THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1922, Page 2

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.2. CABLE ASSOOi-tION.

CARSON’S APPEAL, LONDON, May 28: Sir E: Ciirsiin in an article in tlld “Sunday Express” entitled Ireland Hrid Palestine pleads fl>r loyalists iii tlld siiutli ahd west of Ireland.:,. It Is HR a humanitarian that I venture (o utt,pr a lmmbie plea for those still living and still breathing Irish loyalists who ere still clinging to the hope that the,, will he (succoured by the (Great' Umpire which in the past has been sustained, which in the present ought not to he embarrassed ■by their unbroken, unbreakable allegiance. Their only safety is flight! They number, some three hundred thousand women and children. The thin voice of parsimony may tremble at the prospect of a redemption that can only he wrought by the expenditure of money, hut in this case it is the price of honour. I do not know whether the deliverance of these Irish loyalists can he purchased for ten, twenty or fifty millions. It is not a matter for cheeseparing calculations on the’ misery of bargaining. It is a public debt. It may be said that England burdens are too heavy and that hei people arc taxed beyond the limit of endurance and she cannot afford to pay her Irish debt of honour. The retort of the Dish loyalists is blunt and bitter. It says:—“Toil tan ailord to spend millions on Jews in Palestine. A our pity overflows in rivers of ior alien Jews, you subsidise Jewish States in Palestine, you foster and protect these Jews'at vast expense, you send your soldiers to uphold their rule over Arabs. You guarantee them safety and* security. Why, wo humbly ask is the alien Jew dearer to you, than the Irish loyalist, ‘and why do you take the bread of your own children, and east it on to strangers. The millions you are Wasting on Jews in Palestine would save o„r lives. Must we die that aliens hiiiy live;

SHOOTINGS IN TYItOKE: LONDON, May 28: There wer twS burets of heavy fii;i% on Cladv. T,vroit& border betweeh Free Starters and Ulster specials; Fighting lasted over an hour on each Trenches. Were, used and machine guns brought into actioii. . • ■ Donnyloop Bridge .was blown up, but efforts to destroy CJady s bridge fe - ed Tbe inhabitants, terror-stricken, escaped injury by lying on th<i : floor*( of houses, which were, riddled with bullets.

FIRES IN BELFAST LONDON, May 20. There wore four simultaneous fires at Pel fa st last night. . ' A mob severely heat n man crossing Albert bridge and flung him into the river, alleging lie was a gunman. The bodv has not been recovered.

MOHK INCENDIARY FIRES. LONDON. May 28

There- were seven incendiary fives in Belfast last night and four to-day. Thousands of pounds damage were don principally to the premises of Trotestadt firms in Catholic areas. A bomb was thrown into a residence injuring three occupants.

TALK OF I.R.A. COUP, LONDON, May 29

Rebel forces are concentrating at. Raplioo. and at other places close to Londonderry City, where the utmost •alarm prevails regarding the possibility of an attack on the city. The Republicans have concentrated over 1000 motor vehicles in County Donegal for the conveyance of their forces there. It is alleged that Rory O’Connor has informed a special correspondent of t-C “Gnicago Tribune” that he considers the Irish truce only as an interlude before a republican final coup, and that he intends to attack the north-east counties when ready and wi.l act independently of Air de Valera, who has no power' over tbe Irish army.

FIRES IN BELFAST. . LONDON, May 28. Ther were seven incendiary fires m Belfast last night, and four todfiy. Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done. The principal damage Mas to _ premises of Protestant firms in the Catholic areas, but a bomb was thrown into a residence injuring three occupants.

SERIOUS CLASHES

(Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, May 29. Fieiee spasmodic fighting occurred on Donegal-Fermanagh border. Forty police went to M agile r a menu Castle, near Belleek, as reinforcements. While journviiig, they observed a party of I.R.A. marching along the railway line, trying, to reach a position dominating the castle. After a prolonged shooting the* - ' 1'.11.A. retired, leaving five killed. The police lost one-killed and three wounded.

Forty arrests, were made in Falls Road district, in Belfast, this morning. Further incendiary fires broke out during the night.