LAW IN IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1920, Page 5

LAW IN IRELAND.

. WAR REGULATIONS. JO BREAK SINN FEIN CONSPIRACY. By Ttleeraßh.—Press Asm.—CopjtleM. London. March 4. In the House of Commons, on the third reading of the War Emergency Law* Continuance Bill, Captain WedgWood. Benn moved its rejection. He raid Men imprisoned without tr'.al and contjtoy to Magna Charta were frequent aids in welding all classes of public opinion against the present adminwtration and British rule.

Mr. I. Macphcrson, Chief Secretary for Ireland, regretted that the speech waa calculated to make administration more difficult and to endanger the lives for officiate. No law-abiding citizen in Ireland need fear the continuance of the regulations. They must remember that the Sinn Feiners endeavored to stab the Empire in the back in its darkest hour. The Sinn Feiners were now endeavoring to collect arms. Their conspiracy of murder must be brokenThert were 200.0C0 adherents of- Sinn Fein in Ireland, all ready to murder loval subjects. 'Mr. Thomas said that, despite coercion, the state of Ireland to-day was worse than ever, proving the failure of the present rule. , Mf. Redmond said that, if it was not tragic, it would be humorous to see mrmbcrs quarrelling over the corpse of Ireland on the House of Commons flfssecting table. Ireland once again was the shuttlecock of British party politics. The Irish people was driven to desperation. The rejection of the Bill was defeated by 291 votes to 52.