IRISH PROBLEM.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16856, 9 June 1920, Page 7

IRISH PROBLEM.

M * ; ' | ATTACK ON POLICE. • CB - Cabie Presa Asssciation.—Copyright.) I 1 (Australian anu *- z - Cable Association.) j j LONDON, June 7. j 1 i A partv of men attacked four police-1 , : men of Cullyhanna, Armagh. Sergeant I Holland was dangerously wounded, be-j r ing hit in live phiccs. One constable 1 wi,s wounded, and another is missing. > The police returned the fire, killing - a civilian. 5 SINN FEIN "PRESIDENT." (Received June Bth,_B. ; >5 p.in.) LONHUN, June v. ! Cmn Fein circles in London informed

Sinn rem >" - the Australian Press Association thatj it was unlikelv that Be \ alera. would; attempt to vh.it Australia, as rumoured. , Jit v. as more likely that De \ alera! I would consult Arc hbishop Mannix at i "jSan Fra.njisco. Probably De Valera " ! would accompany ArcHbis.iop Mannix to I j Rome. ["Archbishop Mannix. of Melbourne, ■ • 1 left Sydney recently, on a visit to Ire- j i land and Rome.] I AN AMERICAN APOLOGY. j i AVASHINGTON, Juno 7. ! 3£r Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State, has verbally apologised to Sir 1 Auckland Goddcs, British Ambassador, i lor the burning of tho Bntisn flag by i! Irish women sympathisers with tho. ! i Sinn Feiners. ' 31 When the circumstances have t' fully investigated, a formal apology will l< be "tendered. [A recent message from AY ashing ton stated: The State, Department has ordered an enquiry into tho burning of ' : a British flag in "Washington by a mini--1 ber of women friends of the Irish tree- ' dom movement. No steps were taken by the British Embassy even to make a* protest.] | IRISH-AMERICAN ELECTIONEERING.

I (Received Juno Stli, 11.45 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 8. The Chicago correspondent of the "New York Times" says De Valcra and Walsh have finished a tentative draft of the plank they will ask the Committee on Resolutions to incorporate in the Republican platform. The understanding among the leaders is that in the event of the committee refusing to adont the draft they will ask that a plank expressirg sympathy with the Irish people be incorporated.