BRITISH POLITICS.
CATTLE DRIVING IN IRELAND. STll 0N G STATE MEN TS. United Press Association —-Copyright (Received Feb. J, II p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 4. Lord Dudley, in the House of Lords, saiil that he believed that the Irish cattle-driving originated, not in the drivers’ covetousness, but in their patriotic devotion to the national demands. While warmly advocating the governing of Ireland according to Irish ideas, lie did not consider that that necessarily involved Home Rule. He regarded the application of the Crimes Act as inconsistent with the spirit of Unionism. Lord Ashbourne said that when the last Government left office Ireland was in a state of perlect order, and in six months was in a state of demoralisation and disorder, while intimidation was rampant. Cattle driving prevailed in ten counties, and the system, which could have been stopped in a month, bad reached such gigantic proportions that the King’s writ did not avail. Lord Loroburn insisted that the disorder was much exaggerated, and that cattle-driving had much diminished. The Government declined to appiv the Crimes Act, because it would create a feeling of exasperation and bitterness, and he productive of more evil than good. The Aihlress-in-Reply has been carried.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2107, 5 February 1908, Page 3
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