IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1922, Page 5

IRELAND.

TRANSFERRING AUTHORITY. GOOD PROGRESS MADE. j By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. ‘ Received Jan. 24, 7.20 p.m. London, Jan. 23. The Colonial Office states that a cd ference between the Cabinet’s Ir committee and Free State Ministers 4 Sunday made good progress in the < tailed consideration of measures need sary to transferring the exeeutiv? ; sponeibility to the new Irish* Ministf Mr. Collins has returned to Dob and conferences are continuing wi Messrs. Duggan and O’Higgins.—Al N.Z. Cable Assn. RESULTS OF THE PACT. ' OPENINGS FOR TRADE. Received Jan. 25, 12.25 am. London, Jan. 23. Tn consequence of the Collins-Orfl pact the Belfast bagmen departed 1 day in search of orders in the Sou West. While Belfast approves of t pact, it remains adamantly determin not to join the Free State. The Unionists attach the greats value to Mr. Collins’ definite recog tion of the Ulster Government wh the pact implies. —Aus.-N.Z, Cable Aim DE VALERA’S POLICY. / A REASSURING STATEMENT. Paris, Jan 23, A reassuring indication of the poll he intends to pursue was given by 1 de Valera in an interview with a Fren newspaper. He said: “We have no tention of coming into direct confi with the majority of the Irish Pari ment. Our aim is to lead the Irish p pie towards the aspirations for wh we have always fought, but we will 1 play the game of out’ oppressors creating internal trouble and furniahi a pretext for meddling in our affairs crush us.—Reuter. |