THE IRISH CRISIS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 2 August 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH CRISIS.

VIEWS OF THE NATIONALISTS. (Australian-N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Last" Ninht. 5.5 o'clock.} LONDON, August, 1. In tlio House ot Commons, Mr John Redmond, speaking on Air John Dillon's motion, said: "Nothing has happened, and nothing would happen, to alter my views about the war. This is not only an Empire s war, but a war o n behalf of small Nationalists. In very special sense it is Ireland's war. The highest interest of Ireland required her to do her duty and to win the war. The Government must.n«t allow a mad outbreak of a thousand men make them forget that 150,000 Irishmen are fighting on the battlefields of France, and that tens of thousands of Irishmen from the Dominions are performing the same gallant tasks." Lord' Hugh Cedl insisted upon the Government enforcing law and order. Mr Bonar Law s aid that Unionist members of the Cabinet were prepared to adopt a settlement; but if Unionists were able to prevent it. Home llule would never come into operation without an Amending Hill which carried out the agreement with Ulster fairly. Mr Devlin said the Government seemed to think that Irishmen were good for nothing except a divisional the lobbies. If ever they marched again, lie hoped that it would he |or the purpose of clearing the presoiftCoalition out of office. He had neveiV agreed to a permanent Ulster. He had agreed to fr Mf Ljoyd George's proposals because tluiy were a temporary war measure. The s&ndr ing of an Unionrst Chief Secictaiy prop to Dublin Castle would make things more, hideous than ever. Itwould be a travesty of statesman-' ship. i j STATEMENT BY MR. ASQTTITH. / Beuter's Telearam. > i ' The Right Hon. H. H. As<suith, |c-, plying to Mr John Dillon, deciailtj ■that Ulster could not b 0 brought under Home Rule without its consent-., Home Rule could not be removed from the Statute Book. The receri! negotiations, although they had broken down, had revealed a n approximation of attitude, and had 'created a new situation. The House was dealing with a period of transition, and in a short time, shorter than most people .imagined, they would be able to urr'-ve at a pormanent arrangement. It was however, to have a civil executive. He. opined, that a scheme, of a Provisional Council, advising the Chief Secretary, was impracticable. It was important to have an effective head of the civil administration. The Right Hon. H. E. Duke had an administrative capacity, and the sympathy of the Irish people, who desired a settlement. Mr Asquith said he did not think it right, under, existing conditions, to reduce the military in Ireland. He paid a tribute to General Maxwell, who had always leaned towards mercy. The Lord-Lieutenancy would bo niV'i'ntarncd, but as an urgency he would nominate th 0 occupant at present. Mr Chambers, the remaining TJndcr-Rewetary, had stated that the 1 cases of 1841 Trish prisoners had oeen investigated. Of these 1272 had been released and 569 interned. It must not he supposed that there was not a prima facie case against those released. He, hoped to arrange a substantial Treasury loan to 1 places destroyed in Dublin. Although there was a. remarkable absence of agrarian crime in Ireland, there had been a recrudescence of Sinn Fein ism in some districts of a most aggressive form. There had also been den'orabb manifestations of sympathy with the enemyV He believed that the vast ! majority were, loyal to the core, hut there were Anarchical forces requ:ring vigilance. Mr .John Redmond said that any revival®of the Dublin Castle riots would be serious, but the establishment of Unionists in th ft Executive would be a n outrage of Irish feelings. He protested against any such proposal. H would be the duty of his party to watch and criticise, and if necessary oppose the new Administration as it pleased. There could never now be a civil war in Ireland, and when the time was ripe all differences would he peacefully settled. The go-d r e a nmt-d Ireland, to which Sir Edward Carson, like himself, had turned, would be reached, please God, through methods of peace and amity. The motion of Mr .T. Dillon, asking that the Government should disclose 1 its plans, was carried.