Republican farmer., 1918-04-19
Dillon Charges Machine Guns Also Are on
 Way to Island.
DENOUNCES MEANS
 USED BY ENGLAND
Irish Convention Laid Foundation For the
 Home Rule Plans.

London, April 12-John Dll- lon, Nationalist leader, in the House of Commons yesterday said he understood that motor cars, machine guns and tanks already had been shipped and were sailing away from the battle front toward Ireland. MT. Dillon pleaded strongly against what he termed the govern ment's "guillotine methods"
 The man power bill, entered com rnittee and an amendment substitut- ing AS years for 51 as the age limit was defeated by a vote of 262 to 152.
 Promise of a home rule bill by the government has not had the slightest effect in easing the way to conscription in Ireland, according to dispatches from Dublin. The Umon- ists will not sit quiet and allow the bill to be rushed through and the Nationalists are more concerned in the defeat of conscription than in ob- taining home rule. In consequences the situation as regards home rule at present is that nobody wants it.
 The Irish convention laid the foun- dation for an agreement on the Irish question which is unprecedented in history, Sir Horace Plunkett, chair man of the convention, says in a let ter accompanying the report of that body.
 "We had every reason to believe the government contemplated imme- diate legislation on the results of our labor" says Sir Horace. "The work of an Irish settlement, 1t is now felt, admits of no further postponement. In the dominions and the United States as well as the Allied countries the unsettled Irish question is a dis turbing factor both as regards war effort and peace aims"
 Sir Horace writes he was instructed to draft a report which would be a narrative of the convention's proceed ings, with a statement for the gov ernment's information of the conclu- sions adopted unanimously or by a majority. This draft of the report was adopted by a majority.
 Sir Horace adds that the public has been provided with no majority report in the sense of a seasoned statement in favor of conclusions on which the majority agreed, but has been left to gather from the narrative of the pro- ceedings what the contents of such report would have been. The issue of minority reports by the Ulster Union- ists and a minority of Nationalists has minin1ized the agreement reached and emphasized the disagreement.
 The convention did not find it pos sib1e to overcome the objections of the Ulster Unionists, says Sir Horace. A majority of the Nationalists, all the southern Unionists and five of the seven labor representatives agreed on a scheme of Irish self-government which is given in the conclusions reached by the majority which, he says, should be enacted into law.
 The principle of representation foI Ireland in the imperial parliament was insisted on by the southern Union ists, says Sir Horace, and the Nation alists conceded it. The Irish mem bers of the parliament in London un der this plan would be elected by thu Irish parliament.
 It was agreed that Ireland should contribute to the cost of the imperia service The Irish parliament, it wa declared, should consist of two houses the Nationalists guaranteeing 40 pc cent. of the lower house would b. composed of Unionists.
 A majority of the convention adopt ed a series of resolutions forming !; complete plan of self government un der which the Irish parliament woult have full powers over all internal leg islation. Pending a decision concern ing the custom question. the imposi ton of duties and excise would re rnaln with the imperial parliament but the entire proceeds of these taxe would be paid into the Irish ex ohequer.