THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1922, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLIi ASSofc'lAtiOjt. 1.1t.A. ORDER. (Received tliis tiny at 8.30 a.in.) LONDON, .May -7. The liish Republican army hodquarters at Roscommon have issued a iLluclamtt'f.on stating thcL per l u.s ' found guilty”of cattle driving or fore:') ly taking lands will be treated a s co:nmon criminals. IRISH CONFERENCE. (Received this day at 8 a.in.) (LONDON) May 27. A Cotiferefice Of British ilhd Irish signatories •to the Irish tree StiltTreaty met at Downing Street, AllLloyd George prcsidh%, to discuss the effect of the Collins-De Valera agreement on the Treaty, and adjourned until Monday. It is understood the Bn- * tish Ministers are satisfied there is a sincere desire on the part of Griffith ant Collins to adhere to the Treaty, hut a divergence of opinion exists as to tle local interpretation of the terms Col- ' lins-De Valera agreement regarding elections, as affecting the Treaty. I.R.A. REQUEST. (Received this day at 9.00 a.m.) LONDON. May 28. * A Dublin telegram states the Irish Provisional Government has issued a proclamation assembling Parliament on i'r.A. Headquarters at Beggarsbtish have issued a statement abhorring attacks on British soldiers as un-Irish. There is reason to believe the perpetra .tors were criminals, and they asked citizens to help to apprehend tiie culprits. MORE SHOOTINGS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. A lay 2i. Two British soldiers drove up to the Post Office in Dublin in a motor-cycle and side car. They entered the office ami transacted business, and weio about to leave when two men seized • and shot them., Olio was killed. A father and son who served in the Black and Tans were shot dead at Cootetrall. , . • n i The arson campaign continues in Belfast where three factories were exten- . siveiv damaged. The Fire Brigade "as , tailed out twenty-one times in twenty- ( four hours. ,