IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1920, Page 5

IRELAND.

MICROBE MURDER PLOT. DISCOVERY IN EXCITING RAID. By Telegraph.—Press Asau.-Copyilght, , Received Nov. 21, 5.5 p.ir.s „, . London, Nov. 20. ihe seizure of papers regarding the microbe murder plot was made during the search of the house of Professor Hayes, at the University College, Dublin. * Soldiers suddenly heard an unknown man moving, whose presence in the house had been concealed. The man escaped in bis nightshirt, dropping from a window and climbing a wall te feet high. An attache case found in his room showed he was the Chief-of-Staff of the Republican Army. A military cordon was immediately thrown around the quarter, but without result. Professor bayes was arrested. A number of hold-ups occurred in Dublin, including the theft of £IOOO from Amiens Street railway station. The money included old age pensions.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.' | IRISH LAND LAWS. TO ABOLISH LANDLORDISM. Received Nov. 21, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 20. The Irish Land Bill, which is complementary of the Home Rule Bill, will practically abolish landlordism. It does not touch land purchased under previous Acts, building land, or 'land not exceeding £2OO in value on which the owner resides or cultivates. The estimated total value of the land subject to compulsory purchase under the Bill is £70.000,000. Landlords will °{\P a ' d b - v flve P er «nt. bonds, redeemable by periodical drawings. The Bill will not be proceeded with this session, and will not be operative until thirty months after passed.—Aus.-N Z, Cable Assn. 9 DISRUPTION OF SINN FEIN. MORE THE WALL. Received Nov. 22, 12.10 a.m. London, Nov. 20. The Galway Council hag decided to repudiate the Dail Eireann (the Sinn Fein Parliament) and to comply with the requirements of the Local Government Board. The repudiation is regarded as foreshadowing the disruption of Sinn Fein influence.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A KIDNAPPED PRIEST. Received Nov. 21, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 20. In the House of Commons, Mr. Devlin asked for information regarding the j alleged kidnapping of Father Griffin, in Galway. Sir flamar Greenwood (Chief Secretary for Ireland) said he refused 1 to believe the military or the police were responsible. It appeared to be a case of local revenge, as Father C biffin's extreme Feinism had raSlnd enemies among the local"nationalist?.—Aus -NZ Cable Assn. ' ' , . MURDERS IN CORK. Received Nov. 21, 11.35 p.m. London, Nov. 20. A masked man shot and severely wounded Jeremiah O'Connell. a shoemaker, at Cork, this being the sixth reprisal victim for the murder of Sergeant o'Donaghue, who was shot dead in a street in Cork.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MR ASQUITH'S CRITICISMS. London, Nov. 10. Mr. Asquith was entertainpd at luncheon at the National Liberal Club. He said that during the last six months Ireland had been in a state of civil war. The truth was that since the establishment of reprisals British justice had been placed in the background and vengeance enthroned. The executive had allowed itself and its servants to become Ministers of a policy of blind, pitiless, indiscriminate jevenge. The Government's system of administration was not only contrary to the fundamental principles of liWty, but to the best tradition of Christianity.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.