CABLEGRAMS. THE IRISH QUESTION.—COERCION BILL TO BE PASSED London, March 24.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 196, 26 March 1887, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS. THE IRISH QUESTION.— COERCION BILL TO BE PASSE D London, March 24.

The Government are determined to pass (.lie Coercion Bill before the Kdster holidays, and Cor this purpose are prepared to utilise the clottire and resort to night sittings. The Bill had purposely been drawn up in :\ brief i'onn. Gladstonelhas forwarded by cable his acknowledgement of anti-coercion iesoiutiuns p.is^ed in Now York op Monday, in which he says ho is deeply sensible of the sympathy expressed towards him by the peopic of America in his attempt to secure a just measure of icood government for Iroland. He addw that he is confident the same symp-ithy will continue to be extended until his policy has succeeded. P.irnoll h.ia cable<l to tlic American Jiish patriots assuring them that the crowning consummation of the great struggle for freedom in Ireland is appio idling. He thanks ;tlio Ameiicans for lli 'ir di play of friendship i s embodied in their anti cocieion resolutions, and states that suHi evidence of moral support from the other side of the Atlantic would gieatlv'contiibute to entourage the liish people in their coming time of. trouble and Hulleringi