IRELAND

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1920, Page 5

IRELAND

; ARREST OF SINN FEiNERS. CLEANING UP DUBLIN. By Telsgrspn.—Press ! Received Nov. 28, ll.fi p.m. '' :" London, Nov. 27f As a result of the seizure of lists of members of tho Republican army, the authorities are making a house to house search in Dublin and hundreds of arrests have been made. Two internment camps are being made near Dublin and another at Dnndrum for the incarceration of the arrested Republicans, who will eventually number a thousand. They will be treated as prisoners of war. Masked men at' Menagh fatally shot Denis Carey. Incendiary fires in Cork destroyed the Sinn Fein club and large drapery shops. Shots were fired and bombs exploded in Cork streets during the> night. Soldiers were ambushed near Fermoy, and two were killed, and three wound-ed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE ATTACK ON LIBERALS. MR. ASQUITH'S BITTER RETORT. Received Nov. 28. 5.5 p.m. 4 London, Nov. 27. At a meeting t.t th, Liberal Federation at Bradford, Mr. Asquith made a tot r°tcrt to Sir Hamar Greenwood's peroration in the House of Commons who asked, "who is for Irelnnd and Kmnire, and who for Ii eland's assassins." Mr. Asquith devriLed this as the mos-. insulting rh»doracr.tade (bragging i in history. ''Whw is Greenwood?" hj? avked. A voice; "A cowa'd." Mr. Asquith continued: "The mm who deserted the great Gladstone traditions now tells the Liberals they sympathise with assassins. This is vile, malign calumny. The Government, who condoned reprisals, should keep their own hands scrupulously clean."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. HONORING THE DEAD. IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL OF OFFICERS. London, Nov. 20. Preceded by escorts of Household Cavalry, and' Foot Guards and the massed bands of the Grenadiers, Coldstream, Scots and Irish Guards, the bodies of the murdered officers were borne on nine gun carriages from Fusion station to Westminister, through streets thronged with silent and reverent crowds. All the men raised their heads as each coffin passed. Sir Hamar Greenwood was chief mourner and Mr. Lloyd George met the procession at Westminster Abbey, where the Dean of Westminster read the first portion of tho burial service. Thf.re were about a hundred peers and it hundred members of the House of Commons present The Coldstream GuaTds' buglers sounded the "Last Post." Archbishop Bourne and Bishop Keating* officiated at Westminster Cathedral, where Mr. Bonar Law and Mr. Chamberlain represented the Government, and the Irish Guards' buglers sounded the "Last Post." The coffins were afterwards takeu to various cemeteries for burial. QUESTION OF MARTIAL LAW. STATEMENT BY PREMIER. Received Nov. 27, 3.30 p.m. London, Nov. .26. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George stated that Cabinet had definitely concluded it was not desirable at present to enforce martial law in Ireland, but immediately it was desirable, lor would help the Government, they would apply it.—Reuter Service. -SINN FEIN IN NEW YORK. New York, Nov. 25. Sinn Fein sympathisers attacked the Union Club in Fifth Avenue, where the Ornish Has; was flying. Windows were shatti-.red by stones. A number of jdemonstrators were injured in a fight wi*h the police. No arrests were made. j—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MEETINGS PROHIBITED. London, Nov. 20. It is authoritatively stated in Liverpool that Dr. Manni.v will be the central figure at a gathering of 100,000 Irishmen in a suburb of Liverpool on December 5 to protest against the Government's ban. Dr. Mannix was allowed to land in England on condition that he would not visit Liverpool, Manchester, or Glasgow. The Home Secretary has prohibited the Irish meeting, which was arranged to be h'eld at Manchester during the week-end, for the reason it would condue to a breach of the peace and promote disaffection. ARREST OF SINN FEIN LEADERS. London, Nov. 2C. Mr. Arthur Griffith and Professor John MacNeill have been arrested in Dublin. London, Nov. 20. Griffiths was arrested in bed. He made no resistance. A large quantity of literature was found, but no arms. Griffith did not make any statement. He had arranged to address Irish meetings.