THE IRISH PROBLEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1923, Page 3

THE IRISH PROBLEM.

1 ACSTItALIAN* AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. IRISH II A PPENLVGS. I ; LONDON, Jan. 3. 1 : Two youths called at the Ministry j< I lid Dublin, where the milling ■ employers and workers were conferring : saying that they bad a message lor a I delegate. When taken into the wait--i lug-room, they pu-lied aside the atten- . dalit, rushed into the conference, *| shouting ■•Hands up. McGrath,” and i levelling a revolver at a Labourite I closely iT'sembling .Mr .McGrath. Min- ■ i.-ier of l.abonr. When convinced nf j i heir mistake I lie youths pocketed the j revolvers and lied. I “DIE-HARDS" IN SOUTH. LONDON. Jan 3. | The “Daily Mail's" Dublin ooitonl pendent states: The peace nogotiaj linns have called attention to tho fact ■ ilml de Valera and l.iam Lynch control | the largest force ol Southern Repub- | beans. A number ol n bel bands are ; unlikely to a«*e“p! peace. I Iti'se are I -. d by local chieftains, .somewhat in the j fashion of t lu l old leudal barons, who unwillingly bow to the headquarters’ authority, but roam tin* country prey- | ing on the inhabitants, i De Valera, at Stack, issued a prnI (lamation intimating the revival (I i Sinn Enin, which lie says i- the only j mean, b> which the nnlional forces can j be again rcunii ad. and a programme lot natiobal regenetrat ion timlertnkm ! with entlm-iasiii and i:i earnest. Rebels in tiie Ymigbal area uddriss- ! ed a letter to the Inca I Council signed j -‘j iving Column,” and threatening tie immediate permanent cutting oil J of the waiter siip|dy lo the town il lour Irish Eeiiubiiran Army prisoners, unlive-; ol Ynuglial. arc executed. Tim Council decided to notify _ tin* threat to President Cosgrave. and tlm local members ol the Southern Hush Parliament, the members of the Council professing that they are not moved by the threat, but are acting from humanitarian motives. ■WRECKING A TRAIN. Received bis day at 19.3(1 a.m \ LONDON. January IReliels held up a goods train from Dundalk to Abmes. removed the rails on an embankment anti then restarted the train at lull speed It .somersaulted into a Held where till' wreckage was set afire. IRISH RAILWAYS. l Received this dav at 9 39 a .ft.) DUBLIN. Jan. I. duveruincnt is (along ever the Great Southern and Western railways, making good the dilfemiro between receipts and expenses. The cost to tho tax|iay- , ers is a pprnx ima I ely £ 12.999 weekly. (tie crnmrnl rccommciids tjiree other companies, which arc sounder liuanciallv. to come to a speedy agreement with the union.-. The Government iconsidering the position ci the -mailer companies. It they are unable to carry in t belli -i Ives they will lie taken ever. - and restricted services ntn, flic Ibithmnie- t'lhan I ouneii. a ma jonty of wbieli arc Proiesl a lit I moll i-ts. adopted a resolution calling for an • immediate truce. TMF mpAP EAST. AUSTRALIAN* AND N.Z. (.WILE ASSOCIATION*. : ANGORA ATTITUDE. (’(INSTANT INOPI E. Jan I. j Tb. Angora Premier --peaking n: the j Assembly insisted noon full -at islaetion • . ; the entire Turkish | nigramme ns re- ; gards Thrace. Straits, capitulations and t ■ a lit niiuorities. He suggested l nued States should provide a natioua' home fer Anneiiiaiis on American -oil. It is ri i.orteii ti: Angela Oiivernm. nl has eaileil up all tile able bodied I n j in the liberated districts. * *. iwu-j n maumetse •»