DEVOLUTION CORRESPONDENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8047, 2 November 1906, Page 3

DEVOLUTION CORRESPONDENCE.

SIR A. MACDONNELL'S APPOINTMENT. LONDON. October :il. In the House of Commons yesterday tin' Secretary for Ireland (Mr Bryce). in reply to Mr T. H. Sloan, said there was no record, except of a purely formal character, connected with Sir. Antony MacDoaneH's appointment as Under-Secretary for Ireland. The Government had no connection with or control over any correspondence between their predecessors and Sir Antony MacDonnell. He added: "The hitter has asked me to say that he has no pe:sonal objection to the publication of t he correspondence mentioned, but sees no reason why he should initiate publication. He thinks if his own letters are published all the others relative to the matter should lie likewise published. " The Standard says : The condition which Sir Antony .MacDonnell attaches as contingent to his assent to the publication of the correspondence is intended to lie prohibitive. Probably he had refreshed his memory before refusing the correspondence. If so. we can understand his unwillingness to re-open the discussion.

AN UNAUTHORISED STATEMENT. LONDON. November I. Tn the House of Commons Mi Bryce. in reply to Captain Craig, stated that Sir Antony MacDounell's speech foreshadowing Home Rule or devolution legislation for Ireland was not made with the sanction or approval of the Chief Secretary and cabinet.