IRISH AFFAIRS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1923, Page 3

IRISH AFFAIRS.

f BY TKl.lXßAfli—rim ritKSS ASSOCIATION.] LEAVING IRELAND. Kc-oived this day at S a.m.) LONDON. April 29. A i. i o'. ', departure is reported ol Irish emigiants going from Ueltast to Cauadi. Fx hundred lelt to-day, mostlv farm workers from the Fee St ate ( oiiiii ies.

ANOTHER OUTRAGE:. NO ! A IT!I IN PEACE MOVE. (Received this day at 12.15 p.m.) LONDON. April 29. A signal cabin oi it*" Groat South* railwio. ic inline.- m tPl'ilin vva.rlestroycd hy the explosion of a nm.v laid by the Irregulars. A passing passenger train bad its windows shattered, and seventeen persons, mostly girls, were slightly injured. A special eoiTi'.-paiident -tales that this outrage o- behoved to be a. pmtest by tin: extremists again-A 1 ' "Iera's ncace overture. 1\ el'.-rn is no longer able to • trol the in:rillv element who possess large quantities ol mines, and me lluis able to do unlimited damage to private property. Nobody in Dublin puts much faith in the peace move a- the I'roe .state Government ignores it, am! will not make any compromise with the tehelt. It is feared further outrages will be enacted within lb*' next lew days, blit as an organised force the Republicans have ceased to count. CONDITIONS IN BERLIN. A CORRESPONDENT’S VIEW. (Received this day at 9.15 a.m.) LONDON. April 29. Tin- 'Daily Express” Berlin correspondent in referring to Lord BuetCma'ster's statement in the House of Lords, that the life of the German people io-de.v was one of great misery, state- that a tour ol Berlin shows the contrary to he the ea.-o. He says:—• The masses of Germany are lending a life of great prosperity. There has been an amazing growth <;l buildings including factories, farms, and dwellings outside the capital. Food is chert!) and abundant and ii i- calculated that there are now live times more motorists than before tlie war. The agriculturalists are probably belter off than ill any previous period in their hi-tory and the commercial community is hardly less Ihuirishing, while the Ruhr capitalists have had gigantic credits opened in their favour to enable them to carry oil their resistance. Ii v.as true that the middle elass, and especially intellectuals, had

suffered severely, many being crushed out of existence, but their places have been taken hy ethers springing from a different strata of society. URF.K STATE NOT TAKING CHANCES. NEWSPAPER VIEWS. (Received this day at 9.J5 a.m.) LONDON. April 29. The Free State Government is giving the mist careful consideration to Air De A' -ra’s | reclamation. T! Irish Times" states that a re;l\ t, .. ot I e long delayed. A view that i- much favored is that the proposals wiil not he accepted but the suspension of hostilities will by lasting. In the meantime the Free State military aetivty lias not been relaxed in Dublin where there ere armed patrols and h rries full of men everywhere. “Freeman’s .leurmil" says that De Valera could easily make tke position clear hy leaving tlie issue to the people who are the filial court of appeal and abandoning the weapons which have been employed to intimidate that Court.

The '‘Observer’’ remarks that De Valera has recognised that the pr.nc.iples *of ten) eraev debar civilised people from armed opposition to the majority of opinions however unpalatable.

The “Sunday Express" says that De Valera calls it a truce, but it is a surrender.