THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1922, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LANDING AT CORK. LONDON, Aug 10. Prior to the evacuation of Cork, the Jlregulars blew up the military barracks .Victoria. Hotel, newspaper offices and other buildings . An official bulletin describing the Cork success points out that the Irregulars were taken on all sides. T Troops under command of Major-Gen-eral Dilton landed in small boats vessels which c-ame almost ashore. notwithstanding the rebel fire quickly reached the positions on the shore and replied to the shooting. TTie landing was effected at Youghal Passage west. A SURPRISE LANDING^ LONDON, Aug TO. The simultaneous landing of Nationals at Cork, Youghal, and Bantry was one of the most daring coups of ytWe campaign. jFour ships carrying fifteen hundred troops and artillery voyaged from Dublin to the landings and practically hemmed in the main body of rebels, who were compelled to —f. fight or disperse to the bills in small parties.

CORK POSITION OBSCURE. LONDON, August 10. The telegraph and telephone wires are still cut in Cork regions, and so the real position, in Cork iB obscure. Apparently fighting has continued after the rebels set fire to buildings including the Admiralty House, Naval Hospital, and' the offices of the newspapers “Cork Examiner” and Cork “Constitution.” The fires made a big blaze in several quarters of the city. The rebels constructed n boom across Cork harbour, in order to prevent shipping from entering. They commandeered two hoppers, which they armed with machine guns, but this failed to imped* the surprise landings. Tlie whole Rebel Army is now retreating to the mountainous districts in the South-west of Ireland. REPUBLICANS SEIZE CABLES. LONDON, Augusct 10. The Irish Republicans hold the cable stations on the West of Ireland. The cable companies declare the hold-up. due to the rebels’ seizure of the stations, is the worst in the history of the lines. Only six out of fifteen lines between Britain and America are working now. There is a prospect of indefinite delays. The rebels still hold the Clifden Wireless Station.

cape politics. (Received this day at 9.60 a.m.) W'- •« CAPETOWN, August 10. One miner was found guilty of murder nnd sentenced to death and three convicted of homicide and sentenced to 2i to 3 years hard labour in connection with the shooting of natives during the March disturbances on the Rand. The Federal Counoil of th e Nationalist Party siting at Bloemfontein pasted a resolution protesting against the policy of the Smuts Government regarding Rhodesia; also against the terms offered Rhodesia and the Chartered Company on the grounds that Parliament was not consulted and the representation out of proportion to the poptilation of Rhodesia who were granted rights not shared by the existing provinces nnd the financial burden imposed on the Union was too heavy. . The Council pronoses to raise an- agitation aow'nst the autocratic unconstitutional attitude of the Government by public meetings.