IRISH QUESTION

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1932, Page 5

IRISH QUESTION

FURTHER. RIbTING j ■ ' ' ' • ' , WHEN RIVAL PARTIES CLASH. /(United Press Association- -By Electric / ' Telegraph—Copyright.) ’ ' LONDON, October 10. ’ Wild rioting took place -during a t- Dosgraveite meriting at Kiliriallpck. It' was addressed and M Professor' Maex-Speaker. ‘ One hundred 'men, carrying a banner in* scribed: ' : “Kilmallock ■ Staii’ds for de Valeral” paraded the town, arid they gathered supporters, 'and when these numbered three hundred, they rushed , the meeting coming into conflict with members 'of the “White Army.’’ 4 , 5 . .1 A free fight followed, sticks, stones and other weapons being used, and twenty revolver shots were fired, (> A dozen local police heroically attempted to separate the combatant**, • many of both sides being injured,,, ar}d several taken to the hospital, f A/nuriiher of windows were broken. , ECONOM3Q FAILURE PREDICTED. • 1 bf "I ' ■' . LONDON, October 10. “The Times”' Dublin correspondent states : ‘ ‘The Cosgraveite* are consistent advocates of negotiation and »r» doing nothing to embarrass Jdr de Valiera, They wiljl maintain alienee while-a settlement is in prospect, and they will not attempt to" force overdue by elections, at Cork ,and at .Wateriford. ’ ' ~,, “Meanwhile, it ie expected .that if the negotiations are successful, ,Mr de Valera will immediately precipitate ' a general election , at . a free hand to pursue his postponed , pro-., gramme/ including the Oath Bill, the abolition W the Senate, the extinction of the Governor-Generalship, and the declaration' of a republic. . ,>it; “Thus the position is curious,; and unsatisfactory. ■ 'A failure of the negotiations will probably strike a final blow to the Free State’s economic existence. The success, of the negotiations. bringing kudos to Mr de Valera, ‘may promote -a complete rupture from the Empire, wherein econo- , mio doom would only be postponed.’’ .