THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1922, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

j VUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. | IRISH HAPPENINGS. LONDON, Aug 17. Irregulars captured Carlingford. ! Cardinal Logue who was spending a holiday then escaped in a. motor car. An official message states the Nationals sweeping onwards in the south captured 'Mallow, Mitchelstown, and Fermoy. Nationals with artillery are advancing on Dundalk. CAPTURE OF DUNDALK. LONDON August 17. The National troops used aeroplanes and an armoured train and effected the reenpture of Dundalk. Aviators circled over the town and observed the disposition of the Rebels. They dropped leaflets directing the inhabitants to remain indoors. Many rebels were taken prison in Dundalk but the majority retreated to the mountains, wrecking the post office and mining streets before leaving.

The rebels have also evacuated Carliugford and Greenore. Three different forces took part in the attack. One came from Drogheda in an armoured train, a.nd others from Carrickmacross and from Navan. They crept from cover, and turned the machine guns on the rebel strongholds, and finally the town was taken at the bayonet point. About 300 prisoners were taken. The townspeople welcomed the Free btaters with the wildest enthusiasm. The rebels are retreating without' offering fight on the whole Southern front, falling back on the bogs and hills Do Valera has fled to Kilpedder, where he is reported to be lying in, in a farmhouse a broken man. His more moderate friends assert ho never wanted the Irregulars to fight, but that Rory O’Connor forced his hand. Lynch, who accompanies de Valera, is expected to make a last stand on a 20 mile front along the River Blackwater from Mill street to Malow. The rebels only alternative to fight to the end is to surrender. All the roads are strongy held by Free Staters. Meanwhile, the "chief indication of the downfall of the rebellion is the recruitment for the National Army, to which many thousands are flocking. " Miss Mary McSwiney is with the rebels, holding "Waterfall, village in County Cork.

LONDON, August 17. The Free Staters re-occupied Clifden wireless station.

TOE FUNERAL SERVICE LONDON, Aug 18. The late Lord Northcliffe was accorded an impressive funeral service in Westminster Abbey. General Cotter represented the Prince of Wales, and Sir Edward Crigg the .Prime Minister. The American and French Ambassadors and several members of the Diploatie Corps were present, also ■ Sir James Allen LONDON, Aug 17. There was n great concourse inside anj outside the Abbey to pay a last tribute to Lord Northcliffe. The long route to Marylebone Cemetery was lined with people of all classes, standing bareheaded, while the coffin, followed by a seemingly endless stream of cars passed. A huge ear, laden with floral tributes from the highest to the humblest, further demonstrated wido esteem.