IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1921, Page 5

IRELAND.

GOVERNMENT’S ATTITUDE. WILL MEET REPRESENTATIVE IRISH. By Telegraph.—Press Absu.—Copyright. Received March 4, 5.5 p.m. London, March 3. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George said the Government was perfectly willing to give facilities to the elected Irish representatives to discuss the problem of Irish government, but he could not permit certain persons who had taken'part directly in murder to participate in the negotiations. Mr. Devlin asked whether these observations were made to representatives of the Boers when they asked to meet the British representatives, and whether ’ sorqe things done by the Boers were similar to those done in Ireland. Mr. Lloyd George emphatically resented the insult to South Africa. There was no comparison between the men who fought openly in the field with those who paraded the streets in civilian dress and shot the guardians of the law. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. NINE O’CLOCK CURFEW. NEW ORDER FOR DUBLIN. Received March 4, 7.25 p.m. London, March 4. In view of the recent attacks on Crown forces in Dublin, and in pursuance of warnings, a nine o’clock curfew has been imposed in Dublin.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. EX-POLICEMAN KILLED. Received March 4, 5.5 p.m. London, March 3. Roche, an ex-policeman at Skibbereen, was shot dead in his home. He was suspected of supplying milk to the police. The military in South and West Cork commandeered civilians who are repairing a bridge destroyed by the rebels.— Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.