IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1921, Page 3

IN IRELAND.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ISONAR LAW’S ATTITUDE. LONDON, Feb ‘24. The Rt Hon Mr Bonar Law, speaking on Ireland at Leeds, said:—There have certainly been excesses by the police and military in Ireland ; but the Government is determined to restore order, and to maintain discipline. There were two ways, ho said, of dealing with Ireland. One was to give Ireland such measure of Self-Govern-ment as would bo compatible with the interests of Ireland and the whole King

dom. I-io other way was to tell the Irish to go their own wav and do as 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 ho conceeded to reason would spread to the other parts of the Empire. It would end the Empire. GENERA I* CROZIER. LONDON, Feb 25. Sir H. Greenwood, in the House of Commons, denied that there lias been any condonation of the Trim looting by Crown forces. General C.ozier, however, in reply to an enquiry by Captain Richmond, Nationalist member of the House of Commons, telegraphed that General Tudor has admitted the condonation in the presence of himself and of many officers, and that In* has ordered n reinstatement of the men concerned, in tiie original company. The subject will be debated in the House of Commons on Monday.

MAC REA DY’S NKW (>R D EPS LONDON, February 24. The head of the Crown Forces, General Maeready has issued new orders to the troops. He alludes to the. murders of soldiers at Bandon, and, in doing so, avs: Quite apart from savagery, which always characterised the rebels’ ractics, no doubt these crimes are a deliberate attempt to exasperate the troops and tempt them to break the bounds of discipline, they thereby providing copy for a scurrillous campaign of propaganda, on which rebel leaders so much rely for sympathy against England abroad.” He says he expects the troops “even in the face of provocation which would not be indulged in by the wildest savages of Central Africa, to maintain discipline, for which the Army v is renowned. Only thus will pence in Ireland bo restored.”

EXPENDITURE ON POLICE. LONDON, February 24. Sir Hamar Greenwood (Chief Secretary for Irelnid), speaking in the House of Commons, stated that the monthly expenditure on the police force in Ireland was now £621,000, equal to £7,452,000 per annrm. GIRL GAOLED. LONDON, February 24. The girl Mary Bowles, who carried a Lewis gun about, has been sentenced to five years in a reformatory.

A HOLD-UP. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m A LONDON, February 25. Armed men held up two officers returning from fox hunting in the village of Liscarrobl, Cork, and compelled them to/dismount and removed them to an unknown destination. Their riderless horses reached Buttovant barracks. Crown forces invested Liscarroll and compelled the villagers to form a civilian guard, informing them that they would be held responsible for the officers return,.