THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1922, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

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IRISH FREE STATE. (Received This Day at- W.lo a.m.) LONDON, leb. In the House of Commons, Hon \\ ■ Church moved tre second reading ST Irish Free State Bill- He pressed the measure as one of urgency, order could not be restored until the rvnwer wore conferred on fhe Provisional Government. He hoped the election would result in a norma sensible Parliament Churchill regretted the position in Belfast had reached such a, horrible stage, and hoped some sort of a parley would end the vendetta. It was better to deal with the boundary question after the elections. If it were found that Ulster would be maltreated or mutilated under the Commission, we 1 were bound to ensure that Ulstei should not be ruined through her loyalty to Great Britain. •;

A REINFORCEMENT. i ßeceived This Day at 1.30 p m.) LONDON, Feh. 16. A battalion of Lincoln shires have gone to reinforce the troops in the North ol Ireland, entraining from Tipperary for lnniskillen. The J.11.A. took over the barracks. BACKING COLI.TNS AND GRIFFITHS. (Received This Day at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Feh. 1(5. Michael Collins has received a cable stating that eighty-five p r cent of the American Association for the recognition of the Irish Republic were behind him and Griffiths. ,