IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3628, 15 November 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

ITALIAN SYMPATHIES. Received 9 a.m. ROME, Nov. 14. All the Catholic Deputies support Signor Mauli's motion of sympathy with Ireland in her struggle for selfdetermination and national emancipation, and the wish that Ireland's future will be crowded with freedom, prosperity and peace. » —— NINETY-FOUR. DAYS' FAST. LONDON, Nov. 13. After having been Avithout food for 94 days, the Cork hunger-strikers are again eating. T3iey were instructed by the Sinn. Fein to "cease fighting" as -they had demonstfated their faithfulness.

v ' FIGHT NEAR TRALEE. -r LONDON, Nov.'l4, Details of the ambush near Tralee show that the civilians included journalists and cinema operators. The latter filmed the scene' during the fierce fight. The escort consisted of exofficer cadets, all of whom were under fire.in the great war. They jumped out and routed the ambushers. Sinn FeineTs who were heavily reinforced from a Republican battalion in the vicinity, re-attacked. But were again repelled. According to another account, lorries containing uniformed men approached a creamery, where farmers and others were assembled for business. The latter rushed in panic, to the fields, where \t<hey took refuge.Uniformed men pursued and opened fire, killing Hurlihy (sub-manager of the, creamery) and McMahon (a farmery and wounding three severely.