IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3632, 19 November 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

IMPROVED SITUATION. GOVERNMENT REGAINS CONTROL. EFFICACY OF POLICE METHODS. Received 9.50 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 18. Evidence confirmatory of recent Ministerial statements regarding the improved -situation in Ireland is disclosed in a captured Sinn Fein Army Order urging the immediate construction of secret dngouts in the Tipperary for men on the run. It points out That the accommodation and hospitality hitherto freely given these men by farmers and others is not now forthcoming; thus showing the increased efficacy of police activities and the widespread withdrawal of sympathy from the operations of Sinn Fein murder gangs. Meanwhile, the Sinn Fein courts have practically disappeared, while the ordinary work of the High Court and the County Courts is increasing. Local authorities who refused to submit their books to the Government auditor are now reversing their decision,, owing to the Government withholding grants. The hunger strike weapon has failed, and has been 'discarded. For every barrack burned the police may now commandeer a house in the district, often owned and occupied by leading Sinn Feiners.