IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3464, 19 April 1920, Page 2

IRISH AFFAIRS.

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..\;1 if-Xcilillg incident occurred in (}2ll\\‘:ly, \\'llel'c the st.l’ikcv.'s held up butchm's' L-ul't.s coxweying milit.zu'_\f I'ation.~:. ’|7hreu lorric-za and :1. Hulk were cluickly on the .~:c.(-11¢‘, an-J tllc’—.'stril<ol's ctispczsexl bcfoi-ca the levelled rifles. Sol‘gozHll‘f 14}l\7iY1 \\‘:l>‘s founéi shot (lvzxd in the Al)ubl.ill Police Dopni.

'l‘h<_é Customs offices in Rundalk xwrc burned down. 'l‘hcincem]i:u'ics used potl'ol.

A strike picket bozll‘dod :1 p:1sso11;_;v1' I‘l'-ain arriving :1‘: (‘lustlo Blzlyncy. and ordered the dri\‘e‘f and Stoker to leave

the engine. A picket than drew the fires.

Strikers at C:ll'l"lckmucross prevented postmen from delivering mails. 4 The Daily Nows states that Sir .\W..-\'ill M:1(:1'o:1c1y Told Lord Fl'(‘llC.h ml zlrrival that hv must he gin-n :1 Mealfield in the min: po.<il,imx as Comnmnd» el’-in-Chief in the al'ln§' {1d111i]1i.~'l’l‘:1’[i011. The Belfast No\\'s](-I“fm', (:omm(3ming on the release of The hungm'-sl‘l'ilu‘l's, sa_\'s by this sul'rolldol' the Sinn FOlll has gained an authol'i’ry which the GOV01'n1n0n1' has lost from frlilun‘ to ilsscm the law. It has :I.}):xnJ:Tl)/(SJ law-abid-ing pe<)plo to the hurrol‘.< of '.[l-ish rebnig

The No‘~.‘i'ilol‘!'i Whig (io(:lul'(.‘s ‘rhut. outside Fnimiist Ylsiur tho ('4ovei'n—--111012: of Ireland lies in the liamis of Siim FOlll. The izist .<url'end(-1' is the niosf cnlziiiiitoiis of 2111 the niishikos l1IJ(i biiimiem mzwkiiig‘ Irish '})i.l<iol'y. ‘ 'l‘hL- Irish .\‘cx'.< C'!i:ll'act'm'i.<o.< it as the (.»;I'(‘:l‘rest climb (Ic-Tm in tho v,elltlll'_\f. Thr‘. Il'iSil, Trude 'L’nion Congre.~ss, in :L m:mif'est‘u, t:sngu.';lflllzlted the workers’ on .<lio~.-cing hon '[il\"}r'B(‘-111} impose their wiil on the authorities, mid» u.:-gas the \\'m'km‘s 10 prc\'cLl’( the ox-pm-t'=ltion of foodslufi’s until the re.=stnl'a‘rioll of -normal su_pplio.s, \\'ili(<]l is iiindercd by the stoppage of transports. I , '

Ne\\'sl):x].v.?l's gexiomlly Cousidcr the release marks an entire elmngo. in Irish policy. Lloyd George is pol'so_n—ully responsible 1501‘ the change. I"1'cnc11, '.\'lzlcphcl'soll, and Sir John Taylor (_Permane:nt; Under-Sec.re.t.m'y), are generally held responsible for the earlier policy. Macphc-.rson has alroiuly resigned, and French is likelv to follow. If is runioured Taylor will have a colonial appointment.

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LONDON, Al-,1-11 14.

There is some doubt at present. as to the extent of the concession to the Sinn Feiners. Aut'hol'it.y for the Exchange Telegraph Agenoy’s announcement‘. is a speech to the crowd outside flu). prison, Bynu). giving the Lord Mayor-‘S word for it that the Lord l\'1:1yor had been previously summoned i 0 the Vice-Regal Lodge. Another version has it that Lord French pronounced that he was leaving the matter in the hands of the prison doctors. Consequently nmny hunger-s‘rl'ikol's will be released for’cllwi.l<h, as they are either ill :1 state of collapse or bor<ler~ ing thereon. One collapsed pl‘i.~‘.ollel' was x'elezl‘sed this aftex-noon. The situation in the prison was grave in the £lfl‘el‘lloon_. rleuths being expected at any momenf. Four were unlikely to live, and the remuindt-r were in the last. stages of exll:lLl.€f_.ion.

It is significant 1111111; sixnullaneously with Lord Fl'ench’s summons to the Lord Mayor the nlili’{’ary were withdrawn from the precincts of the.Jpl'i—son. A priest appeared at four o’cloe.k and requested the crowd to allow a passage between the prison and the hospi»‘a.l, also not to make any :€mxlc»llstration, as the men were in a very weak condition. The prison authorities summonea an umbulzmce corps. The prison gates were flu'owll wide open, and people were allowed freely to enfer. Irish‘ Volun’teers kept. order. iPo]ice unél troops were invisible. ‘ln the absence of an official statement. the position at Mfiuntjoy prison, even at :1 late hour to-night, remains obscure, but the prisoners already moved needed urgent medical attenHon. They liuve been paroled for 9. specified period, and ordered to enfer an ol'rlinar_v hospitaxl. hnf most were i'll.\’(‘H to private nursing liordes.

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W.-\SHING'I‘ON. April 15.

Wmnon pick‘etel'S, bearing anti-Eng-Hsh placards. paraded in front of Whites Hmxsv. The placzuds urged the T'l'O.<id€nt H 3 compel EllgTand to pay ‘n,.~~.~ debt,-.v to America. The police did not i:lte‘rf'el'o.