Second Edition Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 41, 23 May 1916, Page 6

Second Edition Great Britain

MR KUCHES AND LA B O P.. [United Press Association.] (Received 11.15 a.ra.) ..London, May 22. Mr Hughes visited. Devbnport, where he .inspected the dockyard, and addressed one- thousand men who "eie engaged on repair work, laying stress on the fact that everyone of his Ministers had done manual labour, and they realised that every labour interest and ideal would be crushed unless we win. A. ■ • THE PAPER-MAKING INDUSTRY. (R ecei ved 10.3.6. a. ni.). London, May 22English paper-makers are establishing a mill in Canada for the manufacture of pulp, to secure, freedom from the Swedish supplies, which are now prohibited. QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS. LL , i'■ r ' (Received 12. oo p m.) London,- May -2. In the House of Commons, the Premier (Mr Asquith), replying to questions. said the Government’s advisers failed tQ .find -evidence that Germany, and America were making and storing goods ready to dump into'Britam after the war. Mr Hunt sought an -assurance that millions would not I*' driven back to i the starvation wages existing before

the war. :• > Mr Asquith; “How can 1 give you an assurance?” - . : - Mr Asquith did not reply to AU Hunt’s appeal for the Colonies being assured of fair play after.the war. THE IRISH REBELLION. DIVERGENT VIEWS AT HEADQUARTERS. (Received •■12.55 p.m.) - London; May 22. Lord Wimborne said his functions , were confined to unsolicited advice and energetic representation. He found during his tour in the sour i ami west of Ireland that the Man Feiners wore every where .belittled. He often formed independent views divergent from the Executive, fie. was thinking that .enemy- raids were more probable than internal disturbances. The, garrison was quite inadequate sihee the departure of the Irish ’ Division to the front at the end oi summer. Last Mutch. «rged : th.s upon Lord French, who replied that the War Office objected, as it would delay the despatch of troops to the front at least ..for a fortnight, lain Wimborne told-him be would be much more comfortable if the Division was not sent. During the second ‘interview with Lord french o.i '. t 1 March, ho gave the internal situation in Ireland as the reason that more troops were needed. DEPORTATION OR INTER NMENT i Lord Wimborne added that Mr Birred always advocated troops lor, Dublin. Early in 1916, the police reports showed that the Sinn Feiners were owning numbers of rifles. Witness then jsnggostejl tlieir deportation nr internment, and mentioned that Sir Edward Carson, ■ when. AttorneyGeneral, declared ■•'that-.-to deport men away froraStrelanfl wns'^'h(k- x^'eme ’ n " terpretfition■ jofr the/ §f Realm Act. 1 Witness I therefore, favored internment of the suspects,, .and strongly urged the arrest of the Sinn Feiners; He wrote to- Mr Birre.ll .when the outbreak occurred: “The . worst, has happened, just when we thought it was averted. If only tee had acted last night with declkloh and'arrested the leaders as I wanted, it might have bean averted.” • - ,!