FOUNDATIONS OF THE ARMY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 5

FOUNDATIONS OF THE ARMY.

WOULD BE SHAKEN BY CONFLICT WITH | .; ULSTER LOYALISTS. SPEECHES ON HOME RULE, ' By T«leerapb-Pr«es Aseooia,tion-Oopy|leht •■' ;." London, February 13. In tho Houso of Lords tho Marquis of Londonderry, speaking on tho Ad- ' dresS-in-Reply, .incidentally quoted the '■ late,'Field-Marshal Lord Wolseloy's letter to the Duke of Cambridge (then ' Commander-in-Chief) in 1893, stating that if the troops were brought into conflict with tho Ulster loyalists it would shake the foundations of tho Army. ' Lord Roberts followed, in a 'halfminute speooh. Ho endorsed Lord Wolseley's contentions, and declared it was .unthinkable that the British Army '■"■'.would'be called on to fight.tho Ulster ■volunteer's. , It would be.the Army. , ? ■ruin. "■' '■."' ;'•' ' ■■ ■'■' •'" . ' Lord' -Curzon pointed out that the Government how confessed that Home '■''■' Rule in its present form could not be .. '■placed on the Statute Book." IF -BRITAIN .'WAS ATTACKED. - MR; 'LYNCH ; WOULD FIGHT FOR, ■ ■•■ . f'.-,-.'. ■■-■•: ■ ••■ 'HER'. .• -■>■■'■ .'■;-■ ■'", .'■' ■ ." '-y." > London,; February 13. *'". Speaking in the .House of Commons, ' ' Mr. Arthur LyiiclV'(Nationalist M.P. for ■ .West' Clare);',who' foright on tho Boer 'I'side'. , during the I South African war, j.-.seid'that riiiffi the Boer .war .Britain ;i'-had : 'done much 'for,., South Africa and 'Irilaiid.', If Britain •was,.'attacked lie ;'.'-';"woul3 v np^ , figh!oQ*r her,;";"- .'".;.., . '■•. t;: '''SEITLEiiENT 1 ASSOREP,' , J C 5: t>PTION; '~. ..\; v (Rec, ; i : , y:d~.j] •;!' ! :i.-i'«Lbndoh|i- r Pebrua'ry''---loi. :: •j''; v :''NawsVof ther World"••"authoritatively- .'■■'" states a-Wttlement''of the;.-Ulster •■■■-■'qiiestloii: is■'■n'sstifed'onjthe : basis ; of ex- ."• '■ 'c'hisidn'of the'ifour ijoVtli-eastern coun-' r V tios r -foj , ''a' : 'fixe'd tcfiii'and thereafter;to •'.'^haye^the'"'option'of'entering ■tho' Irish ''■' Pai'liapient.^" l '- , ''* .'" ' ; ■"■'' ■■■"'■'..'■' ' ■ ■ ■ ■ Mr.' Lynch;.physician and author, had ■'. years ; 6f. the century.;:. An: Australian by "birth, :. liaving first at Ballarat, Vic- ,'• ■; itoria,; in J}i6i, v h'e, ; was. educated at, Mel:.,.bourno Ilniversity, takiiiß-degrees jri : arts ...■,'aiid ■ cirir enjfiiiwjng.' He then went .to '.' ''Englantl and, j practised '.Journalism, later ". [ efding.. to South 'Africa early in the Avar, ■'-■'where'h'o , became th,o colonel of an Irish Brigade on the Boor side. This broueht •' ■: him . into 'contact ;with v the Party pn. ; his: rieturn to EfiEni;land,.'and he rWa?.invited to.stand for ■j.,0;-; , .Ctil^vfty ( :Jii.-N6yej)iber', ; .-1901, Jlr." ~ -.j Bofkco - PJu'h'kett at, a , by-election,i;, yhich j. .K"Ke,;won,/ jßii£ ;the.'. Gbvernmejit" ordered ■ \ t ; ■■'"rhi's' arrest ; : iinmbdiately atterWarJs for; '■', high'■'.treason;'.Ji6 was convicted on Jann- •''''■■ ary 23; .1903, : !fnd'fee»tence(l!to-death,' but .":■ the-'sentence, was .'commuted; arid, ulti- ■•'■ "''■ mately, at the end of twelve months, he ■■ ■" was released;: .In June, J907, he received -a free pardon. Later .he was elected , M.P, for Clarg. . . . , ' ."'■