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Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1920, Page 5

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DUBLIN NOW QUIET. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FRACAS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received March 25, 7.45 pm. London, March 24. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. T. P. O'Connor regarding the frn- ? cas in Dublin on Monday last, Mr. .1 I. <■ Macpherson (Chief Secretary for Ireland) ' stated Dublin was now quiet- A mili- 1 tary court of inquiry would be held, c There was no evidence that the deaths s of civilians were due to the military. i Replying to Commander Kenworthy, i Mr. Macpherson said he had no informa- j tion that an armoured car turned out ( and used a machine-gun. < Mr. MacVeigh pointed out that the military commander at Cork stated he ( was not aware of the murder when he ( went to Lord Mayor MaeCurtainY . house, thus contradicing Mr. Macphcr- . son's, statement in the House of Commons on Monday that the military went to the house in order to trace the murderers. Mr. Macpherson replied that he was : asked to justify the action of the military and he did so in the only possible inferential way, believing his statement to be true.—lmperial Service. LORD MAYOR'S FUNERAL. IMPRESSIVE GATHERING AT CORK. Received March 25, 2.25 p.m. London, March 22. Mr. Mac Curtain (Lord Mayor of Cork), who was shot the other day, was buried at St. Finbarr's Cemetery at Cork. Fifteen thousand citizens and eight thousand volunteers attended the funeral; also the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and the Mayors and Councils of Wat-, erford, Kilkenny, and Limerick. The Catholic Archbishop of Cork presided at requiem miss, EASTER RISING HINTED. 'PREMIER REFUSES TO ANSWER. London, March 22. In the House of Commons Mr. Clement Edwards asked whether the Government had information that a rising was planned in Ireland for Easter Monday with local risings in Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow, and whether the navy had seized German arms. Mr- Lloyd George regretted the question had been put and declined to ans- " wcr it in the public interest. Mr. M'Veigh (Nationalist) protested against such questions being put unless the questioner was prepared to take responsibility for the statements.—lmperial Service.