IRISH PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 131, 26 February 1921, Page 7

IRISH PROBLEM

SERIOUS DIFFERENCES IN CABINET POLICY OF REPRISALS OBJECTED TO By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. London, February 24. The "Daily Sketch" says that there are serious differences of opinion in Cabinet over the Irish question. Several Coalition Ministers strenuously object to a policy of reprisals, and unless new decisions are taken quickly a very serious split in the Cabinet is inevitable.—Reuter. COST OF POLICE FORCE IN IRELAND. (Rec. February 25, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 24. Sir Hamar Greenwood, in the House of Commons, stated that the monthly expenditure on the Police Force in Ireland was .£621,000. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EXCESSES OF POLICE AND MILITARY GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE. (Rec. February 25, 8.25 p.m.) London, February 25. Mr. Bonar Law, speaking at Leeds, said that there certainly had been excesses by the police and the military in Ireland, but the Government was determined to restore order and maintain discipline. There were two ways of dealing with Ireland. One was to give a measure of self-government compatible with the interests of Ireland and the whole kingdom. The other was to tell the Irish to go their own way and do what they liked. If they adopted the latter method it might free Britain from great trouble, but it would not stop at Ireland. Such- yielding to what could not be conceded to reason would spread to other parts of the Empire and would end the Empire.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ATTEMPTS TO EXASPERATE TROOPS AND PROVIDE COPY FOR PROPAGANDA. (Rec. February 25, 8.25 p.m.) London, February 25. General Macready has issued orders to the troops, in which, alluding to the murders of soldiers at Bandon, he says: "Quite apart from the savagery which always characterised the rebels’ tactics, no doubt these crimes are a deliberate attempt to exasperate the troops and tempt them’ to break the bounds of discipline, thereby providing copy for the scurrilous campaign of propaganda on which the rebel leaders so much rely for sympathy against England abroad. I expect the troops, even in the face of provocation which would not be indulged in by the wildest savages in Central Africa, to main the discipline for which the Army is renowned. Onlj thus will peace in Ireland be restored.’ —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CADETS CHARGED WITH LOOTING THOROUGH INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE. London, February 24. Sir Hamar Greenwood, in the House of Commons, said the cadets charged with looting were returned to Ireland to have the charges thoroughly investigated. General Crozier’s resignation was not due to an attempt to frustrate discipline. Sir Hamar Greenwood stated that 62 members of the forces in Ireland had been arrested for robbery and other offences since January 1. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE LOOTINGAT TRIM OFFICIAL CONDONATION ALLEGED. (Rec. February 25, 11.25 p.m.) London, February 25. Sir Hamar Greenwood in the House of Commons denied that there had been pny condonation of the Trim looting, bitt General Crozier, in reply to au inquiry by Mr. Redmond, member of the House of Commons, telegraphed that General Tudor had admitted the condonation in the presence of himself and many officers, and ordered the reinstatement ol the men in the original company. The subject will 'be debated in the House of Commons on Monday.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. THE MURDER CAMPAIGN , POLICEMAN AND SOLDIERS SHOT. London, February 24. A policeman, patrolling the main street of Bandon, was shot dead, while two soldiers and a petty officer who were nearby were seized by armed men. After giving a letter to the petty officer addressed to the commanding officer of the Essex Regiment, they released him. The other soldiers .were taken a short distance and shot dead. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. VERDICT OF SUICIDE. London, February 24. At the inquest on .Tilson, a merchant, who was found in the Irish mail train, a verdict of suicide was returned. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. [A well-dressed man was discovered in a locked compartment of am empty train near Willenden on Suncmy afternoon. The police found a piece of paper bearing the words “Shadowed from Ireland.”] POSSESSION OF ARMS GIRL SENT TO A REFORMATORY. (Rec. February 25, 8.25 p.m.) London, February 25. Mary Bowles bus been sentenced to five years’ in a reformatory.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Mary Bowles, a girl 0f.16, was tried by court-martial on a charge of being in possession of a revolver, a pistol, and a machine-gun. When captured she was wearing a steel body guard under her coat and carrying a m;ichine-guii wrapped in a waterproof covering. > ie was also carrying a book entitled Hotchkiss Portable Machine-gun."J