IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3601, 13 October 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

' MR LLOYD GEORGE'S POLICY; CRITICISED BY MR ASQUITH. ANARCHY, NOT GOVERNMENT. LONDON, Oct. 11. ] Mr H. H. Asguith in an interview, ■ describes Mr Lloyd George's speech at Carnarvon as a declaration of insolI • vency on the part of the Coalition Government. The only Irish policy Mr Lloyd George offered was repudiation of Dominion Home Rule and a condonation of the hellish policy of reprisals. An attempt to answer murder by murder and outrage by terrorism was not government but anarchy. "I will deal with the matter of the supposed strategic dangers of a Dominion settlement," said Mr .. Asquith, "when I review the whole situation at Ayr on Thursday.''' A Sinn Feiner smashed the glass protecting Holman Hunt's picture. "'The Light of the World,' * which is aiow in St. Paul's Cathedral. The outrage was a protest against the imv prisonment of the Lord Mayor of Cork. The picture was not damaged. \ ' V MR LLOYD GEORGE'S REPLY. "HELLISH POLICY OF MURDER." LONDON, Oct. 11. Mr Lloyd George says that he does not propose to take notice of Mr Asquith's criticism of his (the Premier's) Irish speech, adding that Mr Asquith does not mention the hellish policy of murder. A MILITARY RAID. v Received a.m. LONDON, October 12. ' The Military raided Professor Carro3an's house at Drureonda at three o'clock in the morning, seeking two youths. An affray resulted two military officers being The Professor was wounded in the neck. The assailants escaped. I . POLICE LORRY AMBUSHED. i Received TO.IO a.m. " | October 12. ) A police lorry was ambusTied near Koscommon. Two were killed and three wounded. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS TRYING TO MAKEPEACE. LONDON, October 12. . The Society of Friends in Ireland is approaching other churches with a *,. view to. securing a month's truce and * asking 'the Government and Republicans to pledge "themselves to prevent recourse to physical force "methods. ANOTHER FIGHT. LONDON, October 12. A motor lorry carrying it en soldiers at Ballyshane was held up by carts flung across the road. Sinn Feiners .behind a high hedge "Opened fire, "using bombs and revolvers. The skirmish continued for an hour. One soldier was killed and six wounded. Nevertheless rthe rest managed to drive off the Sinn Feiners, though outnumbered. . FINANCES OF BELFAST. MORATOKIUM ASKED FOE. Received 10.50 a.m. LONDON, October 12. The Belfast Traders' Protection Federation has issued a circular stating that the Government has been asked to declare a moratorium for Belfast Banks, owing to the situation following on the boycott and ' the large withdrawals.