THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 15 July 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

LORft LANSDQWXE/S SPEECH. | j GIIOSS INS r ULT ;i() IRELAND,,, I j I ' £ M)NM)N, July 13. | ! |Mr. .John Redmond lias issued % si.atenn>ni.-in regard to- hoPi mss aownes' speech, declaring it is a gross insult to Ireland, and amounts to a,. declarat : on of war with the Irish ' 'people, and is an anouneement of the policy of coercion. If th e speech can be taken to represent the attitude and spirit of the Government towards Ire- l land, it is the end oi' all hope of settle- '". merit. The speech seems to have been made with the deliberate object • of wrecking settlement negotiations.

t Speaking in the House of Lords on Tuesday, the Marquis of Lamsdowno ■ (ifor tftov/GaviPtin^euiij)-said;fffttiSMS Bill m§ ; ■ GWrernnVerft liad T * pfefcgla -itself to introdceu would take st some<fe time to prepare. He felt confident that 4 under the system at present in force there ought not to be any fear that the Irish situation would gee out of hand. He believed that Sir John Maxwell (Commander-in-Chief in Ireland) had 40,000 troops, and . the Government would give him all the support to which he Avas entitled. A sufficient garrison would he maintained during the transition stage, and an Order-in-Couneil would he issued to-morrow prohibiting the carrying of arms in Ireland without a permit.