24 AUGUST 1918, Page 2

A Morning Post correspondent, in Wednesday's issue, described an Irish

recruiting meeting at which a General stated that the Irish divisions were now only Irish in name. Southern Irish battalions, which fought at Paasohendaele and were praised for their bravery, were, it seems, composed of Englishmen and Scots- men. We have long suspected as much, Ireland took the credit; Great Britain found the ineci. The politicians who pretended that

the so-called Irish battalions of last year were really Irish, in order to attract a few casual recruits, are now pretending that young Irishmen are volunteering. We shall believe in these Irish volun- teers when we see them. Meanwhile the Prime Minister's pledge to enforce Conscription in Ireland still stands.