tell you that the long delay, in making public the text of the Irish Bill, and the uncertainty and irritation caused by Lord Lansdowne's speech, has created a most serious situation in Ireland. My opinion is that further delay will make a settlement on the lines laid down by Mr Lloyd George quite impossible. When tha terms were originally submitted we were strongly urged to use all possible despatch in consulting our supporters in Ireland. We were told that great Imperial interests were at stake. Three weeks have elapsed and no progress lias been made. For some mysterious reason a matter which was so urgent five weeks ago hangs fire. I therefore urge the Government that further delay will be fatal, and record my conviction that any proposal to depart from the terms agreed upon, especially in respect of the strictly temporary and provisional character of all sections of the Bill, will compel us to declare that the agreement, on the faith of which we obtained the assent of our supporters in Ireland, has been departed from, and is at an end. GENERAL MAXWELL’S DESPATCH. TOTAL CASUALTIES; 106 KILLED, 374 WOUNDED. TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS. LONDON. July 21. Received July 22, 12.65 a.m. General Maxwell’s despatch on the Irish rebellion attributes the facility with which Senn Felners were able to seize so. many Important points in Dublin to the fact that armed bodies of civilians were continually allowed to parade In the streets of Dublin and throughout the county without interference, so that the movement of a large civilian force on a holiday passed unnoticed. During the whole fighting 17 officers were killed and 46 wounded. Among other ranks 89 were killed and 228 wounded. General Maxwell pays a high tribute to the behaviour of the troops carrying out disagreeable and distasteful duties, and emphasises that the responsibility for the loss of life and the destruction of property rests upon those engineering the revolt who invited the assistance and co-operation of the Germans. OPPOSITION THREATENED. LONDON, July 21. Received July 21, 11.25 p.m. A large meeting of Nationalists was held at Derry, representing Derry, Tyrone and Feftnagh, and a resolution was passed opposing the exclusion of the Ulster counties, and declaring that if a separate Government is established they will resist its authority. The Catholic Bishop of Derry wrote approving the resolution. i ======== \