IRISH TREATY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17472, 5 June 1922, Page 7

IRISH TREATY.

HITCH OVER CONSTITUTION. NEGOTIATIONS TO CONTINUE. (By Ctble —PrtM Auociitioo —CopyTijriiV\ iAu«tr*tiiLC and .V 2. Cable Ausciktioa.) LONDON, June 2. The Cabinet has received the Provisional Government's reply to six definite questions, and regards the answers as sufficiently satisfactory to allow the negotiations to continue. MB GREETITH'S MOVEMENTS. (Received June -Ith, 5.5 p.m.) LONIXJN. June 2. Mr A. Griffith went to Dublin aft&r submitting to the Cabinet the answ<£ to Iho six questions. He returns nest week to resume the negotiations.

CONDITIONS IN BELFAST. GARBISON STRENGTHENED. (Received June 4th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 2. "Significant British military preparations aro proceeding in Belfast which now has the biggest garrison in its history. Infantry are arriving daily, also field artillery, siege guns and airmen. Troops haive replaced the specials on tho Fermanagh border, whore two huge armies are face to face. Police found an arsenal concealed in a snipers attic in Belfast containing rifles, revolvers, grenades and thousands of rounds of ammunition. The Commandant of Londonderry has prohibited the export of motor spirit and oi! into Donegal by road, rail or sea. This is expected to paralyse the Republican huge fleet of commandeered motor car. Belfast had a quiet> day to-day, there only being two attempts at murder and one death. Magistrates sentenced a number of men found with revolvers to' eighteen months hard labour. Several men called at the home of a Belfast doctor, and asked if he were in. The servant, Susan MnCormack replied "No " The men pourod petrol over the girl and set fire to her. She was sent to hopital in a most serious condition. A crowd attempted to rescue seven m«n arrested in Belfast for looting and opened fire on the police who replied, killing one man.

THE COMING ELECTIONS. ONLY POtJB SEATS UNCONTESTED. (Receive*! June. 4th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 2. A list of coalition candidates resulting from the CoUins-de Valera agreement has been published, it includes only four non-members of the present Dail Eireann. There are 124 candidates for the 128 seats, the four Dublin University seats beitg uncontested by the Coalition. The famous Commandant Michael Breen was nominated by both sides, making the nominal total 125, of whom 66 are pro-Treaty and 59 anti-Treaty. Independent candidates are likely to produce contests in a score of constituencies, the Fanners' Union and Labour each halving about twenty candidates ready. -