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TRAGEDY RIL..ES
IRISH MEMBERS.
Premier Postpones Taking Up
,.s Home Rule Measure.
SPECIAL INQUIRY PROBABLE


Government Announces Suspension Of
Deputy Police Commissioner Who
Ordered Out the Troops in Dublin
and That His Superior Officer Has
rendered His Resignation.
London, July 2S.-The effect of the
Dublin home rule tragedy has been
to smash Premier Asquith's plan for
taking up the amending bill. The pre-
mier announced that the question has
been Indefinitely postponed.
The Irish members are so exaspe-
rated over the killing of four persons
and the wounding of many others in
the clash between the regular troops
and the Nationalist volunteers that
they are in no frame of mind to grant
any concessions to Ulster. The Labor
tiles and many Liberals support them,
The government announced in the
house of commons that Deputy Police
Commissioner Harrell, who ordered
out the troops, has been suspended
and that his superior commissioner,
Sir John Ross, who expressed de.
sire to share the responsibility, has
resigned his office.
A special inquiry will be held prob
ably by a judicial commission. In
the meantime the demand for the re-
moval of the Scottish borderers from
Dublin has not been granted, largely
because an attempt to march them
out would be the signal for attacks
by the mobs. They will remain pris-
oners in barracks until the anger of
the people has cooled.
Bitter Against Aberdeen.
The Nationalist members of parlia-
ment held a meeting and showed more
animus against the castle than the
government. They consider Viceroy
Aberdeen's official family prejudiced
against the Nationalist.
A heated discussion was started in
the house of commons by John Red
mOnd, the Nationalist leader, who de-
manded an impartial inquiry into the
conduct of the troops and their pun
ishment, if the shooting was not justi-
fed He demanded also that the regi-
ment should be removed from Ireland,
that the proclamation against the i'm
portation of arms into Ireland should
be withdrawn because it constitutes
a serious danger and that the law be
impartially.
He called for the suspension of Sir
John Ross, the police commissioner
Of Dublin, and said:
I'VE had an experience with him in |
the Larkin riots. He is unfit to hold |
his Office He is we'll known political
partisan" a..t.
Mr.. Redmond compared this mon
strous business" with the parades of
armed volunteers in Belfast.
He expressed the hope that the
Irish people will not blame the troops
too much and concluded amid cheers:
People Will Not BE euiIied.
"Four.fifths of the Irish people will
not submit any longer to be bullied
md ( punished for conduct which is
allowed to 60 scot free in Ulster by
another section of their fellow coun-
;rymen."
Augustine Birrell, chief secretary
or Ireland, blamed Deputy Commits
'ioner Harreu sharply for his aston
shing lack Of discretion"
Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the
declared that the govern
nent's policy is responsible for the
The government should have
the law in Ulster from the
'utset or, If it doubted its authority
o do so. it should have gone to the
'eople for authority.
The prime minister defended the
impartiality in attempt
ng to prevent the importation of
arms. He warned the opposition,
Which is hoping to come into power,
hat government of Ireland will prove
n, impossible task until the home rule
i'll becomes law.
Arthur J. Balfour and others cri.i.
Used the government for making
capegoats of police officials.