Possible Question for Conference London, June 2
At question-time in the Housy of Commons to-day, Mr. T. P. O'Connor asked whether the Government would include the subject of Irish Home Rule in the agenda of the Imperial Premiers' Conference, in view of the prejudicial influence of the Irish situation on the internal conditions of the Domin ions, in view of the desires of these Dominions for the bestowal of self-government on Ireland, as expressed in votes of their legislatures, and in view of the. suggestion in the speech of General Smuts that the Government might give the Dominions an opportunity of discussing this question.
The Parliamentary Under-Seeretary for the Colonies (Major Wood) replied that the agenda lay solely at the discretion of the Conference itself, and while the Irish question was technically one of domestic politics in the United Kingdom, the Government would raise no objection if the Conference desired to include the question in its discussions.—Reuter.
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