IRISH AFFAIRS.
STOPPAGE IN DUBLIN
(Received This Dav at 10.15. « m.) LONDON, April 23.
There, were no trains or trams in Dublin to-day. All large business houses are closed. No Nationalist newspapers are publishing, but the Prostestant.s and Orange districts are carrying on as usual.
(Received This Dav at 10.15; a.»n )
LONDON, April 23rd
It is estimated that 1] million to two million Irishmen, have already pledged themselves against conscription.
Government have added a clause to the Anny Bill givihg officers and men the right to appeal, before.-the death sentence of a court-martial is confirmed ; also that any officer or soldier, who is asked to resign his commission, who is aggrieved, shall have the right to appeal before a member of the Army Council.
ANTI-CON SCR ITION
(Reuter’s Telegrams.)
(Received this day at 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 23 .J Sixteen Irish King’s Counsel, including several Crown Prosecutors, have signed the anti-conseription declaration. A separate Protestant Anti-Conscrip-tion movement is obtaining increased 1 supports many places.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1918, Page 3
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164IRISH AFFAIRS. Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1918, Page 3
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