IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 May 1919, Page 5

IRELAND.

MILITARY RULE CONDEMNED. GOVERNMENT ANXIOUS FOR A SOLUTION. London, May 15 (delayed). Mr. Hartshorn (Labor), in the House of Commons, moved condemning military rule in Ireland. He urged the Government to grant self-government and selfdetermination

Lord H. Cavendish Bentinek (Unionist) supported the motion. He said he had completely changed his opinion, and believed that if the Government threw the responsibility on the people of Ireland to manage their affairs and develop their national individuality it would result in contentment and the best-governed community iri the Empire. The Chief Secretary was engaged in a mere scuffle with the Irish people. Mr. Macpherson said the Government had dealt with enormous patience with the Tri'sh-American delegation The Government was anxious to Wa solution. Ireland to-day was more prosperous than anv country in the world Constitutionalism must be revived. The Government could not parley with Sinn Fein, which was endeavoring to disrupt the Empire. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc

SINN FEINERS RESCUE COMRADE. London. May 15. Twenty macked men held up a passenger train at a wayside station in Limerick County, rescued a Sinn Fein prisoner, killed a policeman aiM severely wounded another. No arrests were made.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.