IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1921, Page 5

IRELAND .

HOW DE VALERA LANDED. YACHT AND SEAPLANE JOURNEY. NEARLY CAPTURED, Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m. New York, Jan. 8. According to Sinn Fein representatives here De Valera was conveyed to Ireland on board a private yacht, from which a seaplane took him off twenty miles from the Irish coast, landing him on Mutton Island, County Clare on December 29. It is stated De Valera narrowly escaped capture when a British patrol boat halted the yacht, but the captain was able to convince questioners that the yacht was making a pleasure trip. —AUB.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ROUNDING UP OF REPUBLICANS. NEW METHODS OF MILITARY. Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 7Patrick Killen, of Athlone, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering James Blagriffe, an ex-soldier, whose body was found riddled with bullets and labelled after his capture by armed and masked men. The latest tactics of the military include to round up the Republic army by surrounding Roman Catholic Churches during service and netting the whole congregation. Lorries filled with sojdiers drive up and post sentries at the doors, and then the women are permitted to leave, while the men are searched and questioned whether they are members of the Republican army. If so they are arrested. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SOLDIERS AMBUSHED. Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 8. A military party was ambushed while proceeding to the relief of the Tramore police barracks, on which Republicans delivered night attacks. One soldier was wounded, but the ambushers were dispersed, leaving three dead.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A MURDERER INSANE. Received Jan. 9, 55 p.m. London, Jan. 7. Police Sergeant Hart, court-martialled at Cork for the murder of Canon Mager, I was found guilty, but was declared to he insane.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RECRUITS FROM AMERICA. Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m. New York, Jan. 8. The New York Tribune’s Philadelphia borrespondent states that five companies of Irish volunteers uniformed in similar garb to the Republicans in Ireland have been organised, declaring the.’r willingness to fight for Irish freedom. It is stated the volunteers are leaving for Ireland singly or in small groups through round about channels.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. McSWINEY’S CHAPLAIN ON TRIAL. Received Jan. 9. 11.5 p.m. London, Jan. 8. Father Dominic, of the Franciscan Capuchin order, who was chaplain to McI Swiney during his hunger strike* has been court-martialled at Kilmainham. He is charged with writing a letter in which he made statements likely to cause disaffection. The court reserved its verdict.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ARCHBISHOP CLUNE HIS MISSION COMPLETED. London , Jan. 7. It has just transpired that a member of Mr. Lloyd George’s secretarial staff personally arranged for Archbishop Clune’s transference from the Ormonde to the Osterley, which leaves Tilbury on January 15, thereby indicating close association during the past few weeks between Archbishop Clune and Mr. Lloyd George. The Irish Office has informed the Australian Press Association that the departure of Archbishop Clune does not mean that negotiations have broken down, but simply that he has completed his mission An Irish Office official paid a tribute to Archbishop Clune’s work as mediator between the Government and the moderates, who are now in a majority in the Sinn Fein party. He declared that Archbishop Clune throughout had been trusted by both sides for* his sincerity and honesty of purpose in search of a settlement. Although he had not met the assembled Dail Eireann, Archbishop Clune had probably seen all the important leaders. De Valera was now of much less account in the negotiations than his nominal position in the Republic infer-red.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RECORDS OF OUTRAGES. London, Jan. 7 An Irish Office statement regarding outrages during 1920 shows that 165 policemen and 53 soldiers were killed, 225 policemen and 118 soldiers were wounded, 43 civilians were killed, and 103 were wounded. The figures do not include casualties in the Ulster riots. The destruction of courthouses, barracks and coastguard stations has ceased during the last four weeks, but raids on mail trains and murders and assaults on police continue.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. IMPORTANT POLICE RAID. London, Jan. 7. Strong police forces raided a large area around Dungannon and captured many weapons, ammunition, plans of barracks, and recipes for making explo-sives.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.