THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1921, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

'.CSTItALIAS' ANIJ N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. CUTTING UP ULSTER. LONDON, Dec. •_> It is reported that Mr 1.10.vd George’s new proposals include an Irish allegiance to the British Crown, in the same sense in which it is accepted by the Dominions. There is also to be a commission lu delineate political and religious boundaries in Counties Tyroiinc and Fermanagh. It is also stated that Ulster will not seriously object to the latter change which would make l Istcr a more compact and Protestant area. The suggestion that l lster should receive fiscal autonomy is rejected.

SINN FEIN TO CONSIDER. LONDON, Dee. 1

Mr Burton, Sinn Fein delegate, Inis taken to Dublin a draft of Mr 1.10.vd George’s new proposals, whieh the Sinn Fein Cabinet will eotisider. 11 the Cabinet indicates a readiness to discuss them, the British Government "ill submit n scheme to Ulster whereby Ireland will be created a Dominion. Ulster is to have the option ol joining this Dominion Parliament at any time.

Sinn Fein is to give allegiance to the Crown under a form.

ULSTER MINISTERS. LONDON, Dee. 1 The Ulster Parliament has decided that the Ulster Premier’s salary shall lie C.i'-’lin a year, and that of the other Ministers 22(l()0 a year apiece. BELFAST PROSECUTION. LONDON. Dee. Five men and a gill were committed for trial to Belfast Assizes on a charge of unlawful assembly. Police searched their house. ‘I hey seized u large quantity of lilies, revolve!s and ammunition. Walls were bored with communication passages into adjoining .houses. The police allege that the house "as the chief outpost ol the Notionalist

A FOILED MOVE. (Received This Dav at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Dee 2 A sensational attempt to rescue Sinn Fein prisoners from Derry gaol was foiled in the nick of time, after heavy fighting between soldiers, police and civilians. A police patrol noticed a ro[H> ladder outsides*he wall and when they entered the gaol precincts, they found the bodies of two constables. They sinewed no marks of violence and nro believed to have been strangled.