IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 July 1919, Page 5

IRELAND.

IRELAND'S FUTURE.

DISCUSSION IN UNITED STATES SENATE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York, June 25. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that the Senate debated a resolution requesting the Peace Conference to give a hearing- to the representatives of Ireland. Senator Lodge, author of the resolution, said that he did not sec why a hearing should be given to Poland and Itoumania without extending the same privilege to a people who had been struggling for 700 years to establish their rights of self-government and independence. Senator McCormick asked Senator Lodge: "How about Egypt?" Senator Lodge answered; "Egypt is bo better." Senator Thomas said there was a distinction between Poland, Roumania, and Ireland, since the former nations had been reorganised as autonomous nations and were members of the Peace Confer-ence.—Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

Received July 2, 12.5 a.m. New York, June 26. The Times' Washington correspondent reports that Senator Phelan, speaking on the Senate's resolution concerning Ireland, said it is an attempt by the Republicans to embarrass the PresidentThere is little expectation among the Republicans of aiding the Irish cause. It is claimed that the President's policy of self-determination should be applied to Ireland, but the Republicans refuse to understand that the Peace Conference confined itself to applying self-determina->tion only to those nationalities arising out of the Cable Assn.

statement by de valera. Received July 2, 12.5 a.m. , New York, June 20. De Valera, in a statement, pointed out that Ireland was not bound by the treaty. He sent a letter to M. Clemenceau declaring that, since Mr. Lloyd George did not represent the Irish people, they would not consider the treaty as valid.-'-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.