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Show IRISH PROBLEM IS NOTSETTLED John Redmond Declares Ireland Ire-land Is Now Being Governed Govern-ed by the, Unionists. . London, July 31, 9:36 p. m. The dc-bato dc-bato in the house of commons today on John Dillon's motion urging the government to disclose its plan for tho government of Ireland during the war seems to havo left the prospect of an amicable settlement of the Irish problem as distant as before. Premier Asquith made a conciliatory speech, but he had little to announce tending to appease Nationalists' susceptibility, sus-ceptibility, for, although he expressed the conviction that a permanent settlement settle-ment would be reached sooner than many imagined, John Redmond, the Nationalist leader, made it clear that his party was dissatisfied and would henceforth consider itself absolved from association with the coalition government and free to criticise and oppose it independently m any circum. stances. In fact, it was a revival of castle government, he declared. Mr. Redmond, in tho course of his speech, disagreed with much of tho agreement between Sir Edward Car-son Car-son and himself. He said he did not think it worth Sir Edward Carson's while to seek to vary the terms of tho agreement. Redmond Adds Objections. Mr. Redmond added that the position posi-tion of the Nationalist party was that in the midst of a great war It was im. possible seriously to consider a per. manent settlement of these questions. They had agreed to every word of the written contract, which was accepted by their followers as a temporary measure. He had objected to the formation for-mation of a coalition government at first, but what they were now getting was a pure unionist government in Ireland. He did not care how able or broad-minded such a government might be, he objected to it altogether. It would cause the most profound dis. satisfaction in Ireland, instead of al. laying the present unrest, and would tend in the opposite direction. The government contended that the proclamation of martial law assured the unhappy circumstances of tho con. troversy. Mr. Redmond had not been able for a moment to forget the war He repeated that the very highest in. terests of Ireland consisted in that country doing her duty and she was doing it now. The leading features ot premier as-quith's as-quith's speech were the announce, ment of the new secretary for Ireland, his sidetracking of tho so-called Plun. kett scheme for an advisory council, which had been strongly supportedd outside of the house, but which the premier declared was impracticable, and the announcement that there would be no reduction of the military forces in Ireland. He also Indicated that all the Unionist members of the cabinet were in practical accord with Lord Lansdowne. This was further confirmed by Andrew Bonar Law, secretary sec-retary for the colonies, who admitted that Lord Lansdowne and himself had arrived at the same point by different paths. |