IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3639, 27 November 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

NOTORIOUS IRISHMEN ARRESTED. Received 9.45 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 26. Arthur Griffith and Professor John McNeill have been arrested in Dublin. THE MURDERED OFFICERS. MOST IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL. t Received 10 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 26. Preceded by escorts of household cavalry, foot guards, massed bands of the Grenadier Coldstreams( Scot and Irish Guarus, the bodies of the murdered officers were borne on nine-gun-carriages from Euston Station to Westminster through streets thronged with sil&nt reverent crowds, all men raised their heads as each coffin passed. Sir Hamar Greenwood was the chief meourner, and Mr Lloyd George met the procession at the Abbey whetre Dean of Westminster read the first portion of the Burial Service. About 100 Peess and 100 Commoners took part. Coldstream Guard buglers sounded the last post. Archbishop Bourne, and Bishop Read officiated at the cathedral, where Mr Bonar Law, and Mr Chamberlain represented the Govenment. Irish Guard buglers sounded the last post and the coffins were afterwards taken to their, varidus cemeteries for burial.

THE MASSACRED OFFICERS. FUNERAL PROCESSION IN DUBLIN. "^ OFFICIALS ENFORCE RESPECT TO DEAD. LONDON, Nov. 26. During the passage of the funeral in Dublin, steps were taken to see that the remains were-treated with respect. Warning voices were heaTd warning hat-wearers .to remove their fiats. An official message from Dublin states that three youths mysteriously fell from a wall into the Liffey during /the passing of the .coTtege. They were wearing hats at the time. THE COALITION'S FAILURE. LONDON, Nov. 25. Mr. J. M. Robertson,.. presiding at the annual meeting of the National Liberals at Bradford, said the Coalition had failed to settle the Irish question.. The result of the Coalition policy was lynch law and reprisals. The Premier practically condoned reprisals and bracketed murders with martyrs. •Never before had the King's Government sunk so low. IRISH INDEPENDENCE. AMERICAN RECOGNITION ASKED. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. A formal plea for American recognition of Irish independence, signed by De Valera, as sent to President Wilson, who forwarded it to the State Department £o-dsy. The document is very lengtliy, but, will not be made public. Official circles do not consider it probable that the Government will reply favourably as Britain might consider any pronouncement therefrom as a gratuitous verbal invasion of British domestic affairs.

ANOTHER PHOENIX PARK MURDER. > LONDON, Nov. 25. A soldier and a policeman ivere shot dead in Phoenix Park. Thirty-two soldiers were killed and eighty-eight wounded in Ireland during October. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. LONDON, Nov. 26. Mystery surrounds the deaths of the soldier and policeman. It is reported that a. woman denounced the policeman, who was in plain clothes, to a patrol of troops. They fired in error. A second patrol heard the shots, and also fired, killing the soldier. SINN FEIN DEMONSTRATION* IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Sinn Fein sympathisers attacked the Union Club, in Fifth Avenue, where the British flag was flying. Windows wore shattered by stones. A mimber of demonstrators were injured in a fight with the police. No arrests were made. HOME RULE BILL. READ SECOND TIME BY LORDS. LONDON, Nov. 25. The House of Lords read the Home Rule Bill a second jtime, rejectingLord Middleton 's motion by 177 to 91, and Lord Dunraven 's motion by " 164 to 75.