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Show CHURCH AGAINST DRAFT Throws in Lot With the Sinn Feiners SERIOUS SITUATION , Nine-tenths of Catholics j i in Ireland Are J Pledged, LONDON. April 20 The grave and (menacing situation created by the de-1 de-1 '-rnnnation of Nationalist Ireland jUnit. Id as Idora before to resist conscription con-scription has aroused deen interest throughout Great Britain. Particular emphasis is ;aid on the decision of the Roman Cathol; hierarchy to throw in its lot with the Sinn Feiners who h;n openly proclaimed German) a.s 'ueu ally. The bishops ha-ee -HOT ' rasL-. seiicd v !!- , urging passive resistance, resist-ance, but this. Dublin correspondents point out. micht easily be turned into active resistance by a few hot-heads when the time comes to conscrii the young men of the country. The pledge which was to be administered admin-istered Sunday to what one authority estimates at nine-tenths of the entire Catholic population of the country binds them "to resist conscription by the most effective means at their disposal." dis-posal." This gives wide latitude and pleases the advocates of both passive and acthe resistance. The delicacy of the situation is recognized by the Irish Times, hitherto hither-to in favor of conscription, which advises ad-vises the government and the Irish leaders to "escape from the truly miserable mis-erable position" by organizing a great voluntary recruiting campaign. This, the newspaper says, would make conscription con-scription unnecessary. The Daily News advises the gov-ernment gov-ernment to "drop altogether the attempt at-tempt to pursue this Irish adventure." The Chronicle believes conscription will not be attempted until home rule Is an accomplished fact and that then the Irish parliament will be left to I raise men for the army in what pro-I pro-I portions and by what means it pleases. oo |