THE IRISH QUESTION

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 252, 18 July 1919, Page 5

THE IRISH QUESTION

ACTION OF UNITED STATES SENATE. London, July 16. Air. Bonar Law, in the House of Commons, said the Government did not reran! tho action of the United States Senate in reference to Ireland as a contravention of Article 10 of the Peaco covenants.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SIB EDWARD CARSON'S RECENT SPEECH. London, July 16. Mr. Bonar Law, in tho House of Commons, said he had consulted the lawofficers, who advised that there were no grouuds for proceedings against Sir Edward Carson relative to his rccent_speech. [Sir Edward Carson revived the Home Rule controversy recently in a speech which Opposition pn.oers in Loudon described as a Bolshevist utterance and a menace to the peaco of tho world.] (Roe. July 18, 1.10 a.m.) London, July 17. Mr. J. R. Clynes moved the adjournment of tho House in order to call attention to the Government/a failure to prosecute Sir Edward Carson for his re. cent speech, which incited violence and was calculated to endanger the safety of the realm. The motion was rejected bv 217 votes to 73. after the AttorneyGeneral and Mr. Bonar Law had emphasised that no law was broken, Sir Edward Carson's speech being hypothe-tical.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.