IN IRELAND

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1921, Page 1

IN IRELAND

in i'ICU.U.'.U'II -I'llliSS ASSN., fOI'VKKiUT AUSTItAUAN AND N.Z. C’ABJiE ASSOCIATION AN A-MIH SH.Jan 20. A police and military party motorin«r fust, roupd i( bend in the road between (dencoole and Killenaule in County Tipperary found the road trenched, One I lll< ? to1 ' a voided the trench and the other crashed with terrible force. A fnsiladc was opepe.l upon the occupants and then followed shouts demanding their surrender; An officer replied: “Down men, come on” and they lined tlie'ditches and opened ()rc with Lou is guns. The attackers withdrew. Only three of the Crown forces escaped soathless. Olio is dead and one is in a critical condition. FUKTJIbIt HAPPENINGS. (Received tin’s day at 8 a.in. ) LONDON, Jan. 27 Two constables were killed and one seriously wounded while asleep in a lie!fast JJotel. Lord Duusany was arrested at Trim, .Coiiii.ty Afceth, for Inn ing amniunition in his possession. He was liberated on hail. FARMER EXFCFTED, LONDON, January 20, John Brad.fiold, a Protestimt farmer, was found executed at Random It is alleged lie was an anti-ltepubliean. It transpires that men in . military uniform questioned Brad field, who believed they were British officers but they were really disguised Sinn Feiners. Loyalists declare that, such tactics place them in a terrible dilemma.

DE VALERA'S VIEWS. (Received This,Day at 8.10 a.m.) PARIS, January 27. The newspaper “Qorvre” says what Scotland Yard and United Kingdom police were unable to do. an editor lpts achieved in a personal interview with de Valera in France. l)e Valera stated if Britain recognised the Irish people’s right to dispose of their own fate the difficulties of the Crown and Ulster, would disappear. If Ulsterites demand autonomy In an Irish State, the Sinn Fein were willing to grant it. lie Valera said what TTon. IJoyd George told the press regarding the peace offers to Sinn Fein matters little. What Rlovd George says to-day, he will without concern, contradict to-morrow, if it suits his policy. The “Rail Eireann” is ready to examine any peace proposals which do not oppose its mandate.