THE IRISH PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 141, 10 March 1920, Page 7

THE IRISH PROBLEM

DEBATE ON WAR EMERGENCY LAWS THE SINN FEIN.MENACE (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, March 4. On the third reading of the War 'Emercencv Laws Continuance Bill, in the Hcuso of Commons, Captain Wcdgewood Bonn moved its rejection. He said men had been imprisoned without trial, con.ti'arv to the Magna Charta. The freorient raids were welding all classes of Irish opinion against the present administration and against British rule. Mr. J. I. Macpherson, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said ho regretted the speech. It, was calculated to make administration more diihcult, and endanger the lives of i.fiicials :\o law-abiding citizen in Ireland need fear the continuance of the legislations, 'fliev must remember that thiv S.nn I'eiucrs haa endeavoured to stab the Eruwre in the back in its darkest hour. The Sinn Feiners were now endeavouring lo ccllect • arms. Their conspiracy of lturder must be broken. There were over 200,000 adherents of Sinn Fein in Irciand, all ready to murder h»nl siib.ec's Mr. J. H. 1 nomas 6aid that in spite of coercion, tin' slate of Ireland to-day was worse than eTer, and proved the failure of tho present rule. Captain \V. A. Redmond said that if it was not tragic \ f . would be humorous tx> ceo I lie memliei'i; squabbling over the oirn.se of Ireland on tlje dissecting table of the House of C< mmons. Ireland once again was the shuttlecock of British Dirty politics. Tho Irish peoplo were driven to desperation. The motion for rejection was defeated bv 291 votes to 52,-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE PAIL EIRANN ACKNOWLEDGED BY DUBLIN CORPORATION. (Rec. March 9, 8.5 p.m.) London, March i. The Waterford Corporation, one member dissenting, passed a resolution acknowledging the Dail Eirann as tho duly authorise'd Irish Government, and promising to give effect to all its decrees. Conies of the resolution were sent to the republican minister for Irish affairs, who was asked to transmit them to the Government of Europe and America.— United Service. MAGISTRATE SHOT DEAD A TRAIN HELD UP. London, March 5. Captain Shaw Taylor, a Magistrate in Athenry, County Galway, has been shot dead, after many previous attempts to assassinate him. The military have carried ont further extensive raids. A train was daringly held up at Kincasslagh. County Donegal. Armed and. masked men tied up the stationmaster and porters, and smashed the telegraph instruments. When the train steamed in thev boarded tho engine and searched tho passengers' luggage, apparently looking for arms.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.