IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3458, 12 April 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

CONSTABLE-S AMBUSHED.

LONDON, April 9%

' A party lying in ambush at Menagh fired at three constables, one of whom is dead, the second dying, and the fhird in a. serious condition.

TVVO CONSTABLE-S DEAD; THIRD

DYING.

_ _ Received‘ 9.50 am. ‘'. LONDON, ‘April 10. The second Menagh constable has succumbed, and the third is dying.

LORD FRENCH EXPLAINS‘

Received‘ 9.35 am.

NE WYORsK, April 10.

The Chicago Tribune’s represelltative interviewed Lord French, who denied that he stated to the Daily Ex~ press he was “fed up” and anxious to resign. What he actually said was that the Vice Royalty is not a bed of roses, and he would not object to relinquishing the job, but was not resigning before the end of the year. A xrebellion was unlikely, and would not be successful. The Government was certain to retain command of the si.tua,ti.on. ‘