IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1922, Page 5

IRELAND.

MALICIOUS INJURIES. COMPENSATION INSISTED ON. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Aug. 2. 5.5 p.m. London. August 1Cabinet has asked the Irish Provisional Government for an early assurance that compensation will be paid in all eases of malicious injuries in Ireland. Cabinet points out that the courts failed to deal with some cases, while in others the injured parties were deterred from claiming for fear of the welfare and safety of themselves and their relatives. Cabinet adds that it is willing to confer with the Provisional Government on the matter. I BARE-FACED ROBBERY. London, August 1. Three undisguised armed men entered the Dublin Customs office, held up the staff, seized over £l5OO, and quietly i walked out.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SITUATION IN CORK. London, August 1. j The following represent© the situation lin Cork: —Though all Munster favor© ' the treaty, Republican gunmen are in full control and are seizing revenue and generally administering the province. All means of communication between Muni ster and the rest of Ireland have been ! severed, and the only possibility is a bii weekly boat via Liverpool. Republicans j have commandeered motor-cars and lorI rice, and are carrying off food and provisions from the shops. They intend to prolong the guerilla warfare until December, in the hope that the treaty will i then automatically lapse, owing to nonratification. Because of the rigorous ReI publican censorship the newspapers in Munster find difficulty in publishing. The Cork Examiner threatened to close down, but was informed that the premises would be blown up if it did ©o.