LIVELY MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 264, 7 November 1932, Page 7

LIVELY MEETING.

COSGRAVE GUARDED. De Yalera's Ridiculous Claims Denounced. INTERNATIONAL DISHONOUR. (United r.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 6. Special precautions were taken to prevent disorder at a meeting attended by Mr. W. T.. Cosgrave at Cork. The police formed a bodyguard. As he was entering the hall a woman evaded the cordon and rushed forward, shaking her fist at Mr. Cosgrave and shouting "murderer."

Later 100 men, armed with sticks and stones, charged the hall. The police, drawing their batons, counter-charged and captured most of the weapons from the attackere. i They made two arrests. Subsequently some women attempted to rush the building. Meanwhile the White Army wae protecting entrances to the hall and ejected one interrupter.

Mr. Cosgrave declared that Mr. de Valera's ridiculous claims had held the country up to derision and. had resulted in international dishonour.

Mr. Hogan, ex-Minister of Agriculture, declared that Mr. de Valera's demands of £400,000,000 were only justifiable if the Free State Army was camped in Trafalgar Square, or the navy wae bombarding London Bridge.

NEW IRISH BILL.

Confiscation of Annuities Mooted. ELECTION TALK REVIVED. LONDON, November 6. The introduction in the Dail of a bill to amend the Irish Land Act is interpreted as meaning that Mr. de Valera shortly will appropriate the land annuities in order to finance agricultural schemes. The motion of the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. W. T. Cosgrave, to grant the farmers a two years.' moratorium on land annuities may embarrase the Government, especially as the farmers are urging that if Mr. de Valera is not paying Britain there is no need for them to pay him.

The imminence of the Redistribution of Seats Bill is regarded as a portent of a general election in the near future. Four by-elections are pending and it is predicted that Mr. de Valera will lose three of the seats.