IRISH RULE.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1922, Page 5

IRISH RULE.

A CRISIS AVERTED. DAIL TO CONTINUE. PEOPLE TO DECIDE. By Telegraph.’—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Feb. 22. De Valera, at the Ardfheis, announced that a split had been averted. The meeting has been adjourned for two months and Dail Eireann continues to function in the interim. Received Feb. 23, 8.15 pan. London, Feb. 22. At the Sinn Fein Congress Mr. De Valera stated that the leaders had agreed that the “Ardfheis” (the Congress) should adjourn for three months, and not two months, in order to give the signatories to the London agreement an opportunity to draft the constitution of the Free State. The Dail Eireann would continue to function, and no vote of the Dail shall be regarded as a party vote requiring the resignation of the President arid the Cabinet. Meantime no Parliamentary election shall be held and when held the constitution of the Free State in its final form shall be presented with the articles of agreement, so that the people can decide between a republic and a Free State. The “Ardfheis” ratified the leaders’ agreement.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. New York, Feb. 21. The Gaelic American, in to-morrow’s issue, will say: “De Valera has drawn a quarter of a million dollars of the funds of the Irish Republic for use in an attempt tq have Ireland renounce the Irish Free State. The funds were deposited in de Valera’s own name and there is still a large sum he can. use for the same purpose.” The newspaper adds: “De Valera is the most sinister influence that has ever appeared in public life in Ireland.” SHOOTING IN BELFAST. SEVERAL PERSONS WOUNDED. Received Feb. 23, 8.15 p.m. London, Feb. 22. Shooting in Belfast was renewed on Wednesday, and several were wounded before troops restored order. Lieutenant Duffy, of the Republican Army, was in charge of a party demanding admission to the house of Leslie Huddleston, a retired British officer, when the door suddenly opened and a man inside fired. Duffy was shot through the heart. Huddleston was arrested.