CONSCRIPTION FOR IRELAND

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 247, 6 July 1918, Page 7

CONSCRIPTION FOR IRELAND

PRESIDENT WILSON APPEALED TO BY NATIONALIST AND SINN FEIN LEADERS London, July 1. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr.' John Djllon, Mr. J. Devlin, Mr. Hcalv, Mr. ■)\. O'Brien, and the Sinn Fein leaders, in their message (o President Wilson, say:—"England threatens to crush the people of Ireland if they do not accept tho blood lax." The message r/tiotes the appeal which the American revolutionaries addressed to Ireland in the eighteenth century, and goes on to say:—"lf England had been able to conscript ills Irish race then, wi-uld the United States now enjoy its iioblo Constitution? Ireland as a nation is more ancient than England, and throbs with national consciousness. We are now required by law to bleed to make tho world safe for democracy in every country except our own. Surely, this cannot be the meaning of America's messiiijo to innnkind. It was known that Australia and South Africa had refused to adopt conscription when England resolved upon the law against Ireland. To overlay malpraogce by imputing to their victims perverse criminar conduct is a stale device of tyranny. We are assured that the President will not bo among those condemnintr Ireland for her determination to continue steadfastly on her present course.''—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ARREST OF SBIN FEINERS. London, July 4. ' ''lie policcin (he South of Ireland arc actively arresting Sinn Feiners, and seizing arms. ■ The-y raided the houses of sit prominent .Sinn Feiners and seized rifles and ammunition and volunteer uniforms.—Renter.