THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1922, Page 2

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

REUTER'S TEhfeGttASlS. •• V ~ .11 •' IRISH PROBLEM! —rLONDON, Sept. 13. It is reported from Dublin that Do Valera has conferred witli the Com-mander-in-Chief, Mulcahy, of the Free States, who told him there would be no peace until all arms were surrendered. DAIL EIREANN. LONDON, Sept. 13. At a meeting of the Dail Eireann, which carried a vote of confidence in 'Mr CoHSgrove, Johnson (Labour) condemned the action of Government in imprisoning without trial, of citizens taking up arms. Hogan (Minister for declared that, Nationalist ,tre(jps Md been tijo, retidy t 8 takd prisoners.- ;lPfhcers were shot with dumdums in —jl. —..—- Maryborough ambush and immediately they put up their hands. The real cause of unemployment in Ireland "'as the deliberate destruction of the economic life of the country bv men in niyns against Parliament: Oosgrave, warmly defending Govern* ment’s repression policy, said the Government was right in striking when they did. Our soldiers were eockslnes for men behind walls and chimneys.

- DE VALERA’S PEACE TERMS, LONDON September 13, A story is being circulated'in Dublin that Commander Mulcahy met Ml* de Valera to discuss the possibility Of peace. Comiiiander MulCaliy; howfever reiterated the Free State demand fbr the unconditional surrender of the Republicans. It is believed, in a wellinformed Irish quarter, that Ml—do—Valera is anxious for peace, but he demands terms which the Free State refuses to grant. ULSTER, MILITARY FORCES. LONDON, September 13, { All the officers Of the Ulster Go- ’ vCrnment have now been ordered forth- | with to make a formal declaration of allegiance to the sendee of the King and of the Ulster Government. It is stated that, hereafter no one wili be appointed without similar declaration. Two more battalions of the . British troops in Ulster have been withdrawn Others now in Ulster are to follow. . 1 COSGROVE’S STAND. LONDON, September. 13. During the debate in the Dail Eireann, Mr Gosgrove (Head of the Free State Government), in justifying the actions of the Government, con 1 eluded:—“lf i were to meet my Supreme judge five minutes hence, I would go, hoping that every action of mv life was as well justified.” RESTORATION OF ORDER. LONDON, September 14. It was announced at a meeting of the Dail Eireann, by the Minister of Home Affairs, that it is proposed shortly to scud the Civic GOard to follow up tile Free State Army in certain areas of Southern Ireland where the ccinditions are now sufficiently restored for the extension and consolidation of civil government-.