The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-04-13
BRITISH DRAFT
BILL SPEEDED
Government Sets Aside Two
Nights for Its Immediate
Discussion.
BLAMES NATIONALISTS
Few in Ireland Approve
Blending Of Conscription
With Home Rule.
BLAMES NATIONALISTS
special cable DespdtcI 10 THs SrN.

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LONDON, April IL. - The Governmen.
has shown its intention Of pushing the
man power bill through to vote b. iu-
! Producing a resolution setting aside Fri
day and Monday nights for its consider
alton in committee of the whole
Chancellor Bonar Law IN moving The
resolution said that this was the FIRST
time that action OF this nature had been
found necessary since the outbreak OF
the war. 1t was due to the more acute
form OF Parliamentary controversy than
hitherto had been manifested
He justified the Governments action
by declaring the Nat,onalists had DEM
onstrated their intention to use every
form Of parliamentary obstruction and
! the Government, was convinced that
without a drastic resolution il would be
impossible to get the bill through in
time.
Belfast Journals Suspended.
An. interesting episode developed In
the House OF Commons last night tn
connection with the report Of the Irish
convention, which was made public to-
day. In The discussion John Dillon,
leader OF the Irish party. brought out
that Belfast newspapers had been sus.
pended for publishing the convention re-
ports in defiance OF the Government 8
orders
Bonar Law asserted he did not know
OF the existence Of such an order. where
upon Sir Edward Carson asked /: such
an order had not been issued why were
the Belfast papers suspended for pub
fishing summaries OF the report. while
the London Daily Chronicle was per-
naitted to do SO.
Hardly Il voice is heard from Ireland
in approval Of the intention to apply
conscription blended with proposal 10
establish a home RUE Parliament. While
there Is a feeling OF apprehension over
the conscription proposals in Ulster no
one favors the Governments programme.
Conscription is approved and welcomed.
but 1t il made perfectly clear that
Ulstermen are determined that they will
not submit to a Dublin Parliament
Sentiment in Belfast is that the Gov
ernment has selected the best way for
creating fresh unres. In Ulster by link.
ing home rule and conscription. The
Belfast Evening Telegraph insists the
two measures must be considered sep
arately on their merits and dccla res
that II the Lloyd George administration.
having announced its determination to
enforce conscr.otiOn. fails from any
cause to do so. (, will earn the contempt
OF all honest men.
Ireland Taken By Surprise.
Its headlines over Its report of the
Introduction of the man power OIL fol-
low:
Sugar Coated Conscrlption - Home
Rule Saccharine for the Irish Pill
Nat!onalisss Find it Nasty-Are Furious
In Consequence"
Dispatches from Dublin state that the
country was wholly unprepared for tho
announcement and that up to the last
'noment II was not believed that COM
p,lsory service would he extended 10
Ireland. Resentment is caused by the
mixture in the Governments bill OF Irish
proposals and English amendments.
which will prevent, so the Nationalis,s
ceclare special Consideration being
given TO Irish circumstances.
Even the tnion!st newspapers object
TO the sudden application of the whole
Il, astic code of conacrip,lon in coun-
try where the preliminary steps never
lave been taken, A protest from the
Irish Bishops. signed by Cardinal I.ogue
and two other preletes, all three OF
whom have been identified from the be-
and have been Ou.spoken IN their con-
demnation OF the plans and principles
tf Germany, was deliberately expressed
In language chosen so rs not to fan tho
flames but at the same time to express
the grave apprehension felt. It read:
ut would he a fatal mistake, surpsss-
ing the worst blunders of the las, four
years. to furnish a telling plea now for
desperate courses by any attempt to en-
force conscriptiOn.
I'VE feel bound TO warn the Govern
ment against n policy so disastrous to
the public interest and to all order"
Sim Feiners Alone Calm.
I'nionists of the commercial classes
ardently desire a settlement OF the irish
question and also express the view that
the application OF conscription to Ireland
IL II matter to be dealt with by an Irish
Parliament.
The Sim FeineIs appear 10 be the
only faction Of the population which Is
not viewing the situation with alarm.
There have been a number of public
meetings both In the south and north.
at which fiery speeches were made In
opposition to conscription and resolu-
tions passed protecting against the ap-
plcation OF the innn power bill to Ire
land.
To return to Ulster: One correspon-
dent teiegraphs that the whole situat'
In Belfast II deplorable and confirms the
previously expressed view that the de-