IRISH PEACE.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1922, Page 5

IRISH PEACE.

THE CONSTITUTION BILL.

THE FINAL STAGES.

PASSAGE OF THE LORDS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Dec. 5, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec, 4. The motion for the third reading of the Irish Constitution Bill was taken in the House of Lords. Lord Lansdowne said there had never been a case in which Parliament had been so completely denied ail opportunity of shaping or modifying the contents of a great Bill. Lord Haldane stated the Bill really meant the settlement of a bloody war, in which we had engaged against Ireland. Lord Carson said it was a truce in which the Government did not insert a line for the protection of their own friends or for the loyalists. It had been a year of hell, and it was now hell. The Bill was read a third time.

USE OF THE AEROPLANE. BOMBING THE REBELS. Received Dec. 5, 7.30 p.m. London, Dec. 4. Sixty irregulars ambushed Free State troops at Brinbleague, West Cork. Subsequently a military aeroplane pursued and bombed the ambushers and raked with machine-gun fire a wood in which they took refuge, inflicting heavy casualties. This is the first time an aeroplane has been used against the republicans. It is believed it will prove a decisive factor in the struggle. Armed men took possession oi a hospital in County Limerick, raided the local bank, and stole £2OOO.

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. MR. TIM HEALY ACCEPTS. Received Dec. 5, 8.45 p.m. London, Dec. 4. Mr. Tim Healy, before returning to Ireland, informed the Westminster Gazette of his acceptance of the Governor-General-ship. He declared Britain acted with scrupulous honour. Ninety-nine per cent, of the Irish are pro-Treaty and the only remaining formidable difficulty is the roving armed bands, which now will be quickly settled. a ULSTER’S GOVERNOR-GENERAL. Received Dec. 5, 7.30 p.m. London, Dec. 4. The Daily Telegraph’s Belfast correspondent understands it is practically settled that the Duke of Abercorn will be the first Gov-ernor-General of Ulster. Nominees to the Free State Senate include Lords Decies, Glenavy and Dunraven, and Messrs. Yeata, George and Russell.