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A COUNTESS SENTENCED. AMERICAN DELEGATES' DEMAND. By Telejraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 29, 5.5 p.m. London, June 19. Countess Markievicz was sentenced ,to four months imprisonment for inciting traders to boycott the Irish Constabu-lary..-rUnited Press. Received June 29, 5.5 p.m. Loudon, June 19. ' The Irish-Americtan delegates, in a letter to Mr. Lloyd George, demanded Countess Markievicz's release. They describe her as "Minister for Labor in the Irish Republican Cabinet" and declare that her punishment is a reprisal for her giving information in regard to atrocities mentioned in the delegates' report. The delegates admit that, such evidence regarding atrocities perpetrated on women was furnished by Markievica, and that she possesses evidence of unspeakable outrages, the details of which have not been published. The delegates even possess proof that British spies shadowed the Countess, and that direct threats were made against her during the delegates' inquiry.—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn.
THE STATEMENT DENIED. Received June 29. 11.5 p.m. London, June 28. The. allegations of the Irish-American delegates that Countess Markiovicz was prosecuted as a reprisal for giving information is officially declared to be totally without foundation. Long before the American delegates' visit the statement was made in the course of a speech by Countess Markiovicz for which she was prosecuted. In this she urged the police to treat the police as lepers, declaring that the State pay received )iy the police was blood money. Prosecution was ordered on May 25, and the district inspector of police was murdered in broad daylight in Thurles Street on June 23.'—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association, i
A SOLUTION SUGGESTED. London, June 27. Sir Horace Plunkett inaugurated the Irish Dominion League which is aiming at securing a settlement on the lines of Dominion Home Rule and creating a representative tody of Nationalists and Unionists, whom the Government will consult— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. New York, June 24. Mr. De Valera, in a statement said, "I am now ready to assume officially the duties as President of the Irish Republic. I seek America's aid for Ireland and believe I will get it."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Sir Horace Plunkett's League scheme proposed that Ireland shall cease to be represented at Westminster, and have a similar representation to that of the Dominions in the League of .Nations and the Imperial conferences. The Irish Parliament would control internal Government and taxation, including customs and excise, but it was essential that .trade relations with Britain should preferably be. on a free trade basis to be mutually agreed upon. The present defences should continue, Ireland contributing in money and kind. There was no intention to cu,t the painter.— Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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