THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1922, Page 2

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

VrSTKAI.TAN AND N.Z. CAUSE ASSOCIATION. DEFEAT of republicans. LONDON, August 21. All semblance of open warfare between the Free Staters and the rebels has now ended. From Donegal in the north, to Cork in the south, every city and important township in Ireland is in the hands of the Free State Government. " The rebels are now living the _ lives of bandits. They are conducting a guerilla warfare, and lying in ambush.

FUNDS FOR DE VALERA. NEW YORK, August 21

Mr Timothy Smiddy, representing Mr Michael Collins, has obtained a Supreme Court injunction, restraining Mr de Valera’s faction from obtaining $2,300, representing the moneys that were obtained from the Irish sympathisers in the. United States on the bonds issued by the Irish Republic. Mr Smiddy contended that the Dish Free State was the free Ireland for which Irishmen have been fighting and was entitled to the funds, although the latter were raised on the bonds of tho Republic. He asserted that if Mr de Valera obtained the funds, a further rebellion against the present Irish Government would result, and needless bloodshed would continue. He said tho view of the majority of the people in Ireland favoured the English treaty.

The legal possession of the funds in question is invested in three trustees, Mr do Valera, Mr Fogarty, and Mr O’Mera. Mr Fogarty is the present Mayor of Limerick. He alone of the three is an adherent of the Irish Free State.

Tho settlement of this dispute will be submitted to the local courts.