POWDER MINE.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1922, Page 5

POWDER MINE.

UNCERTAINTY IN tLSTER. NEED OF SWIFT ACTION. b ..OERING ON ANARCHY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn -Copyright. Received Feb. 16, 7.35 p.m. London, Feb. 15. Mr. Bonar Law, speaking in Glasgow, said parts of Ireland were not far removed from anarchy. Ulster was like a powder mine, where an explosion might occur at any moment. He thought the Government had made a great mistake in interfering With the boundaries of Ulster, which it had set up without Ulster’s consent.

Amid cheers and some interruptions Mr. Bonar Law said he thought they could send the following message to Ulster: "We don’t intend to support you in anything that is wrong, but you can rely upon the whole-hearted support of the people of this country in continuing for you the rights Parliament has given you.”

De Valera, interviewed, refused to reply to the charge that a coup d’etat was being planned. He said Mr. Collins should be asked what he means. Possibly it was a case of a prentice hand at its first German plot, or merely a little appeal for syin pathy. De Valera added: "My work is to retrieve for the nation what it has momentarily lost, and it can be done.” Mr. Winston. Churchi’’, in the House of Commons, announced that he had arranged for two liason commissions to move about the frontier between North and South Ireland, keeping in touch with each other in order to allay the unrest. He bad received qualified acceptance of the scheme from the Northern Government, and full agreement from Mr. Collins. Mr. Churchill said the greatest pressure was being put on the Provisional Government to effect the release of the remaining kidnapped persons. They must look for similar action by the Northern Government for the release of certain prisoners in their hands, although he did not compare the prisoners taken lawfully with those kidnapped. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, replying to a question, said the Government intended to proceed with the proposed Bill relating 10 Southern Ireland. He added that the lamentable state of affairs made the measure one of urgency in order to give the Provisional Government full legal power to deal with the disorder.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn. IR.A. OFFICERS ARRESTED. GRAVE RESULTS LIKELY. Received Feb. 16, 8.15 p.m. London, Feb. 16. The Daily News Dublin correspondent states that Ulster specials arrested and detained in the Newry barracks Commandant Monaghan and the two brothers Hurney, ail I-R.A. officers. The incident may be fraught with grave consequences. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. KIDNAPPED MEN RELEASED. London, Feb. 15. Mr. Collins has arrived in London and is conferring with Mr. Churchill. Shooting continues in Belfast. The bodies of three men shot during the night were recovered to-day. Two others previously wounded succumbed. In the House of Commons Mr. Churchill stated taht Mr. Collins .has informed him that he had secured the release of fifteen Ulsterites who had been kidnapped, and hoped the remainder would be released during the day. BRITISH TROOPS LEAVING. London, Feb. 15. The evacuation of British troops from Southern Ireland has been resumed. The Evening News Belfast correspondent says that some of the murders were carried out most brutally, resembling executions. In one case six* armed men seized James Rice, blindfolded him with a scarf e, muffled his head with an overcoat, set him against a wall and shot him dead.