IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3590, 29 September 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ ARRESTED. LONDON, Sept 27. The military in Dublin arrested the Countess Markievicz, All the principal shops in Trim (Meath) were destroyed | by fire, it is believed, as a reprisal for the des. ruction of the police barracks. IRISH-AMERICAN move. Received 8.20 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. The New York American says that a committee of one hundred on Ireland is asking four Irish Lord Mayors and others to come to the United States to testify at hearings to he held at Washington. A list of names has been sent to the British Ambassador with a request that the Government shall not obstruct the appearance of the Committee, which will chiefly investigate alleged atrocities^ McSWEENEY’S FAST. LONDON, Sept. 28. Archbishop Mannix and others visited Mr McSweeney, who is weak but able to converse with visitors. APPEAL TO AMERICAN IRISH. LONDON, Sept. 28. Mr Griffith is appealing to the Irish in each American State to adopt a devastated Irish town. BELFAST QUIET AGAIN. LONDON, Sept. 28. Belfast is quiet again. It is ascertained that the police murders were deliberately arranged with a view of provoking further rioting in the city. Attacks were made at points a mile apart simultaneously, indicating prearrangement.