The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-26
in ANOTHER CRISIS
British Government Again on
Trial in House of Lords.
Irish Army Divisions Caused
Outrages in Belfast, Belief.
(By the Associated Press.)

London. June 26.-Winston Church
i'll, secretary for the colonies. rising
to make his promised statement on
Irish affairs, in the house of commons
this afternoon said the governm ent
desired the freest and fullest debate
and one that could be terminated by
a division.
Mr.. Churchill declared he did not
hesitate to say that all the horrors
that had occurred in Belfast were due
to the organization in that territory of
two divisions of Irish republican army
and the continuous efforts of parti-
sans of the south to break down the
Ulster government and force Ulster
against her will to come under the
rule of Dublin.
Crisis Is Serious.
'"The imperial government" said
Mr.. Churchill. feels that after the
election, which clearly showed what
were the wishes of the Irish people.
we can not continue to tolerate the
many grave lapses of the spirit of the
treaty and the improperly and ir-
Irregularities in its execution which we
have put up with or acquiesced in
during the last six months"
Several of the London evening news
papers before the opening OF today S
Irish debate in the house of commons
expressed the view that the resigna-
ton of Home Secretary Shortt might
be the sequel to the debate, in which
answers to four searching questions
were to be demanded.
The Evening News asserts that the
crisis confronting the government is
one of the most serious of its career.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, June 26.-Asked by Lord
Robert Cecil in the house of commons
this afternoon whether he could state
the governments attitude towards the
admission of Germany to membership
in the League of Nations, Prime Min
isteI Lloyd George replied that Great
proposal for Germany's admission.
He Would Support 1t.
In answer to Lord Roberts ques-
tion, the premier said.
This is not a question which con-
Germs Great Britain alone, it primar-
lily concerns Germany. So far as his
ma iesty's government is concerned, we
would support a proposal to admit
Germany to the league"
London. June ga charge of will
full murder against James Connolly
and John O'Brien was returned by the
coroner's jury today following the in
quest into the assassination of Field
Marshal Wilson. Connolly and
O'Brien shot the field marshal to
death on the doorstep of his home last
Thursday.
(By the Associated PressJ
London. June 26.-After the fu-
neral today of Field Marshal Sir
Henry Wilson, the government expect
ed TO face in parliament the storm
aroused against it by the great sol
dier's assassination. The alleged fall
ure of the government to protect Sir
Henry and other men in public life is
only one of the charges its opponents
were to bring against the administra-
tion, back of this being the anger of
one section of the house toward the
Irish policy.
Previous attempts to call the gov
ernment to order on the latter count
failed to produce the effect its enemies
desired but the pres ent attack is more
menacing in that il is combined with
censure on an issue which has deeply
stirred the emotions of a great many
of the members.
The disorderly conditions in Ireland
and the prevalence of crime and yio-
lence there, which are regarded as
being reflected in the Wilson tragedy,
are sharply scored in some of this
mornings editorials.