The Irish Crisis

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 272, 18 April 1914, Page 5

The Irish Crisis

FANNING THE FLAMES. SIR EDWARD CARSON'S VIOLENT OUTBURST. VOLUNTEERS URGED TO BE PREPARED. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright Received 17, 10.10 p.m. London, April 17. Sir Edward Carson, addressing the volunteers at Londonderry, said that on the day the Government attempted to coerce Ulster by force they would enter upon a campaign, lasting years if necessary. He expressed his intention to unravel in the House of Commons the damnable plot to provoke Ulster. The Cabinet was a Ministry of cowardice and infamy. He urged the volunteers to be prepared for any emergency. THE MESSAGE TO GENERAL GOUGH. NO REPUDIATION BY THE CABINET. Received 17, 9.35 p.m. London, April 17. Mr. Asquith, replying to a question, stated that no official notification had been given of the Government's repudiation of the written assurances to General Gough. STATEMENT BY MR. ASQUITH. / Received 17, 8.20 p.m. ' / London, April 16. Interrogated in the House of Com- ' mons, Mr. Asquith denied that Earl Roberts had threatened to resign bis Field-Marshalship unless General Gough's demands were conceded. He did not sea that there were sufficient grounds for ' upholding the suggested judicial enquiry into recent events in Ulster. s AUSTRALIAN RESOLUTIONS. [ London, April I<S. ( Mr. Redmond has received a cable to t the effect that the Commonwealth Senate is certain to pass a Home Rule motion, and also the House of Representatives, unless the minority talks it out.