HOME RULE BILL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 46, 18 November 1920, Page 5

HOME RULE BILL

MOTION FOR REJECTION TO BE MOVED IN HOUSE OF LORDS Br Telcatt&ch-Presi A«iootation--OoDyrllrliv London, November IG. Lord Dunraven gave notice in the House of Lords of-a motion to reject the Home .Rule Bill on tho. grounds that it does not meet with the support of the groat majority of tllo Irish people, and affords no prospecfl of a. permanent set-tlement.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable- Assn. settlemenTWoposals APPROVED BY ALL IRELAND I LABOUR CONFERENCE. (Rec. November 18, 0.10 a.m.) London, November IG. ' An All Ireland Labour Conference at Dublin approved the British Labour Party's proposals for settlement on tho: following basis'(l) Of. Vhe withdrawal oftroops; (2) summoning a constituent assembly electcd on the basis of proportional representation, by a .free secretvote j (3) drafting.-by t.he assembly of a. constitution, subject only to two conditions, namely, jffordinp[ v protection, to minorities, and preventing. Ireland becoming a military and navnl menace.— Beuter.

THE MURDER CAMPAIGN

(Rec. November 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 16; Mr. 'Winston Churchill, in tho House of Commons, said that since June 30 m Ireland thirty soldiers had been killed and ninety wounded'. It was believed! the attackers suffered: heavy "casualties.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable' Assn. TRAIN HELD UP BY ARMED CIVILIANS SEVERAL PASSENGERS KIDNAPPED. (Rec. November 17, 7.20: p.m.) London, November 16. Armed, civilians held up- a train, at WaUorfull station; Ireland, covered: the crow, dragged, several passengers; from the carriages, forced them into motors, and vanished. A number of unai'med: soldiers witnessed' tho affair, but were- Helpless against the armed men. It lis believed 1 that those kidnapped, wero concerned in the court-inarillnl which condemned M'Swiney—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MRS. M'SWINEY TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN AMERICA,. ' Washington, November 16. It is reported'that Mrs. M'Swiney will :sail for the United States on November. 24,. to give' evidence before ft commityieo of one hundred; composed of- Irish-Ameri-cans and others, which is investigating conditions in Ireland.—Aus.-N-;Z. Cablo .Assn. ■ .