IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1920, Page 5

IRELAND.

A LABOR MANIFESTO. PRIEST ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. , O'FLANAQAN'S PEACE EFFORTS. SVERY ASSISTANCE GIVEN. ' I Bg Telegraph.—Prtn Assn.—Copyright. Reeived Dee. 17, 1.5 a.m. London, Dec. 16. Vltnon Magner, who was killed at Dunmanwav, was an aged priest who too]£ no part in politics. He was apparently shot accidentally while trying to save a man who was threatened by the Black and Tans. The Irish Labor Party has issued,a manifesto advising the railwaymen to carry even; thing the British authorities are willing to risk on thq trains. A settlement of the she months dispute, which resulted in the dismissal four thousand men, and lost Ireland five 1 millions sterling, is now expected. Mr. Lloyd George has telegraphed to Father O'Flanagan that the Irish Government will afford him facilities to see Griffiths, and that the cables will be open to him to communicate with \De Valera . He trusts that the outcome i will be that the policy of violence and intimidation Will be finally abandoned, i and that the coming Christmas season will lessen the passion which is pro- - lueing the present hideous and unchristian strife.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable issn. FATALITIES IN A CONFLICT. Received Dec. 16, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 15. During a conflict at Dimmanway two civilians were killed; also Canon Magiwr, p»rish priest.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Awn.