THE IRISH QUESTION.

Otaki Mail, 7 June 1922, Page 1

THE IRISH QUESTION.

v I HIGH ESill). LiOllUOll, JUUjJ J. a Lieiiasi telegram sujj iliu Eunis- ! amen LuiiL-.-iiUimeui oitW.CS I'UiugO ' was taken at ine jjayoiioi puiiii. ai • ieasi KtijiuuiiCuii troops were: ' Killed. Aa me unusti enter eu, iuu village tno Hepubhcaus uiaeumeu-guii-ned them, mo British replied wmi artillery. Auei m.e nisi. &uen, some ucU, UQt luv liiaeilnlut*uUUilut;U ml lilt,} net Wlpta out. ruul' siieno icii jjclimu mo vnlaye in .tiie. initial ui a pai ly oi ueeing rtepublicans, mulcting heavy IoS»CS. British troops secretly landed uii Boa ibiuiiu, and were tiausxeneu 10 iue mauuana at night time. 'Juicy caught me retreating republicans in Hie rear iiuo tuts ni a imp. Alter me more uniiu oi die uepuniieaiis neu 10 me inns, uniy a nunmeu remained to uoienu liie village iioin a barricade una uriuge. liit rsnusri iuSlied me uarricaue wnh bayonets and captured me snipers, ine artillery men joined m. I A military communique issued Horn Enniskiilen stales that, in consequence , oi the so-caiieu i r ree eiate troops' cowI tinual aggtessioii m Hettigo saheiii, •it was decided that imperial troops

sliould occupy tiie village. Operations J continued on Saturday and Sunday by !• land ;uid water and resulted in the i military oocupyig tiie salient lor about a mile trom the frontier in" or-! der to secure the iiigh ground. Tiie f niilitary lost one Killed. The other | side is known to have lost seven hilled and sixteen prisoiiered. In order to dislodge snipers in ihe hills, it was necessary to lire six rounds oi highexplosive shells. The aciuul lighting | lasted from eleven to lour on Sunday. It was only when the rebels fired on the British from a wood in tiie Pettigo district that ihe artillery shelled the wood. A shell hilled six rebels, and three others were killed in the attack on Pettigo village. The first six-pounder shell fired into Pettigo wood caused the rebels to take to their heels. Only lour more were necessary to complete the debacle. The countryside is swarming with British soldiers, accompanied by whippet tanks. NAVAL ACTIVITY. ' SHIPS UNDER ORDERS. j London, June 5. [ There is considerable naval activity J : at Chatham, several .-hips are under orders lor an unknown destination, '. presumably Ireland. AMERICAN SUPPLIES. j SEIZED EN' ROUTE FOR IRELAND. Loudon, .lune :i. J j The American steamer seaiue is < held up ai Tiaiee. A British faloop has i reported lhat Hieie is a huge quail- { lily ol ammunition aboard, which lias been seized. 1 THE CONTENTIOUS ISSUE.

PiUVY COUNCIL i■'i.N.'iL COLiiT Vt J APPEAL. ' f ■> Loudon, June o- .. it is UKeij >vnen u*e »i I;U t^uiutr-j CIICC 10S.Ui.UeB lil.lt UK L'illLi p'Jlllt oi" Uaicuoeioil ■'. .1: «t Vvxiutucji UelUiiu, like Itie OUiei D'jiililii-jii-, v.Ui iLlUililt, ' Uii lOiiSUUi'luilai uUCrUoli-. ]yr Xiiiui 1 decision to iiie Puvj council instead 01 Hie nuti court, oi Appeal a; die ariiii. constitution suggests. '1 ne onyalai malt piowded that tne ' Irish court 01 Appeal would ne nnuJ, t out, tnc biuiiii uisisteu tnai all eon-' slllullonai ijuesuous m ltelunu must j be submitted tor tiie aeeisiou ol Uie ' English Privy Council, similar to I Canada, Australia,- Mevv Zealand aim' south Africa. Mi GriUUli argues that'. the presence 01 Lords Carson and j Sunnier in the Privy Council has m-1 troduced avowed partisans as judges oi Southern Ireland's affairs. Mr' Griffith proposes a couiproinise by in-. sertiug a provision accepting the Privy , Council, but excluding three Lords of : Appeal, viz., Lords Carson, Sumner | and Shaw. ' i FREE STATE LOYALTY. ADHERENCE TO TREATY. London, iurre 5. ! The Daily Express's Dublin eorres- J , pondent has the highest authority tor j saying that the Constitution has already been redrafted and when it is again presented in London the clauses will conform to the Treaty conduits. ! Mr Griffith's reply indicates, uncom-j promising adhesions to the Treaty I and acceptance of the oath by ah the j Irish Ministers. { DE YAltfiA'a LATEbT STATEMENT. "PEACEABLE AND ORDERED "- GOVERNMENT." j London, June 5. De Vaiera had an hour's conference at the Dublin Mansion House and then issued a joint statement that the Coali- ' tion agreement had been unanimously . 1 accepted "by the Dail Ardiheis. be- ' , cause it considered that co-operation was the best means of ensuring peaceable and ordered government and se- t 1 curing the nation against the dangers I whioh threaten it from without. It j had to be remembered that the coun-' [ try was still in a transitional siaie, I and it was impossible to act as if stable conditions were, reached.