IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1920, Page 5

IRELAND.

ORGANISING THE. NATIONALISTS. WAR AGAINST BRITAIN FOOLISH. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 4, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 2. The Blackrock Council carried a resolution calling on Messrs. Dillon and Devlin, and other Nationalists, to re-organise the Nationalist forces. Mr. Dillon, in replying, says that ia -view of the result of the last election, and the infamous character of the present Government of Ireland, he has not felt free to take a prominent part in re-organ-ising Ireland on constitutional lines. Commenting on the Sinn Fein policy, Mr. Dillon deplored the throwing away of the most effective weapon—an independent united party in the House of Commons—and declaring war against the British Empire, when Ireland had no means of carrying it on in a civilised and decent fashion. It was foolish in the ex-treme.—Aus.-N.SS. Cable Assn.

POST OFFICE RAID. HOLD UP AT LIMERICK. Received Jan 4, 11.15 a.m. London, Jan. 2. The men who raided the Limerick post office arrived on bicycles. They picketed the approaches to the Central Post Office, and cut the telephones. They then divided into parties, going-to the sorting room and the other departments, and holding up the post office officials with pistols, while the leaders seized old ago pensions, which were chiefly in silver and ready for the payment clerk, who with the key of a safe containing £ISOO had just left, and the raiders were unable to break open the safe—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.