A WARNING FROM MR. REDMOND

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2830, 22 July 1916, Page 9

A WARNING FROM MR. REDMOND

DELAY IN IRISH SETTLEMENT DANGEROUS UNCOMPROMISING DEMAND Australian-New Zealand Gable Association.' (Rec. July 21, { 9 p.m.) London, July 21. Mr. John Redmond-(the Irish Nationalist Leader), on Tuesday sent, a memorandum to Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George, in which lie said: "I feel bound to tell you that the long de'fty in making public the text of the Irish Bill, and the uncertainty and irritation' caused l>v the ' Marquis , of Lansdowne's speech, has created a most serious situation in Ireland. 'My opinion is that further delay, will make a-settlement on the lines laid down by Mr. Lloyd Georg& quite impossible. Afhen the terms' were, originally submitted,: we-. were strongly urged to iise all possible, dispatch in consulting onr supporters in Ireland, and told of the great Imperial interests at stake. _ Three weeks have elapsed, and. no nrogress has been made. "For some mysterious reason a matter which was so urgent five-weeks agenow hangs fire. I therefore urge the Government that further delay will be fatal, and place on record: my conviction that any proposal to depart from the terms agreed upon, especially those, with respect to t,he strictly, temporary and provisional character of all sections of the- Bill,- will 'compel 'us' te declare the agreement, on the faith of which we obtained the assent of our- supporters in Ireland, to' have been departed from,' and at an end." A CHALLENGE, (Rec'. July 21, 11.25 p.m.) London, July 2t„ At a'largely attended meeting of Nationalists at Derry, those present representing Darry, Tyrone and Fermanagah, it was resolved to oppose tho exclusion of ■the Ulster counties, aud. to declare that if a separate Government were established t.hey would resist its authority. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Dewy, wrote approving of the resolutions. THE SINN FEIN REVOLT. SIR JOHN -MAXWELL'S DISPATCH. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.. (Rec. July 22, 0.55 a.m.) London, July 21. The dispatch of ■ Sir, John 'Maxwell. (Comnmndor-in-Chief_in Ireland) oa the li"ish rebellion' attrioutes the facility with which the Sinn Feiners were able to seize so many important -points in Dublin as due to the fact that armedbodies of civilians were continually allowed to parade' and march through the streets of Dublin and throughout the' country without interference, so that the movement of large civilian, forces on a holiday passed unnoticed. Dnriug the whole_ of tho fighting 17 officers were'killed,'and 46 wounded; in' other ' ranks,' 89 were killed- and 228 : wounded. • i ; General Maxwell pays a high tribute" to the behaviour of .the troops when carrying out their- disagreeable- and dis-' tasteful 'duties, and emphasises the fact that the responsibility for the loss of. life and destruction of property rests' upon those who were engineering the revolt, -and who invited the assistance and cooperation of the Germans.