IRELAND.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16853, 5 June 1920, Page 9

IRELAND.

HOME RULE BILL. (By Cable—Press Association —Copyright.) (Eeuter's Telegrams.) (Received June 4ih, 12.10 a.m.) LONDON, June 2. In the Houso of Commons, on tlio Homo Rule Bill, Captain Coote (Co.Liberal) moved the omission of the provision reserving to the Government control of the armed forces of the Crown. He suggested that "if we give the Irish Parliaments control of the armed forces, things will come to such a pass that Irishmen will be compelled to unite.'' , Mr "Walter Long said the fact that additional tro.ps were still being despatched to Ireland proved the determination of the Government to do everything to restoro order, Fx-scrvice men in Ireland were being hounded out- of tne country by Sinn Feiners, yet it was proposed in the amendment to transfer to tho Sinn Feiners control of the armed forces. There was no comparison between Ireland and the Dominions on this point, and any attempt to hand over control of the military forces to the Irish Parliaments ourrht to be resisted to the utmost.

Sir Edward Carson (Unionist) opposed the amendment. He appealed to the Government to modify the Bill with a view of delegating certain specific powers to the Irish Parliaments which ought to he enlarged in the future, while the real strength and power lvas left to the Imperial Parliament. He believed, moreover, that the Bill would lead to separation, and he said the people of Ulster were complaining that the •Government, was kicking them out. Tho state of things in the South and West of Ireland was hideous and disgraceful to the British Government. Tho amendment was negatived without a division. TBOOFS FOB COAST GTTABD3. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Aseoci.it,ion.) (Received Juno sth, 12.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 3. Sinn Feiners attacked and destroyed five move coastguard stations. A Government troopship is landing soldiers with full equipment at Bantry Bay. Other contingents equipped with camping material are disembarking at oth.T places. Two thousand Marines arc going to Quoenstown to be distributed among the various coast stations owing to the recent Sinn Fein seizures of fog signals and rockets, which put the signalling stations out of action, j AMERICAN S-mPATHY. ("Received Juno sth, 12.50 a.m.) j WASHINGTON, June 4. By 313 votes to three, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution expressing sympathy of Congress with the Irish cause.