THE IRISH PROBLEM
M STRAI.IAN ANII N.Z. CAUI/K ASSOCIATION. j irish war loan. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON. July 16. ; It is rumoured the Irish Government ' is floating a war loan. Civil war continues in several centres. Sunday s messages indicate that th<> Government forces are getting tlu> upper hand. Limerick City is still the centre of fighting. ‘ Tiie‘ newspapers there ceased publishing. Non-combatants are in the danger zone or confined to houses. The casualties in Limerick tints far are | twenty including Mary Mitchell, a Nun belonging to the' Sisters of Mercy. Irregulars exercise a severe censorship of 1 news. There has been a general piling- , ing of shops and seizure of motor ears. The inhabitants arc anxiously awaiting Lie Free Staters.
FREE STATERS AT WORK. Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. \ large force of Free Staters linetaken strategic positions dominiU ing in, li Island neai Londonderry, wliei" two hundred Republicans are quarteid, the chief stronghold being Inc’fort. Free Staters shelled the tort, ■v i! 1 1 an eight:-mi p under.* V darkness fell they bad penetrated considerable distance into the isle. \ and captured Lor,’ T'>nir!et'">'s I -r wl.i ■!; the relxfls bad fortified. 1
piisoiiered the garrison. There were heavy explosions on Sunday morning apparently due to rebels destroying stores, anticipating Die early surrender. Free Staters on Sunday capture 1 the military barracks at Dundalk, bv means of an early morning surprise at’ack. They found (•>-> garrison eU 5 and pris Miered 250 without a shot being fired, though two rebels were sbo*. and one died in an attempt to escape. FREE STATE MESSAGE. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON. July Hi.
Tire Free State Oovcrmnent in a spirited message to General Michael Collins and the Army, says the tight, is for revival of the nation, for the free
expression mid effective execution of the people's will for intemnl pence and order nnd estuhlishnient of nil signs |>y which a nation is to he held worthy of consideration amongst the states of ' the world. i
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1922, Page 3
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340THE IRISH PROBLEM Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1922, Page 3
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