IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1920, Page 5

IRELAND.

THE PREMIER'S POLICY. A REPLY BY MR. ASQUITH, By Telettaph.—Press Assn.—CopyrijMt l Received Oct. 11, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 11. Mr. Asquith, interviewed, described Mr. Lloyd George's speech as a declaration of insolvency on the part of the Coalition Government. "The only Irish policy he offers," said Mr. Asquith, "is repudiating Dominion Home Rule, and a condonation of the hellish policy of reprisals—an attempt to answer murder by murder, and outrage by terrorism. It is not Government, but anarchy. I will deal with the matter opposed to the strategic dangers of a Dominion settlement when I review the whole situation at Ayr en Thursday."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPRISAL FOR McSWINEY. Received Oct. 11, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 11. A Sinn Feiner smashed the glass of Holman Hunt's picture "The Light of the World," now in St. Paul's Cathedral, which made a world tour. The outrage was a protest against MeSwiney's imprisonment. The picture is not damaged.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. OUTRAGES AND COMPENSATION. London, Oct. 9. Masked men raiding Roancarrig lighthouse, Bantry Bay, and removed a telescope, a Morse lamp and signal rockets. The Nenagh sessions granted the widow and children of Inspector Wilson £7300. [lnspector Wilson, of the Irish Constabulary, was shot dead when leaving a shop at Templemore, County Tipperary, in the middle of August.] London, Oct. 9. Masked men held up the BelfastCavan mail train and removed official correspondence. A judge hag awarded £25,000 in compensation for Republican outrages in South Donegal. Constable Soden, a native of Huntingdon, who was wounded in an ambush, was awarded £2BOO. PATROL'S DESPERATE FIGHT. London, Oct. 10. A patrol of the Esses Regiment, in two lorries, was ambushed at Newcestown, in County Cork. A desperate fight followed. Lieutenant Richardson was killed and another lieutenant and three soldiers were seriously wounded. The civilian casualties are unknown.-AM.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TROOPS QUELL GAOL RIOT. London, Oct. 10. Early this morning Sinn Fein prisoners in Londonderry Gaol wrecked cellars, smashed windows and damaged property. Troops were called in and fired. Uproar continued until the arrival of an ardmured car and further troops.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Ann.