IRELAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 69, 26 June 1916, Page 7

IRELAND.

MR. REDMOND'S ULTIMATUM. London, June 21. The new Lister and Nationalist Conference sat for six hours, and voted county for county. It is understood that Mr. Redmond, in a powerful appeal, declared that if the conference refused the proposals he would not again appear on the public platform as a leader of the Irish party. His ultimatum created a deep impression. Armagh vbted against the proposals, and Antrim for them. Thereafter the voting for acceptance steadily increased, and it is officially stated that the proposals were passed by the conference by 475 votes to 205, and thus adopted Mr Lloyd George's proposals. AGAINST THE PROPOSALS. London, June 2-1. Lords Balfour of Burleigh. Cromer, Halsbury, Middleton, and Salisbury, in a joint letter to the press, say that the grave position in Ireland is rendered more criticical by the negotiations, and the new progress of the go*as-you-please system in tbe Irish Government, which has injured its credit in law. There was every good reason to believe that this had opened the country to German' influence, for sedition is now more rampant than fifty years ago. They declare that tho Government should not give up its machinery in the middle of a vital struggle, and they believe that if an election were held now in Ireland Mr Redmond could, not maintain a following.or govern in the face of Sinn Feinfind other influences, I'he proposals, the writers declare, are fraught with infinite danger to the Empire and the