IRISH AFFAIRS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3664, 30 December 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

CORK EXAMINER OUTRAGE. LONDON, Dec. 28. Sinn Feiners wore responsible for the Cork Examiner outragCj which was due to the fact that the pap'ei-, which is Nationalist, followed the Bishop 'of Cork in denouncing the murders o'f the police and ambushes of soldiers. LABOUR: [COMMISSION’S REPQjRT V SCANDALOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS. ATROCITIES BY CROWN FORCES. Received 9.20 a.mT LONDON, Dec. 29. The Labour Commission which investigated reprisals in Ireland reports that: “Things are being done In tbe name of Britain which must make her name stink in the nostrils of the whole world. The atmosphere of terrorism which has been created and the provocative behaviour of the Crown’s armed servants, quite apart from specific reprisals, are in them, selves sufficient to arouse in our hearts feelings of the deepest horror and shame.!’ The report gives details of many burnings of creameries, farmhouses, private houses, shops, and public buildings, and declares that tHe Crown’s forces were - gjrifty of arson, theft, and brutality. Tbe reports adds; “Only by repudiating the errors of the past can the democracy of the British recover itja honour, and only by granting Irelanq the freedom -which is her due can we fulfil our responsibilities towards a sister nation.?

Received 11.10 a.m. LONDON;, Dec. 29. The Labour Commission’s report is voluminous. It admits that 7 it is difficult to obtain evidence in regard to reprisals and terrorism. It was misleading to describe the Sinn Feip forces as an army, as it was an army only in name. It was r formidable only because it was intangible. The report does not believe that the Gov. eminent directly or definitely inspired reprisals and violence, but it liberated forces which it could not dom. inate, and therefore the responsibility rests with the Government. The National Conference of the Labour Party .at Westminster discussed the Irish report. Mr A. G. Cameron and other members of the Commission reiterated the charges and ashed the delegates when they returned to their districts to endeavour to arouse public opin. ion against the Government. The Conference unanimously passed a resolution deploring the lamentable conditions in Ireland, and challenging the Government to disprove the statements in the Commission’s report by a judical inquiry into the reprisals.

THE WORKLESS MILLIONS NOT WANTED IN DOMINIONS. LONDON, Dee. 28 The Daily Mail announces that all the Dominions are alarmed at the reports that millions of workless Europe are preparing to emigrate. Neither Australia nor Canada is prepared to welcome indigent immigrants at the present time —they have their own difficulties The Times says that emigration is no solution for unemployment. Inquiries at the New Zealand offices do not hold much hope of relief in that direction. New Zealand is send, ing out 6000 ex-service men, and is considering the cases of 3000 more, but at least 5000 are awaiting passages.