IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3514, 28 June 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

LOTH TO SPILL BLOOD. LONDON, June 26. Under-secretaries from. Dublin, Castle, together with military chiefs, conferred with the: magistrates at Londonderry with a view to arriving at peace by conciliation, being of opinion that it would leave less bitterness than a forcible settlement. A conciliation committee, representing all classes will meet forthwith. Eailway difficulties in Ireland are developing with alarming rapidity. Wide areas in the south are without trains. Dublin is threatened with the 'jutting off of food supplies. Dismissal v of railwaymen for refusing to cany police and soldiers continues

Twenty masked men barricaded the road and stopped the Gavan motor mail, chloroformed .the driver, stole the mails, and left the driver unconseioug on the roadside. Another party stopped the Cavnri mail train and abstracted letters.

Trouble has arisen on the Irish railways owing to guards and drivers refusing to carry soldiers. The strike is extending, and traffic on the two main lines is practically suspended. Armed men) raided Slijgo, gaol at midnight and released a prisoner awaiting trial for stealing arms. Another armed gang seized eighty gallons of petrol at Limerick station. Derry is reported quiet. It is under complete military control, and business is resuming. Lord French, speaking at Belfast, said the Government was determined that the Irish should enjoy the same protection and privileges as people elsewhere, and would not. hesitate to employ all the force R at its disposal to this end. It desired the country (o enjoy the utmost freedom, and would never listen to a proposal for a republic or the coercion of Ulster. LONDOND EREY QUIETER. TWENTY SINN FEINERS BURIED. Received 9.15. LONDON. June 27.

Londonderry was undisturbed throughout Saturday. There Avcre no further arrivals of troops during the week-end. It is reported twenty* Sinn Fein victims of shooting were secretly buried.