Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-10
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"Tbe honorable member" said the
premier. never challenged the Justice
of the war; on the contrary he supported
IT, voted for it and supplies and voted
FOR the declaration Of war"
Mr.. Dillon again interrupted:
II never challenged the justice of the
war: I believed in the justice of the war.
and said SO. never voted for supplies
nor did any ono else in this house Tor
the vote was never taken.
OPPOSITION 1NpErENarBIE.
Continuing, the premier declared. Ut
is indefensible that you should ask young
men of ~ wears and married men of 10
or 40 with families, and even mp 10 80,
in England Scotland and Wales, and
that YOU should compel them ~ fight
! for the freedom and independence OF a
email Catholic nationality IN Europe
while the young men OF 20 10 % IN Ireland
are under no obligation to take up arms:
"The emergency which Mr.. Redmond
| CONTEMPLATED and which ! stu respect
| fully suggest the member from Mayo also
| contemplated. that we should not WIN
| thiq war~ without taking this measure,
! has arisen President Wilson's dramatic
| decision in the last icw days ~ the beet
nrnof and there ls a special emergency
with rcgard to ireland. II IT we're merely
| IfngInnd'g battle the Young men Of Ire
| land might regard that iart WIN indH-
| ference. but II IS not.
4gThcrcforc wc propose to extend the
military service act 10 Ireland under the
| sarne conditions M Great Britain. ~
NAV take sorne weeks before actual
| enrolment begins.
THAT Is declaration Of war against
, Ireland" interrupted William OBrien.
! Nationalist member for Cork, and Michael
| Flnvin. member from Kerry, added
/ md Irighnen all over the world
HOME RULE RAIsEs BREEZE.
without delay 90 replied the pre-
| mrr. who continued:
Meanwhile wc intend m invite Par
/ lament to pass a measure for self-gov-
ernment for Ireland
'.You can keep Il said Alfred Byrne,
| Nationalist FOR Dublin.
let there be no Misrepresentation. Both
questions will not hang together Each
/ mtlat be taken on It's merits said the
You can keep both, replied Mr..
Byrno
We'll said the premier, ''if that il the
view of home rule, Il IS the new view
for ireland
While Great Britain Il sighting for
national rights in Europe with ail her
reserves and strength she i prepared
! to conrcde the same rights n hnr own
sphere of government.
! aIf bv any chance Or mischance this
| colossal battle went against ms ! do not
say the war would be over any more than
| il was when Great Britain fought against
/ military dominance, when Napoleon.
having ovcrthrown he armies n In
rope. had The continent a. his mercy.
NAY -EAL pRUssrsNrs
"a long Ar we have a ship afoat w
+ shall not accept German peace. But
+ If the battle IL won ~ believe it will be-
/ the doom Df pr1issanisn is scaled The
enemy has attacked at the height of hi'
I strength We have been deserted by ons
powerful ally and another and moro pow.
1 erfuI aly is not vet ready 70 put forth
one-tenth Of his might.
..Rnt on the other hand this battle
| must exhaust the German reserves. This
enemy last call must be thrown in
! before this battle Is over and America
ls only now putting IN the first install.
mrnt Of her FIRST call
II We wish 70 avoid war lasting foi
years this battle must be won and x
win il we must be ready 10 throw IN all
/ our resources The men We propose
taking today may well be The means oi
/ winning the decisive victory of the war
/ and with these measures and with the
promise of America we have no fear
! OF the ultimate issue.
STOUT AND STEADY HEARTS.
+ .'We shall pass through many fuc.
fuatiDns of hope and dependency per
hapS. even III this battle. Let Is x
through the viclsstudes of TINS tremendous
struggle with stout and steady hearts
We nave had sad and critical days. Il
those days We had no ground for panic
We have mad days when the outlook was
| 1ighter.
Make no mistake, there Is no cause
/ yet for exaltatIon. except IN the valor OF
/ our troops For a long time there wll
be cause. crave cause. for deep anxiety
and there will always b. % the end caus'
for exertion and for sacrifice ana II tines,
are given with the unstinted devotion witt
which our brave men in France are offer
ing it. There will be cause for conhdene,
in this country.