IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1919, Page 5

IRELAND.

STERN MEASURES ADVOCATED.

TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDEE. Received April 19, 5.5 p.m. London, April 15. In the House of Lords, Lord Birken-ii-esici, in moving the second reading of the Criminal Injuries (Ireland) Bill, securing compensation for constables and other law officers injured and lulled dming the execution of duty, said that when South Tipperary was proclaimed a military area the Sinn Feincrs issued a counter-proclamation declaring that constables found within that area would be deemed to have forfeited their life similarly to all persons in England's pay or assisting England The orders given to Irish volunteers, together with the record of crime, showed that a determined effort was progressing with a view to making the government of Ireland impossible. Therefore steps were necessary to protect, with England's whole force, those responsible for the maintenance of law and order, who, if they fell, should receive sufficient compensation. The Bill was read a second time. —Aus. NZ. Cable Assoc.

IRISH DEMANDS. STATUS OF SELF-GOVERNING DOMINIONS. Received April 19, o.a pm. London, April 16 'Mr. Horace Plunkett, in a letter, says that years ago an Irish Parliament could have been established with all the powers chanted by trie Act, together with reasonable safeguards for Ulster. The further powers demanded could have been postponed until after the war, b"ut to-day the offer is restricted to self-government and is useless. Ireland must be given the status of a self-governing dominion, within which there will be full scope for provincial rights—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association.