THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12165, 13 February 1908, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. Received February 12, 11.55 p.m. London, February 12.

In committee for voting expenses for the Irish prosecutions, Mr John Roche insinuated that Lord Ashtown was implicated in an attempt to manufacture a bogus outrage at Woodlawn, for political purposes. Zl Mr Cherry and Mr Balfour declared that there was not "the'slightest foundationer such an abominable accusation.

The debate also dealt with the paralysis of tho jury system and ordinary law. Mr Birrell admitted the deplorable failure of the prosecutions for cattle driving, and remarked of the boycotting, "1 wish to God it would Jcease. " He added that civil proceeding' alone would avail. Criminal proceedingsu were unlikely to be of use. I " Mr Balfour insisted that the resolution was a sham from beginning to end, adding that force was the only remedy against crime.