THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1922, Page 2

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

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U/HTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE /lON 1.1t.A. PROPOSALS. LONDON, March 29. According to a statement issued at Beggars Bush, and vouched for by Regular General Headquarters, part of a resolution carried at Sunday’s Convention of the Irish Republican Army/ and those who are not reconciled to the Irish! Treaty, was as follows :

A dictatorship would overthrow the four Governments in Ireland which are opposed to the Republic namely, the Dnil Eireann, the Provisional .Government, and the Northern GovernfflWl^B 1 At this convention Mr Thomas/ Barry and Mr Frank Barrett forwarded a. resolution, setting out matters for the immediate concern of the : Executive of March 27th. These matters include: (1) The Maintenance of Ireland as an independent Republic; (-2). the appointment of a Chief of Staff, who shall appoint the General Head-- - quarters, subject to the Executive*® • veto; (3) a declaration of dictatorship with a view to ordering the dissolution of all the pretended Governments in Ireland, by the prohibition of-.tiny elections until snob time as these can be held on the basis of the adult prohibition of any Par-* li,amentary elections until such time as these can he heTd on the “basis of theyndult suffrage. ... _ „ The statement adds that it finally been decided to recommend Mr Barry’s resolution to the Executive, which will give its considered, opinion at the next convention on April 9tli. The report continues that the delegates of the I.R.A. are of the opinion that finance will not cause them much trouble, as money, can be had for the taking, atld the press could be held by comniandihg the machinery, or even using a sledge hatiititef. One Dublin delegate proposed towithdraw the men front the ranks, as' each would bring a rifle. Another delegate said: “Better wait! You will have more than a man ,n,nd his rifle!” ' . ' » It was decided to stop the recruiting for the Free State Army. The reference to rifles is believed to refer to some 1500 rifles stored at Beggars Bush. A meeting of the Republican members of the. Dail" Eirdann -has beenlieid at Dublin, and it passed a iesolu- . tirn affirming that:the proposal to nc- ' t the Irish Treaty is the sole cause of the division in 4 the Daii Eireaaiii and the county. , The resolution also asks the Cabinet’s Majority Party in the Dail Eireann not to proceed with He agreement. Another resolution passed was one ur ring a joint plan of action by both iwties in order that the murders of Catholics may he stopped, or at least may he no longer committed with impunity. | » t It was also proposed that there he j an immediate Suspension of political i meetings by both parties, in order to ' t'-us public attention on Ireland by the whole world, and upon the intolerable situation in Belfast. . j. j FREE STATE HITS BACK. LONDON, March 29. Commaindnnt O’Dnffy. the Free State Chief of Staff,rims issued a -manifesto relieving all the officers and the men of the I.R.A. of any responsibility of obeying orders from any superior officer who has severed his eonnecion with the T.R.A. by attending the Republican Army Convention. This manifesto is . a reply to the order by the Executive of the Armv Convention. depriving Mr Muleaby. the Dail Eireann’s Minister of Dcfenco of the control of the Irish Repuhliitm Army. The manifesto mokes the split in the I.W.A. plete. , - 1 Three undisguised, armed men en-J tnrnd the Ulster Bank at Ballycastie. in Antrim, and locked up the manager - ,nd cashier. They then decamped with a la re sum of money, after stating that the money was for the Catho- - lie boycotted workers in Belfast, and the bank would be recouped.

CARSON’S REPLY. LONDON, March 30- | Lord Carson today specially attend!ed the House of Lords and made a per sonal statement in r eply to Lord Birk--1 enhead’s criticism of his (Carsons) misuse of his position as a Law Lord ■ by political partisanship. Lord Carson declared that he had not broken any rule or tradition by . participating' in party politics whde he was judge. There was no rule against # 1 such participation: He instanced the y ( ; cases of Lords Cairns and MacN&ghten and the present and past Lord Chancellor. j Lord Carson asserted, with emotion, that Lord Birkenhead was trying to i lay down an artificial line, to which he J (Carson) would not agree, unless it were laid down by what he termed an : “irreproachable authority,” Atfhen he would, of course, obey, if it were applied equally to all* classes of law officers. ~ ’ j Lord Carson asked: “Is my honour . to be more besmirched than that of & .^3 Chairman of Quarter Sessions or a Justice of the' Peace, whose politics are well-known?”, , , Lord Carson said that he did not ob ject to an inquiry, nor to a change of the law, but, if made, it should applythroughout from the Lord Chancell or. down to the humblest judge. He continued: “I am now willingto resign my Law Lordship if I ha T e { done anything wrong, or if the House £ so thinks. What care I about - my office or my salary, compared with my honour?” He concluded: “So long as I hold my present office, the House may be perfectly sure its honour and justice will remain untarnished at my hands” JB ULSTER POLICE LONDON, A police patrol was Crossniaglen, in Armagh. stables were killed ed.