IRELAND

Taranaki Daily News, 30 May 1921, Page 5

IRELAND

VICEROY MAY RESIGN. OPPOSED TO AUXILIARY POLICE. SINN FEIN NOT WEAKENING. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 29, 11.5 p.m. London, May 29. The Observer’s Dublin correspondent says it is estimated that the last eighteen months’ fighting resulted in eight hundred deaths. He declares the military propose to inaugurate a rigorous comb out in the remoter districts, but the republican army does not show any signs of weakening and. seems prepared for the Government’s every scheme. It is circumstantially rumored that grave differences have arisen between Lord Fitzalan (the. Viveroy) and the Government, and the former may possibly .resign the Viceroyalty owing to the failure to carry out his demand for the removal of the auxiliary police. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE DUBLIN FIRE. THE EXCUSE OF SINN FEIN. Received May 29, 5.5 p.m. London, May 28. The Irish Bulletin, Sinn Fein’s official organ, describes the destruction of the Dublin Customhouse by the direction of the Dail Eirann Ministry as an unavoidable military necessity and part of the plan to make the functioning of the British Government in Ireland impossible. The paper adds: The Press, who are now condemning the measure, ar? reminded that they were silent while British soldiers and police destroyed fifteen city town halls, whole streets of shops, hundreds of residences and farmsteads. It is understood the British Cabinet has decided to send large reinforcements to Ireland, where there are already 50,000 troops. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received May 29, 11.5 p.m. London, May 29. An examination of the ruins of Dublin Customhouse shows that all the safes are unharmed and the spacious vaults containing documents of great importance were completely undamaged by the fire.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.