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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17063, 7 February 1921, Page 6

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! WHERE IS DE VALERA ? A FAKED INTERVIEW. ' (Br Cable—Press Association—Copvr tht.! | (AiistrnUun and X.Z. C*bl« Association.) I LONDON, February 4. The "Daily Graphic'" says that the interview tvitli do Valera, published ill the Paris newspaper, "l/(Kuvricr," was a fake, and a part of Sinn Fein propaganda, designed to support the suggestion that do Valcra is in France to demand that the Allied Conference should agree to tlio aspirations of Ireland. The interview was posted from Ireland to Paris, and offered for publication in various quarters. Onlv "L'GJurrier' would consent to pub.ish it. [A Paris message, dated January 27, stated: The nowspanrr •'L'CEuvvier" says that what Scotland Yard and the United Kingdom police -were unable to do, its editor has achieved jn a personal interview with do Valera in France. De> Valera stated that if Great Britain recognised the Irish people's right to disposo their own fate, | the difficulties of the Crown and of Ulster would disappear. If the Ulstcritcs demanded autonomy in an Irish i State, the Sinn Feiners were willing to grant it. De Valera said u'liat the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George told tho Press regarding peace offers to the Sinn Feiners mattered little. What Mr Llovd George said to-day ho would, without concern, contradict to-morrow, if it suited his policy. > Tho Dail 1 Eireann was ready to examine any peace j proposals did not oppose its n:an- | date.] LORD'DUNSANY'S CASE.. LONDON, February 3. Lord Dunsany was court-martialled at Kilmainham. He admitted having arms in his possession, not under effective military control. He pleaded that the arms were antiquated. He was fined £2o, and was released from custody. Lord Dunsany is a Unionist, and is not connected with Sinn Fein. [An earlier message stated: liord Dunsany was arrested at Trim, County Meath, for having ammunition in his .possession. He was liberated on bail. Lord Dunsany, who was born in 1878, is a captain in the Royal lnniskilling Fusiliers. He served in tho war, and was wounded in April, 1916. He is one of the most notable figures in Irish literature, and has published a largo amount or prose, verse, and drama. _ A second message, received some time later, read:—According to information which has reached Paris, Lord Dunsany was roarrested, after being bailed out", and removed to an unknown destination.] A REPRISAL MEASURE. LONDON", February 4. Tiie King Williamstown post office was burned down as an official reprisal tor the death • of Maior • Holmes. [On January 28th, Major Holmes and a party of auxiliaries, travelling in two motor-lorries, were ambushed near Castle Island, Kerry. Forty rebels opened fire from behind the fences on both sides of the roadway. Major Holmes died from wounds, and one constable was shot dead. An official statement from Dublin Castle says that 60 raiders at Castle Island used two ma-chine-guns, disarmed the ruxiliaric?, and took the cars.] THE ULSTER UNIONISTS. LONDON, February 4. The Ulster "Unionist Full Council; meeting at Belfast,, lias cbnfirmed' Sir James Craig's leadership in the Ulster Parliament. [Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Craig has been n member of Parliament for various seats in County Down since ISOG. He has been Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty since 1320. Ho served in tthe South African war. Ho has always been one of Sir Edward CaTSon's most conspicuous backers.] LOCAL PARLIAMENTS. . (Received February 6th, 5.5 p.m.) ■ LONDON, February 4. Sir James. Craigj speaking at Belfast, said that if the King or the Prince or Wales would come to open the Northern Parliament, ho hoped they would atso open the Southern Parliament, and so end tho bitter struggle. would welcomes the success of a Southern Parliament. THE DROMKEN AFFAIR. (Received February 6th. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 5. Two policemen who were wcunded at Dromken have died. A DEVICE THAT FAILED. (Received February 6th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, l'ebtnary 5. Tho telephone and telegraph wires from Belfast were cut during the night, isolating the outiying towns and Dublin. J.t is believed Uho object was to prevent the circulation of Sir Edward Carson's speech in Belfast, but tho report had passed over the wites. . SHOT ON~SIGHT. • (Received February 6th. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON', February 5. A military noliceman named Ryan was shot dead in a Dublin lintel while drinking with his mother-in-law. Three men'entered the hotel, fired at Ryan, and inflicted five wounds. BOMBS AT A LORRY. (■Received February 6th. 0.0 p.m.) LONDON, February i. Three bombs were thrown at a military lorry in a Dublin street. exploded and one civilian was wounded. LAY PREACHERS ARRESTED. (Received February 6th. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 5. Crown forces raided the Dominican College, at Dublin, and arrested the entire staff of lay-preachers. DESTRUCTIVE BURNINGS. ("Received V '■ T ~ , inrc 6th. 11.0 p.m.) J.UNDON, February 5. Several houses and shops were burped down at JSTewpallas, Dromkoom, as reprisals for the shooting of eleven policemen. Summerville House, a seventeenthcentury mansion in County Meath, belonging to Lord Longford, was burned down. A large party of incendiaries used explosives and petrol. The damage is estimated at £IOO,OOO. Tho official report states that the mansion was destroyed'with tho object of preventing its coming under military occupation. A VOICE FROM AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, February 5. The Australian Workers' Conference adopted a resolution in opposition to Imperial federation. It was also resolved that Ireland and all other nations should have tho right to determine their own form of government. THE SYDNEY ENVOY. SYDNEY, February 5. Osmond Esmonde is still detained aboard tho Makura, awaiting her departure. which depends upon the settlement of tho shipping trouble. [Osmond Esmonde, a Sinn Fein en-

voy. has been refused admittance to Australia, as he declines to taka tba oath of allegiance. He has been on the Makura, lying in Sydney harbour l through the stewards' strike,* for clos* on three weeks.]