Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-01
IRISH CONSCR|PT|0N J
AGAIN POSTPONED
Order in Council at London Bel
Iieved to Foreshadow New
Home Rule Bill.
ACTION BY CATHOLIC UNIOJ

BY CATHOLIC UMI0
By ne Associated Press.
LONDON. May IAN order in counci
has been issued further postponine the
operation Of the national service act
or CONSUMPTION. as respects ireland. b
yond May I. to which It had been DOS
poned previously. Some Of tho mornid
say the postponsment Is due
to the governments wish to Introduce
a home rule bill ana to see what meas
ure Of success It gets before proceed
ing to enforce conscription In Irelandi
which. 1t 10 said in some quarters, ID
not likely to be attempted in the mex
few weeks
Opinion in the Hobbies Of parliament
Is that home rule bill will DO pref
sented in tho house OF commons next
week, but the difficulties OF drafting
1t have not been overcome entirely. u
The Catholic Union Of Great BritaIual
an influential organization. whose mem,
bership includes many titled persons and
other prominent Catholics. has sent ID
Cardinal Gasparri, the papal secretary
of state. for submission to Pope Bene}
dict. a series of resolutions passed by II
regretting the action Of the Catholic
hierarchy in Ireland in opposing Irisf
conscription thereby apparently sup
The resolutions express the opinion
that the Irish ought to share in thu
defense Of the empire ana OF the lib
critics Of mankind from the grave peril
conflict forced on the world "by
cruel and inscriptions enemy"
There are serious misgivings, ie
added. ION tho interference Of eol
clesiastical authority in purely tenn
poral and political questions"
League Elects John Dillon chairmas
DUBLIN. April so.-The national al
rectorate Of the United Irish Leagu
today elected John Dillon chairman
succeed the late John Redmond. A res
eiuti0n was u. una min adopted pro
scription to Ireland, declaring thai
such an attempt under present cirS
cumstances would be certain to end In
failure and disaster and calling on th@
members Of the league throughout tho.
country to strengthen and extend it's
organization, with view to cooperate
Ing eectually with the Mansion House
conference in resisting the application
Of CONSUMPTION to Ireland"
Relief Felt in Washington.
Though fully anticipated. the an
from London Of the pos
ponement OF the application of the COD
scription act to Ireland was receive
with great relief by officials her
Grave concern has been felt over II
situation. and there have been Indie
ttons that the Washington administf
ton has let Premier Lloyd Geor
know that in its Judgment the appl
cation Of the Irish CONSUMPTION al
should follow and not precede the Pal
sage OF the home rule act.
Interference in the internal affairs q
another state under ordinary condition.
might be bitterly resented. but the sit]
uation Is somewhat different now be,
cause Of the extraordinary intimate rel
States and Great Britain as they stan
associated in war against the oentrS
powers.
Irish Sentiment in q. q.
The fact that the British premier sal
there were now more Irish and Irish
Americans in the United States thu
there are Irish in Ireland. and that tn
attitude Of ireland might reasonably D
expected to be Influenced by the senti
ment Of the Irish element in America
Is understood, was referred to by TIL
administration in making its suggestiof
to London.
With the home rule bill once enacted
giving Ireland a measure of independence
fairly comparable with that enjoyed BY
Canada and Australia, officials here ara
convinced the Irish in America not only
will urge their kinsmen in Ireland II
submit to CONSUMPTION as they t
selves have done in America. but, If Nh
suggestion Is not accepted, will perma-
nently withdraw the large measure Of
assistance which for generations past
Lloyd George Speaks Frankly.
LONDON, May members of IL
premier in the house of commons MOI
day in regard to Irish CONSUMPTION ad
init, says he Daily Telegraph. tha
and listened patiently to the Statement
prepared by Arthur Henderson upoI
representations made by a deputatioi
of Irish trades unfonists and II
NJ. P. for Derby. who had been in +
land on business of the Railway Me
Association.
Premier Lloyd George promised tn
the cabinet would consider fully IN
representations of the laborites. but b
held out no hope. so far as he wa
personally. for any chang
in the policy of the government. In
speech the premier insisted that equa
rights of citizenship involved equality
of duty and responsibility. and THAI
Ireland cannot take all the advantagesN
accruing to it's association with Great
Britain while refusing to bear a share
in the burdens and sacrifices of the
United Kingdom. Of which it is a part.
Tho Daily Telegraph recalls that
Ireland did not refuse the gift of old
age pensions from an English parlia-
ment nor the advance of money for
the purchase of land and the buildina1
of laborers' cottages.
Many laborites who oppose conscripS
ton in ireland do so not from princi
pie, but because they believe it is MOI
wise in existing circumstances.
Red Cross Sends Aid to France.