IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1919, Page 5

IRELAND.

SINN FEIN ASSEMBLY. AN APPEAL TO THE NATIONS. ' London, Jan. 22. The Sinn Fein Assembly decided that the Irish Independent Ministry should consist of a president and four executive officers, namely, Finance, Home and Foreign Affairs and National Defence. At the opening ceremony the proceedings were conducted in Gaelic. Count Plunkelt read an appeal to the nations asking for the recognition of Ireland's national status, and the right to vindication at the Peace Conference. —Reuter THE REPUBLICAN PARLIAMENT. IGNORED BY EXECUTIVE. London, Jan 22 The Irish Republican Parliament opened this afternoon. Dublin Castle has apparently decided to ignore it as long as it is confined to talking The proceedings will he bilingual and official reports will be issued m Irish. It is hoped the newspapers will publish them in this form, despite the fact that even the Smn Fein papers use English. The first business is the appointment of De Valera, Arthur Griffin, and Count Plunkett as delegates to the Peace Conference, then the declaration of Irish independence and the election of the first president of the Irish Republic—-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. POLICEMEN SHOT DEAD. Received Jan. 25, 1.35 a.m. London, Jan. 22. The Times' Dublin correspondent states that 12 masked men shot dead two policemen near Tipperary who were guarding a conveyance carrying explosives to a quarry. The men seized the explosives and escaped.—Times Service.