IRISH ELECTIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 151, 16 September 1927, Page 9

IRISH ELECTIONS

RESiULTS NEXT WEEK COSGRAVE’S TEN POINTS British Wireless—Press Assn Copyright Reed. 11.12 a.m. RUGBY, Thursday. The full Irish polling results will not be available until early next week. There are 152 seats in the Dail, but three of these have already been filled by independent representatives of the universities, who were returned unopposed. There are 256 candidates, against 375 in the June elections, contesting remaining seats. The President, Mr. W. T. Cosgrave, asks for a clear decision and a larger poll than t the last election. There are no signs of this unless seeming indifference covers a grim determination to vote. Mr. Cosgrave has issued a list of 10 points on which he says he is prepared to meet his opponents with peace and reconciliation. These are as follow: —(1) Voluntary submission to the will of the people; (2) the balancing of the national Budget; (3) a single disciplined army subject to the control of Parlia lent;; (4) an efficient police force; (5) the collection of all arms from who are not authorised to possess them; (6) an independent Judiciary C 7) entrance to the civil service to be by merit only (8) no tru-. crime of any description; (9]i peace at home and abroad; and (10) fulfilment of all pledges, both national and international. REPLY TO DE VALERA The Minister of Finance, Mr. Ernest Bly*’ 3, to-day replied to a speech made by the Republican leader, Mr. de Valera, who said the Irish Treaty had been accepted on the assumption that it was merely a stepping-stone to greater freedom. The Minister said: “If I could turn the Free State into a Republic to-morrow, I would not lift a finger to do it. We have all the powers and liberties that are required for the people of this country.” Lord Beaverbrook has informed the London correspondent of the “Irish Independent” that there is not a single word of truth in a statement to the effect that he has contributed, directly or indirectly, to Irish political funds.—A. and N.Z.