THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 January 1923, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

I tUSTRAMAN AND 5.7.. CARI.fi ASSOCIATION. | | IRISH CONDITIONS. | (Received this dav at 111..‘11l a.m ) LONDON, lie,- :si. Mr Co.-,grave in an. artnd, in the “Time-'’ takes an optimistic view of the future, hut declares that unless the north and south combine. there will always he a sinister obstacle to peace, a peace over bristling wr.ii daiigt rs and awful possibilities. Mr Cos grave adds that the Boundarv Commission is not a perfect cure, hut there seems no alternative. The difficulty with Irregulars which lie dee-rib,m Bedlam out of hounds is >,,>•:tdealt with (.(furtively. He concludes: “Th > year finds the foundations of the Free State firmly laid. We Dave gone far towards restoring tin normal, ordered conditions. I am vr\ nnpel'iil t! r position will shortly mature enabling a solid uhidiii" arrangement with Ihr north i bdt will -ai i-ty belli part ie-- . m In, not in, 'insistent wll h 'he ideal o: complete co-opera 1 ion belli ■ n the Iv, o Goveriimouts in social, eeoiiomia rcconst met ion." IRISH OI’TRAGES. | fife,-rived this dav at 11. Mil a.m.) LONDON. Jan 1. , Rebel activities were marked during the wei k-eud. A detachment of troops were ambushed near Cast legi'egory. two being killed and one wounded. A holilh was thrown, at a military post at the office of the newspaper “Independent'' in Dublin, but did mil explode. A revolver battle followed, hut there were no ra>ualti*s. One rebel was captured. Ten armed men attempted to set lire to the House of Alderman ( ole in Dublin. They lirst huddled all the inmates. including: three women, in one room, sprinkled Die house with petrol and withdrew alter applying a match. The, lire brigade pet vented the destruction of the House. Four rebels wen- sciit-once,, lo d nth in County Kerry. I hey were grain-: a respite on condition that outrages ceased. It is now believed the executions will he carried onto Mr Cosgrove in New i ear messageto Ireland says:—“The people desire peace and intend lo achieve it. Ihe only possible way is by establishing .. t right of a majority to rule. Ihe year opens with a. nn.ssage of In pe for peine, order, goodwill, and unity with countrymen temporarily divorced from its. Replying to the revolution ol officers of Tipperary Brigade, of the I.'*--' 1 Republican Army calling lor a pence conference. Mr Cosgrove says the base, of peiaco must bo that the Ireaty sh.il • land and that there shall he no armed force 'or military o'r&uiisn turn ; no carrying of arms, or war materia . except what the Free State permits and no interference at elections. A REPRISAL. Received this elav at. 10. fill a.m . LONDON, Jan. 1. Armed men entered the house of Misses O’l lanralian in Dublin jmd ordered the occupants out. limy sprinkled petrol and set lire to the house. An incendiary bomb was also thrown. Firemen extinguished the blaze. Ihe occupants were sisters of Michael O’Mnurahnn. who was executed during the line, rising, and are leading sup1, .irlers of the Irregulars. The burning was evidently a reprisal for an att;H'k (ill Cole’s house*.