CONSCRIPTION AND THE IRISH

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 172, 10 April 1918, Page 5

CONSCRIPTION AND THE IRISH

SINN FEIN LEADER'S DEFIANCE | PRESS CRITICISM OF PROPOSAL i London, April 8. ■ Mr. de Valera, the Sinn, Fein, M.P. j for East Clare, in a speech .at Tulla- J more, said tho Irisli people must unito j to a man to resist conscription. It ; was lietter to die in Ireland than in i Flanders.—Aus.-N.Z: Cable Assn. ! A SERIOUS BLUNDER. ! London, April 8. ! Tho "Daily Chronicle" states that it . , loams that tho Government, inantici- 1 psition of an Irish settlement, proposes j to include in the new Military Service j Bill its intention to extend conscrip- j tion to Ireland at Isome unspecified i date. "This serious blunder (says the "Chronicle") will assuredly blast the ; (fair and promising hope ■ of reconcilia- i tion between Ireland and England, and • the Government will incur tho terriblo ! responsibility of wrecking tho work of ' the Irish Convention. It is true that ! tho exemption of Ireland under the Act J of 1916 was an anomaly; and if con- :| Ecription accompanies Homo Rule; Ulster's objection to an Irish Parliament ! would ho mitigated. But this reason- ; ing ignores the realities. Tho Home j Rule Act did not become operative in ■ 1914. Tliero are signs that Sinn Fein ; is •on the down grade. It is . the 1 bounden duty of the Government' \ promptly to ndopt the Convention's re- -\ commendations. Conscription must i not be mingled with Home Rule."— ' Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. • i , i IRISH GOVERNMENT TO APPROVE ' FIRST. ! (Rcc. April 9, 7.15 p.m.) | London, April 8. ; : Tho "Manchester Guardian" states j that the Government intends to estab- i lish Home Rule. The new Man-Power \ Dill includes Ireland, but its enactment there will bo suspended until the Irish i Government approves. Great English i and American moral pressure will be , applied.—United Service. ■{ IRISH CONVENTION CONCLUDED : (Rcc.. April 9, 7.15 p.m.) " | London, April 8. | Tho Irish Convention has concluded i its deliberations, after fi ; fty-one sit- ■ tings.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. -\