IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 July 1916, Page 4

IRELAND.

LORD LANSDOWNE'S SPEECH. CONDEMNED BY MR. REDMOND. Received July 13, 5.5 p.m. London, July 12. Mr. John Redmond, has issued a statement in regard lo Lord Lansdowne's speech, which he characterised as a gross insult to Ireland, 'and amounts to a declaration of war against the Irish people, and the announcement of a policy of coercion. If the speech be taken to represent the attitude and spirit of the Government towards Ireland, it would end all hope uf settlement. The speech seems to have been made with the deliberate object of wrecking the settlement negotiations.

(Renter Service.) London, July 12. Eighty members of the House of Commons have joined the Imperial Committee of which Lord Salisbury is chairman to oppose the Home Rule settlement. RELEASING SUSPECTS. London, July 12. In Ihc House of Commons, Mr. Samuel announced that the Advisory Committee had recommended the immediate release of 400 prisoners arrested on suspicion in connection with the Irish rebellion, LORD LANSDOWNE'S SPEECH. MR. REDMOND'S ATTITUDE. AN AMENDING BILL URGED. Received July 13, 10.55 p.iu. London, July 13. Mr. Redmond seems to claim that all the modifications are strictly temporary iind provisional, including the exclusion of the six counties. The Daily News does not regard Lord Lansdowne's utterances as a wrecking speech, but one intended to conciliate the wild men of liis Party and the Liberal members of the House of Commons. Newspapers urge the quick introduction and passing of an amending Home Rule Bill, but a section of the Unionists urge that the problem must not be treated in a similar way to that in which Mr. Lloyd George carried his Insurance Bill. (Renter Service.) Received July 13, 11.ii p.m. London, July 13. Nationalists state that Lord Lansdowne's speech was the first intination a« to the restriction of the Irish Executive. Mr. Asquith will \ie asked whether the statement was sanctioned by the Government. Mr. Redmond's manifesto says that he fldlieres strictly to Mr. Lloyd George's t.ornv. and that nnv departure in the direction indicated by Lord Lunsdowne would lie a pros 5 breach of ftiith on the part of the House of Commons