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IRISH FREE STATE.
RETURN OF MR. JINKS.
, Saviour of the Government.
-«-N!DON', Aug. 17.— Mr. Jolm Jinks,
o° Silgo, the member of the National
?League- wbo was massing from yester
ffcr-r'-si division on. th-a no-confidence
?motion, received more publicity than any
other mrm or any other happening in rhe
British Ieles, bo-day. He was the sub
ject of editorials, street-corner com
ment, Government discussions, laughter,
applause and abuse. Hordes of report
ers were on, Ms trail all day long, and
he wa-3 variously reported 'dramatically
kidnapped,' 'mysteriously vanished,'
and ''spirited away.' One newspaper
went the length of asserting that he wus
preoccupied at a IhibKn hotel yhere
tie best brands of Irish whisky ore
stocked.
The Mystery Solved.
''Speculation was at its hixtsht when. Mr.
Jinks was observed walking uncoir
eerc-edly torrard the 'Dail Kireann. When
he had exrrioated himself from a mob of
excited dnquirers he put at rest all
doubts of Ms part as the saviour of
Ireland's Oorernment. There wa's. no
blarney about Mr. Jinks. Ha simply
said, 'I left the Bail last nigkt -without
voting in order ?o -save the Govem
mei-it.'
Thus ended the great Irish mystery,
wfalchi Wjs rendered more mysterious
owing to the ~-tateimc-nt of his leader
(Captain. Redmond J, 'It is a mystery to
me wiy Mr. Jinbi was absent, and where
he is. He vored an hour previously in
favour of opposing tiie ? Government.
On isuch strang-e ?c'-rarren-ces does: the
fate of Ireland depend.'
\Y2ien- caught. Mr. J-infc? wag talkative.
'My'constitucsits do not favour the pro
posed -coal-iti-on. Tii^y urg-ed me to sup
port rhe Government. My parry pressed
me to vote against the Government. I
listened to the debate, decided that
the present Government is the best' for
Ireland, at present, -and -so walked out
That is all.'
Mr. Jin-k-s is 'a burly man of fifty
y,pars. genial, floird of soexty. merry
company aaid ?popular in political and
M-n -political circles. 'He is a former
'Mayor of SM-go, w-bere he was cjf hotel
keepe-r and his ihousa was a' fa-vourite
resort* for those vracring to Jiear a -good
srory. It is certain to be more crowded
than, ever at the week-end when Mr.
Jinks returns to tell how .he came to
save the iCosgrave Government.
' Expelled from Party.
The final pronouncement cm- tlie af
fair is contained in a mes-sage from
Dublin, statin? that the !Xati-ona-l League
Party has decided to expel Sir. Jinks.
The 'Morn'ing Post' in an editorial re
marks: '*!Mr. Jinks should constitute
himself a separate parry. While he- -has
?some ?&£ the qualities o: a leader, it is
quite evident that he is lumlikeiy to be
a. srood follower.'
The 'Daily Telegraph' says: — 'The
sooner Mr. Cossrave appeals to the
country, the better, if possible. im
mediately. A big majority would be
certain!, -As it is the appeal is likely
to be made in December.'
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