IRISH AFFAIRS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8839, 15 June 1907, Page 2

IRISH AFFAIRS.

An Indiscreet Speech. Press Association —Copyright. London, Tune 14. Mr C. Craig, M.P., asked in the House whether Mr Birrell was aware that P. Kelly, a magistrate, in a speech at New Inn, Galway, had declared that if Lord Ashtown, a local landlord, who is under constant strict police protection, lived at Killane or Lougrea he would have been on a stretcher long ago, the same as John Blake, whom Mr Craig explained was shot dead in 1883. Kelly added that the men of Woodlawn lacked courage and manliness to treat Ashtown as they should. Mr Birrell replied that the speech was under tho consideration of Government.