THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1917, Page 5

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

RIOT OVER PROHIBITED MEET--1 ING. iPOUCE INSPECTOR KILLED. . "*' ". London, June 11. 'An attempt to hold a prohibited meet- '- ■ang in Dublin on Sunday evening cul- ■* .minated in a riot. When Count Plun- * kett- and a man named Bmgha drove up e ,in a motor near Liberty Hall about a * thousand people surged round the car. e Brugha called out: "The British Government will not allow ras freedom, of speech/' and a policeman pulled him *- from the car- Count Plunkett 'tried to i *tap the mob from shouting and he a)so ' was arrested. Meanwhile the police had *■ dispersed the greater part of the mob. e While Inspector Mills was escorting T ' Count Plunkett and four others to the station someone felled him with a-stick. , "He died later. REPRESENTATION AT CON- e VENTION- ' t t A COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION. 1 TBIBUTES TO,THE LATE W. REDMOND. Received June 12, 5.45 p.m. s London, June 11. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd G6orge stated that owing to the present condition of Irish politics, to have made the conference smaller than 101 would have been impossible. As the Govern- '< meirt desired to secure the representa- ' tion of everyday life in Ireland they « Wgre inviting each of the county coun- < cfls and country boroughs to send its t chairman. They were also inviting five members of each political party, four members of the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglicab Archbishop, the Presbyterian Moderator, and five representatives of- Irish trade unions. The Government Would not choose their fifteen nominees ttptii the 6tber names had been chosen. The Government were also prepared to the chairman of the Conven- ■ tton. ' ■ ■ .' Mr.-Llpyd George closed with a warm J tribute to the late Mr. Win. Redmond, I who, 'though of an age at which he could not bo expected to endure the dangers fend hardships of war, had sought its , perfli and privations with cheerful courage. Mr. Awraith and Sir E. Carson paid aitnilM tributes. Sir E. Carson said that the Belfast conference had accepted his advice and decided to enter the Convention. Mr. Redmond had died side by side with dstermen, and this should be as good an omen for the solution of the Irish question as might be found, and one which would meet all the ideals of liberty in all parts of Ireland. Dublin 1 has appealed to Mr. Lloyd George for the release of the Sinn Fein- *& - --.