CASE OF M'SWINEY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 296, 8 September 1920, Page 7

CASE OF M'SWINEY

GOVERNMENT STANDS FIRM

AS AVOWED REBEL LIABLE TO BE SHOT HUNGER-STRIKE ENCOURAGED BY APPEALS (By Telegraph-Prcus Association-Copyright London. September 5. Mv. Bonar Law, replying to the Labour Party's appeal for release of M'Swiney, says ho was arrested while actively conducting tho affairs of a rebel organise tion under cover of the Mayoral Court. Had ho been taken at his word and dealt with -as an avowed rebol, ho would, according to the universal practice in civilised nation?, and in view of tho circumstances, have been liablo to be immediately shot. After referring to tho details of the trial, the efforts to secure his releaso, and tho murders and outrages in Ireland during his imprisonment, Mr. Bonar Law eaid: "Tho Government fully realises how large a part sentiment plays in all human affairs. Greatly as the Government sympathises with tlioeo who desiro to see peace and order restored In Ireland, they cannot tako a course which as tho Prime Minister had said, would inevitably lead to a complete breakdown of the whole machinery of law and government. The policy of the Government has bean made clear from tho outset; and if the Lord Mayor dies in prison the responsibility will rest in some degree upon those who, by their repeated appeals, have .encouraged the belief that the Government would prove insincere in their determination, and tho hope that, notwithstanding all tho declarations to. the contrary, his misguided action would lead eventually to his release in tho end." Mr. Bonar Law added that the condition of M'Swiney is unchanged.— Reuter.

PREMIER'S TERMS FOR RELEASE GUARANTEES FOR CESSATION • OF MURDERS (Rec. September 7, 8.45 p.m.) London, September 7.. Mr. Lloyd George states that if appeals for the release of M'Swincy aro accompanied "by guarantees that murders will cease, M Swinsy and the other hungerstrikers will be released, but unconditional release would have a disastrous result on the moral of the Irish, police. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INDIGNATION OF TRADES CONGRESS. London, September G. The Trade Union Congress at Portsmouth, attended by nearly a thousand delegates, passed by acclamation a resolution viewing with horror and indignation the Government's decision regarding the H'Swiney case. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FURTHER OUTRAGES A MYSTERIOUS CRIME. (Rec. September 7, 8.5 p.m.} Dublin, September 7. Armed men at Strokestoivn, Roscommon, visited n house and • took a man from his bed into the road in hie nightgown. They accused the man of being a spy, and ordered him to make his choice between death or leaving tho district. The man chose to leave, and went away under supervision of the intimidators. '■ Another mysterious crime has been discovered owing to the washing ashore near Cloyne, Cork, of a body lashed to the axletree of a cart by means of strong wire around the arms and legs. It is believed that the man was a spy whom the Sinn lfeiners caught and tied to a fartwheel and then drove the cart over a cliff. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

GOVERNMENT GRANTS WITHHELD DUBLIN CORPORATION HAS TO SEDUCE WAGES. (Eec. September l 7, 8.5 p.m.) Dublin, September 7. The Dublin Corporation has reduced the wages and salares of its emuloyees by 2,5 per cent., owing to the Government withholding grants to the extent of .£2oo,ooo.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ SINN FEIN REPRESENTATIVE REASON FOR EXPULSION. FROM FRANCE. London, September 6. France asked Mr. Gavan Duffy (tho Sinn Fein representative) to leave because he had communicated to tho newspapers a latter he had written to M. Millerand urging' him to intercede with Mr. Lloyd George in favour of M'Swiney, and also because of his refusal to discontinue his anti-British policy.—Aua.. N.Z. Cable Assn. IRISH VOTE TO INFLUENCE UNITED STATES ELECTIONS Boston, September 0. The Loyal Coalition of Irishmen has telegraphed to the Congressional Committee in Chicago to investigate a report that the Irish Republican Parliament voted 1,500,000 dollars to bo used to influence tho American Presidential elections and to obtain recognition of Ireland by . the United States—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.