IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3598, 9 October 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

o KING'P ATRICK I. “ c® PROPOSED SOVEREIGN FOR IRELAND. Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON, October 8. At a meeting of the Irish Vigilance Society in a proposal was made on behalf of the Irish-American section that Prince Albert become King of leland with the tittle of Patrick the First It was claimed that the granting of an Irish sovereignty under Albert would mean that Ireland would remain an initial part of the British Empire and the right; arm of Britain. The Chairman stated that De Valera supported the proposal. Discussion was postponed pending the obtaining of the views of certain leaders in' Ireland. BOMBINGS AND SHOOTING. Rereived 9.10 a.m. LONDON, October 8. Civilians bombed a military lorry in Barrack Street, Cork, killing one soldier and dangerously injuring three. Two soldiers in a lorry fired on ithe attackers. The street was full of people proceeding to work, and two were wounded. MR ASQUITH’S PROPOSALS. further reply by viscount GREY - ..--.V- .. . Received 9.45 a.m. LONDON, October 8. Replying to criticism of his proposals cah'ed on 27th Inst , particularly Mr Asquith’s suggestions, Viscount Grey says:— “There are in Ireland ports,which, if effectively epuipped, can doihinate our communications with the greater pqrt of the world. They are in fact gates between us and the outer world, the 'keys of which must he held in London, not in order to lock them, but to prevent their being locked against us. We cannot allow a submarine base to be established in Ireland which is not under con 1 rol of the British Admiralty. Regarding British responsibility for the domestic government of Ireland, that, morally and politically, is a failure. The truest way to fulfil our trust in Ireland is to wind up the British management of purely Irish affairs as soon as we can. It musf be made' cfear as a starting point that our pbliey' is our conviction of the incapability of the British Parliament to manage purely Irish affairs, and a determination to end this tragic failure. Within certain limits it must he frankly stated by us that Irishmen must arrange their own Government. In no. other way can Nationalists and Ulstermen he made to realise that they must make concessions to each other.?