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Show I SINN FEIW WIN I VOTES IN ULSTER I Commons Talks on Home I Rule; Irish Resolution in I U. S. Congress Killed BELFAST. Ireland, Juno 5. As a J result Qf county and district council elections, the Sinn Fcin-Nailonal'.st ;J?r'''1lllance lias secured control in County flp Tyrone for the first time. It has also K' maintained its hold on Court ty Fcr- Wk managh'. by a majority of 559. J!) Keenest Interest was takon in these elections because both counties are In- &hw eluded within the Ulster area outlined ntfljl' l,aj-'a,nent One woman 13 said w!;5MJ 10 have voled seven timca. Jn north- JgKgm , ern Ireland the ascendancy gained by 91 the Sinn Feinors over the followers Kifi&m' of Redmond featured the elections. fi Home, Rule Dlscusioi. f LONDON. June v 4. The, greater part of last evening was devoted by the commons to the discussion of tne status of the Irish police hinder the home rule bill. The government finally accepted an amendment providing that the transfer trans-fer of the constabulary should not uu earlier than three years from the-bill's the-bill's coming into operation, and "Walter "Wal-ter Hume Long, as. spokesman for the government, promised favorable consideration con-sideration for Sir Edward Carson's suggestion that, Instead of being trans-j trans-j ferrod to the Irish parliaments, the constabulary should bo disbanded and compensated and the two parliaments . allowed their own police forces when xffx by identical act, they called for the ' change. Mr. Long declared that if an at-1 at-1 tempt were made to use the bill to es tablish an Irish republic the bill would be susponded and the imperial parliament parli-ament would tako the steps necessary neces-sary to restore law and order. A heated dlscusio.n then arose over control of the police during the transition tran-sition period The bill proposes tlct control be invested in a committee of five. The government proposal was- assailed as-sailed by a stream of hostile ivl'i-cism. ivl'i-cism. Lord Hugh Cecil denounced the government proposal as tno worst that wits of man could cevise. Tin-ally, Tin-ally, the storm was allayed by Mr. Long consenting favorably to consider consid-er the suggestion thaY during transition, transi-tion, control of the police should be vested in a single minister instead of a-commlttce. In tl(p subsequent discussion of clause X. Premier Lloyd Georgo said the government would certainly introduce in-troduce the promised Irish land purchase pur-chase bill before the homo rule bill left the house of commons. Irish Resolution in Congress. WASHINGTON. June 4. Irish supporters sup-porters In the house wore confronted with l refusal of Speaker Gillctt to I grant Iho floor to any member lor j the purpose of calling up the rcs-lr lion expressing sympathy with Ire-! ! land because of lack of time. The J resolution had been favorably report-1 report-1 ed liytlvc' foreign affairs committee 'and was to be handled on the floor by Representative Mason, Republican, I i,f Tllinrtl? Mr. Mason" in a letter to Chairman Porter of the toreign affairs commit-' lee, returning the resolution, cald the speaker had informed him that ho "or nobody else would be recognized" to bring up the resolution. One of the reasons assigned by the speaker ' for his action, Mr, Mason said, was that he already had agreed to grant the floor for more business than could be transacted in tho few remaining re-maining hours of the session. The house is .speeding up business under suspension of the rules and as a result the speaker is in absolute control of the situation. Valcrn Comes West. NEW YORK, June 4. Eanionn de Valera, "president of tho Irish republic," re-public," has given up Ills apartments In tho Waldorf-Astoria hotel and departed de-parted for tho west. For tho first time since he made his headquarters at the hotel a year ago no arrangements arrange-ments have been made for his return. Do Valera plans to be In Chicago on the eve of the Republican national nation-al convention. Some of his friends here reported that after leaving Chi cago ne planned to go to San Francisco, Fran-cisco, meet Archbishop Mannix, of Australia, there, and proceed with him to Rome, but hJs advisers refuse to discuss the report, j Australia's Support. ENN1SCURTJIY. Wexford, Ireland, j June 4. Archbishop Kelly of Sydney, Syd-ney, N. S. W.. at a public welcome given in his honor, advocated self-determination self-determination for the people of Ireland. Ire-land. The archbishop said that so long as the people in Ireland wei-e united on a practical policy Australia would be at their back. Munitions 13y HU. LONDON, June I. Premier David Lloyd George yesterday receives a deputation of the national union of railway men with reference to the movement of munitions to Ireland, says the London Times today, a report re-port of the proceedings of the conference con-ference is promised for today. The Times asserts that after the rallwaymen put their case before the premier, Mr. Lloyd George made a forcible statement, declaring that the government would do all In Us power to maintain law and order and that the railway men seemed to be somewhat some-what surprised -by the uncompromis-. Ing nature of the premier's reply. Cnll On English Labor. DUBLIN. Juno 3 The strike committee com-mittee Jn Dublin today issued a manifesto mani-festo to the workers of Great Britain, Brit-ain, asking them to represent tho Irish position by refusing to handle munitions destined for Ireland. The manifesto referred to the attitude o: the labor leaders in England against the handling of munitions for Poland and declared that the action of Irish labor in tho matter was Justifiable. nn |