THE IRISH REBELLION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 48, 31 May 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH REBELLION.

LLOYD GEORGE’S NEGOTIATIONS.

United Pees? Association. London, May 30,

The Daily News says that Mr Lloyd George continues his Irish negotiations. The Ulster party is adopting a conciliatory attitude, and he is anxious not to make a statement before the ad- !

journment of the Nationalists’ party. However, he may think it essential to definitely state whether the basis agreement exists, or, if net, he had better face the difficulties of the situation frankly, and without delay.

j THE INFLUENCE OF PRIESTS.

SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES.

London, May 29. t i Newspapers publish jotters that have passed between General Sir John MaxAvell and Doctor O’Dwyer, who has , t j been Bishop of Limerick for thirty years. The Bishop is described by Mr Birrell as a very clever, man, and an s enemy to the Nationalist party. General Maxwell asked Bishop QlDwyer to s remove two priests from his diocese on the ground that their presence was a menace to the peace and safety of the realm, adding that if, they had . been■ i laymen they would have been arrested, Bishop O’Dwyer requested evidence to justify the proposed action, and General Maxwell gave particulars T the priests opposing conscription :anih;v*£r 'assisting the Irish volunteers. ) Bishop O’Dwyer, replying,-, denied that the evidence warrapted 'disMplinary action,and that the priests had not violated civil and ecclesiastical law. He added that he regarded General Max - ; well’s action in shooting the Dublin rebels with horror, and said; * ‘Deportations were an abuse of your power, as fatuous and as arbitrary as your regime, and this is one of the worst an! blackest chapters in Irish Govern- . ment.”