IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1920, Page 2

IN IRELAND.

(Imperial News Service)

A CLASH. LONDON, April 15. Police and military were involved in a collision with civilians at Alii town Alalbay, County Clare. Three civilians were killed and nine wounded. There are no details. A BIG ROUND-UP. js , LONDON, April 15. The round-up in Dublin was the biggest yet organised and began at one in the morning and lasted for several hours, 150 arrests being made. The raided area included fifteen streets, some of the poorest in the city, also the Jewish quarter. It was the largest force of troops yet employed in a raid. Thirty lorries were filled with soldiers. A wake was progressing in one house and all the males present were arrested. Particular attention was paid to Camden Street .Where Kells was murdered. Certain business premises were searched. While the raiders were working, armoured cars patrolled the street outside with guns trained on the crossroads.

A CONSTABLE SHOT, t LONDON, April 15. Constable Henson was shot at Balbrig-n-an during a procession of demonstrators in connection with the release of prisoners. He was admitted to hospital in a dying condition. THE RELEASE. LONDON, April 15The “Evening Standard” says in connection with the release, that General French alone was responsible. Sir N. Alacßeadv as commander of the forces cannot direct or initiate a policy and cannot act without Lord French’s knowledge. CORK MAYOR’S DEATH. LONDON, April 17. The Coroner’s Jury at Cork have returned a verdict of murder against Air Lloyd George for the death, of Mr MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork who recently was mysteriously murdered, NO EXPORTS FOR ENGLAND. LONDON, April 17. Resentment at the repressive policy in Ireland is generally very strong. In obedience to an Irish manifesto is sued yesterday, no butter, pigs, or ba-c-an were offered for export to England from Dublin.

No fewer than 120,000 Irish transport workers have been instructed to strike immediately any goods are tendered for

export. A crowd at the Limerick Railway Station stoned some Police who were escorting mails.

Tho police fired on the crowd. They sightly .wounded several people. Forty men, armed with hurleys, held up the mail car at Charleville, in County Limerick. They seized the mail ,rnd . then allowed the ear driver to proceed.

ALLEGED CHANGE OF POLICY. ’ LONDON, April 17. The newspapers generally consider the release of the Sinn Feiners -will mark an entire change in the Government’s Irish policy. Mr Lloyd George is alleged to be personally responsible for a change. Lord French, Mr J. I. MacPherson and Sir John Taylor (permanent Under-Secretary for Ireland) are said to have been responsible for the earlier policy. Air MacPherson has already resigned from the Irish Office, and Lord French is likely to follow. It is rumoured that Sir J. Taylor will have mme Colonial appointment. The Ulster'Unionist papers unanimously declare the release of the hungerstrikers a mistake, and as “ the great- iif est climb-down in Irish history.”

NEW IRISH SECRETARY. LONDON, April 17. Sir Ilamar Greenwood (the new Chief Secretary for Ireland) in an interview, said he was going to Ireland for the reason that all his life he had been convinced that Home Rule was- the desire of the Irish people. He wished, however, to appeal to moderate Irish opinion to help the Government. The latter, he claimed, had an earnest, sympathetic desire to settle the Irish problem. He believed the vast majority of Irishmen were opposed to any violence. He added that he believed the whole Empire was opposed to the establishment of an Irish Republic. CAPTAIN WHITE’S ARREST. LONDON, April 17. Contain White (the son of FieldATarslml White of Ladysmith) has been hunger-striking for four days in Mount Toy Gaol after bis arrest. He says that, he has not expressed himself in favour of resorting to physical force on behalf of Sinn Fein’s policy, and did not favour it. He was arrested outside the prison four days ago, ACTION AGAINST SOLDIERS. LONDON, April 17. 1 Clonmel Board of Guardians,_ flm majority of which are Sinn l'einers, passed a resolution excluding policemen and ex-soldiers from the union. The Hospital Board also declared ex-soldiers belonged to murder clubs, organised to kill Irish leaders. Subsequently hundreds of ex-soldiers raided the hoard room and smashed the. furniture and fittings.

THE HUNGER STRIKERS, deceived This Dav at 8 a.m.) 9 LONDON, April 17. All the original Mountjov hunger itrikers have now been released.