THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1922, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

•IJSfIIALUN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. AMNESTY PROCLAMATION. Received this day at 12.25 o.ih ) LONDON, October 4. The Irish Government’s amnesty proclamation says the Government knows many persons were forced to participate'in the rebellion against their will, and others have come to realise that they put their hands to the ruin of the' Motherland. The Government is moved by the hoped of restoring peace without further bloodshed or loss, and decided that an opportunity be offered now to those willing to throw in their lot with the majority of their countrymen, to withdraw from the rebellion with immunity. IRREGULARS CUT RAILWAYS. Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, October 4. Port Greenore and connecting line between Holyhead and all inland places north of Drogheda has been completely isolated from a railway point of view as the result of Irregulars blowing up a large viaduct between Greenore and Dundnlk. Irregulars blocked all roads to Greenore and cut the telegraph wires in many places. Nationals recaptured Meath without any fighting, the Irregulars with-! drawing at dawn. ,

A.SHOCKING -OUTRAGE. (Received this dav at 8.80 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. I. A shocking story of a Republican outrage on a newly married couple i» related. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Dublin correspondent states armed men entered the house and placing the couple against a wall, holding revolvers at their heads, ransacked the house, stealing or destroying many valuables. They brought whisky with them and were soon in a horrible condition. The husband was placed under an armed guard while the wife was dragged from room to room and ordered to find money, the ruffians torturing her by twisting her arms and saying if the money was not produced they would shoot her husband. The wife finally admitted that she had a few pounds housekeeping money. As they left, the gang threatened that if an alarm were raised, they would return and shoot I lie woman dead.