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CLOUDS BREAKING.

BEATING IRISH REBELS.

DRASTIC COUNTER-ACTION. EXECUTIONS POLICY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 21, 8.45 p.m. London, Dec. 20. Mr. Cosgrave (head of the Irish Free State), in an article in the Daily Express, says: ‘‘A small armed faction with a moral backing of lees than two per cent, of the population deny the right of the Irish people to accept equal status with other members in the commonwealth of free nations and are now trying to produce chaos by pillage, arson and assassination. De Valera and his supporters say the people have no right to do wrong, abrogating to themselves the right of deciding what is wrong. For months we strove for peace, but our opponents were only emboldened by our restraint.” After giving in detail the irregulars’ crimes in recent months, Mr. Cosgrave concluded: “It is vital to the existence of the nation that the Government and the Army Council should show 'in a plain and drastic way that they are determined to safeguard the people’s parliamentary representatives. 'The irregulars’ leaders have been shot, not in a spirit of vindictiveness, not in hot blood, or even in anger, but as part of a definite policy of counter action. The position in Ireland may seem dark, but the clouds are breaking and the Free State is firmly establish-ed.”—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association.

ANOTHER MURDER. EX-MEMBER OF DAIL SHOT. ASSASSINS ESCAPE. Received Dec. 21, 9.15 p.m. London, Dee. 20. James Dwyer, an ex-member of the Dail, was shot dead while serving a customer in his provision shop in Dublin. Two men entered the shop and asked if he was Dwyer, and directly the answer was given, one man drew a revolver and ehot Dwyer through the heart. The assassins escaped through the streets, which were crowded with Christmas shoppers. RAID ON NEWSPAPER. COMPENSATION INCREASED. Received Dec. 21, 8 p.m. London, Dec. 20. Mr. Justice Samuels, deciding the appeal of Freeman’s Journal from the Dublin Recorder’s decision awarding them £44,600 damages for an armed raid in March, increased the compensation to £476,000, pointing out that the raid was intended to silence the Journal’s support of the treaty. A REBEL MANIFESTO. London, Dec. 19. The Dublin correspondent of the Times says the rebels have issued a manifesto which may be taken as tlie definition of their attitude towards the peace proposals. It says:— “Ireland never consented to enter the British Empire, and never will. If de Valera had been listened to she would have had peace. The road of freedom is easier than the road of slavery.” The manifesto concludes: “We ardently desire peace and prosperity.'’

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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1922, Page 5

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433

CLOUDS BREAKING. Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1922, Page 5

CLOUDS BREAKING. Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1922, Page 5

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