THE IRISH TERROR

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 60, 4 December 1920, Page 9

THE IRISH TERROR

CHRISTMAS TRUCE DISCUSSED

NATIONALIST'S SURVEY OF

POSITION

"IRELAND MUST MAKE TERMS"

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London. December 2. In supporting the proposal' of Mr. 1!. Sweetman, the'Sinn'Fein M.P. for Wexford. for the holding of a Christmas conforence for Irish peace, the "Star" publishes a survey of the position, by a wellinformed Connaught Nationalist. The writer says:—"The Government hns now stopped the activities of the Irish liepublican Government and Army. The Republicans see that nothing can be gained by fighting, the Crown forces. They see every movement is forestalled, nowspapers suppressed, leaders gao'.ed, and markets and railways closed.. The Republican Army has had enough. The Irish public realises that the outlook is black, anil Ireland must make terms with England."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. PROMISING SIGNS IN THE BLACK • CLOUDS. London, December 2. Tho newspapers are tentatively discussing a Christmas truce in Ireland. Tho "Daily News" state* that signs are nlready apparent in vSie blackness of tho clouds, and quotes tho Labour delegation's visit and Mr. Sweetman's proposals, coupled with the Premier's anxiety to end the terror, as most promis-ing.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EXPLOSIVES DISCOVERED IN GLASGOW ' SIX IRISHMEN ARRESTED. London, December 2. Six Irishmen have been arrested in Glasgow and charged with treasonable conspiracy. The police found in liheir houses gelignite, gunpowder, detonators, hand-grenades, revolvers, ammunition, and Sinn. Fein (documents.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TRIAL OF COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ CHARGE OF PROMOTING A MURDER . .. ORGANISATION. 1 (Rec. December 3, 7.50 p.m.) ; London, December 2. The trial of the Countess of Markievicz has opened at a courii-martiai in Dublin. The charge against her is of promoting an organisation similar to tho boy scouts for murdering police and soldiers. Numerous.documents relating to illie organisation -were seized. Counsel stated that prisoner, after her arrest, declared that she on one occassion murdered British officers and soldiers.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ARCHBISHOP MANNIX PROHIBITED.FROM SPEAKING AT BOOTLE. (Rec. Decembers!, 7.50 p.m.) London, December 2. Archbishop Mannix has been prohibited from speaking at the Bootle meeting on Saturday. He-- has been forbidden ib enter the Liverpool area.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.