THE IRISH QUESTION
HAVE CONSCRIPTION AND HOME RULE \ BEEN ABANDONED? -j STATEMENT BY LORD CURZON j (Ree. Juno 22, 0.50 a.m.) . • London, Juno 20. ,! In tlio House of Lords, during a de- ( ' bate on the Irish question, Baron Wimbovne said lie thought the Government ; should have initiated a less ambitious \ policy regarding recruiting in Ireland. ; Eighty thousand British troops in Ire- ! land ought to bo on another front. Ire- ! land s condition was worse than ever. i Lord Curzoii, replying, said that, though the Government might not un- ; dcrstnnd Ireland, it could not ignore her. ; He "admitted disappointment regarding ; the result of tho Convention, but there ! was a considerable measure of agreement among all sections of Irishmen, and < the method of government had been ! worked out by Irishmen. Therefore, the Government had decided to prepare a, ! Home Kyle Bill. But two things had ( occurred. First, a formidable con- ! spiraey between the Sinn Fciners and tho enemy. Second, the Roman Catholic . clergy wore advising their flocks, under a penalty of . eternal : damnation, to resist conscription.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ..''..•
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 235, 22 June 1918, Page 7
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176THE IRISH QUESTION Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 235, 22 June 1918, Page 7
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