IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1921, Page 2

IN IRELAND.

hLUUES'i'IONS FOR A TRUCE. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. I • THE TIMES” SERVICE. 1

LONDON, March U 3 Ihe new peace movement in Ireland is awaited with great' anxiety. One of the originators is Alexander Cat lisle, ex-Oliairman of Directors of flail and and Wolff, who lias been the channel til communications between the I’renuei and Griffiths. The latter is still in Joy prison. Carlisle suggests a truce based on the withdrawal of the Black and Tans, and the extension of Irelands fiscal control, ft is noteworthy that ALr Devlin saw the Premier on Saturday Hon. Lloyd George thereupon communicated with Dublin regarding the execution of the Dublin youths Wheelan .toil j Aloran who were sentenced to death in j connection with the murder of Dublin officers. Devlin’s .intercession is regarded as an important link in the peace negotiations. The Sinn Fein had a had week end. In addition to seven killed at Ballinamore. thirty-six armed Sinn Feiners were captured when attempting an ambush at Callanan. Among pa- , pers captured from Sinn Feiners, chief j of staff, included a plan for extensive J | burnings in England, of the homes of | English Generals and cadet captains ! employed in Ireland, including General j Strickland, and Capt. Reynolds. A Dublin correspondent states the boycott of Belfast goods is taking a ‘ criminal form. A representative of a Belfast firm was kidnapped and twice ducked in a canal, and then tied to a post and abandoned. HANGINGS IN DUBLIN. LONDON, March 14. Six Sinn Feiners will he hanged at Alountjov prison to-day. 1 They will he hanged in pairs at hourly intervals, this morning. Of the six men, two have, hv courtmartial, been convicted of murdering British officers. The remainder of the men are to be hanged for participating in an ambush. MUCH FEELING AROUSED. j LONDON, March 14. \t Dublin, crowds on Sunday gathered at Alountjov Prison all day long. They were reciting prayers until the curfew hour (pine o’clock). The women held a procession ill the Dublin streets. They were hearing anti-English banners in the procession. It is reported that there is much local anxiety over possible reprisals, similar to those at the Cork executions. j LABOUR PROTEST. LONDON. Mafch 14. Organised Labour in Dublin City has ordered a general cessation of work until eleven o’clock this morning. DUBLIN MOURNING. (Received This Day at 9.45 a m ) LONDON, March 14. Business in Dublin is at a standstill. The city is in mourning for the six executed Sinn Feiners. Thousands of ! people knelt outside Alount Joy prison, praying dining the time occupied by the executions. THE EXECUTIONS. ' (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, March 14. During the execution an armoured car was stationed outside Alountjov prison and an aeroplane hovered overhead, from dawn. The condemned men walked to the scaffold unaided. A i notice was subsequently posted outside ! the gaol stating the executions wore duly "can iod out. There was a profound sileyce among the crowd for setcial minutes thereafter. A TRAIN ATTACKED. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, March 14. Sinn Feiners attacked a train at station conveying a party of auxiliaries. The driver was wounded m the head. An auxiliary named Falkenwas shot dead. The driver was then ordered to start and finished the journey to Tralee at a high speed. The driver collapsed on reaching Iraleo. Many passengers had a remarkable es-