HOME RULE BILL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1916, Page 5

HOME RULE BILL.

HATTER OF EXTREME URGEXCY. TCy Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received July 21, 0.1(1 p.m. London, duly 20. Mr. Redmond, on Tuesday, sent the following memorandum to Mr. Asquitli and Mr. J.loyd Gootge: '■] feel bound to tell yon that the long delay in making public the text of the Irish Bill, and the uncertainty and irritation caused by Lord Lansdowno's speech, have created a most serious situation in Irebind. My opinion is that further delay will make a settlement on line lines laid town by Mr. Lloyd George quite impossible. When the terms were originally Mibmitted, we strongly urged the use of all possible despatch in consulting supporters in Ireland. We were told that a great Imperial interest was at stake. Three weeks have since elapsed and no progress lias been made. For some mysterious reason the mutter, which was jo urgent Jive weeks ago, hangs fire. T therefore urge upon the Government that further delay will be fatal, and record my conviction that any proposal to depart from the terms agreed upon, especially in respect of the strictly temporary provWonal character of all sections of the Rill, will compel us to u'clare that (he agreement, on the failli of which we obtained the assent of our supporters in fSlnnd, has been departed from and was at an end."