IRISH SECURITY.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1922, Page 5

IRISH SECURITY.

OUTRAGES MUST CEASE. GOVERNMENT’S ORDER. STEPS TOWARDS FREEDOM. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copjri£ht. Received June 28, 5.5 p.m. Dublin, June 27. The Provisional Government has issued the following statement:— “At the close of the general election, when the will of the people of Ireland was ascertained, further grave acts against the security of persons and property have been committed in Dublin by other persons pretending to act with authority. It is the duty of the Government, to which the people have entrusted their defence and the conduct of their affairs, to protect, and secure all law respecting citizens without distinction, and that duty the Government will resolutely perform. “Outrages against the nation and the Government must cease at once and for ever. For months all classes of business have suffered through a feeling of insecurity, engendered by me reckless and wicked acts which have tarnished the reputation of Ireland abroad. The Government is determined that the country shall no longer be held up from the pursuit of its normal life and the re-establishment of its free national institutions. The Government therefore calls upon citizens to co-oper-ate actively with it in the measures which the Government is taking to ensure public safety and to secure Ireland for the Irish people.”

Mr. Collins announces that he is reserving his remarks on Mr. Churchill’s speech until the assembly of the new Dail.