A BITTER PROSPECT.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1919, Page 2

A BITTER PROSPECT.

ON VERGE: OF CIVIL WAR. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (United Service Telegrams). (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, September 15.

' The “Times” in a leader, says the suppression of the Dail Erorann, opens up an appalling vista of provocation and retaliation. Both sides are vying in merely physical endurance and the building up of a heritage of the bitterest memories. That Ireland is on the verge of civil war, is a bitter commentary on British good faith. The Premier and his colleagues must -bear the chief blame. In Dublin, the worst feature of the situation is the sullen apathy of the more moderate and responsible elements, partly due to the belief that the Government is inspired in its actions from Ulster.

AN INTERVIEW. LONDON, September 17. j The “Daily Mail's” Ulster correspon- ' dent interviewed Arthur Griffith, who ‘said that Lord French’s proclamation was only amusing. The Government cannot suppress 73 members of Parliament. If the bayonet and bullet age is to rule, it is intended that they shall get the bayonet and 'bullet in return. We are ready for any move .

THE IRISH CASE. (Received This Dav- at 9.25 a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, Sep. 17. President Wilson, in a statement, says that the Irish case was not heard at Paris. The'Allies were unable to decide a question not affecting territories belonging to the defeated empires. The Irish question could he decided under article two of the Covenant. United States had power to recognise any Government whoso people seek to achieve or have achieved independence from a member of the League.