THE IRISH TREATY

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 195, 15 May 1922, Page 5

THE IRISH TREATY

SIGNATORIES SHOULD CARRY OUT'THE TERMS BRITAIN’S LOYALTY AND GENEROSITY Mr. Austen Chamberlain says tho British Government tried to make peace in Ireland on tho most generous terms and had stood loyally by the treaty, and the time has come when the Irish signatories should show not only their good faith but their power in carrying out the treaty. BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION. —OOPYBIGHT. London, May 12. Addressing a mass meeting of women Mr. Austen. Chamberlain declared that the British Government, supported by the vast majority of the House of Commons, had tried to make peace in Ireland on the most generous terms compatible with the sovereignty of the Crown and the unity of the Empire. From the date of the signature of the treaty the British Government had stood loyally by it, and had interpreted it patiently and generously in the interests of Ireland. , Tho time had now come when wo might expect the Irish signatories to show not only their good faith, but their power in carrying out'- the treaty. It was urgent that the Provisional Government should actively, resolutely, and at all costs protect their citizens. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

SOUTHERN PROTESTANTS ASSURED PROTECTION BY MR., COLLINS (Rec. May 14, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 13. A deputation from the Protestant Synod of Ireland saw Mr. Michael Collins and asked if the Government desired to retain the Protestants of Southern Ireland or wanted them to go. Mr. Collins assured them the Government would protect its citizens, ensure civil and religious liberty, and spoliation and confiscation would not be tolerated. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ‘ DASTARDLY OUTRAGE ■ / INFERNAL MACHINE LEFT IN A TRAM (Rec. May 14, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 13. A dastardly Sinn Fein outrage has occurred at Belfast, resulting in the death of a tram conductor named Mansfield. Mansfield found an attache Caso left behind in a tram, and while taking it to the lost property office an infernal machine within the case exploded, killing Mansfield and wounding three others.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ATTACKS ON FREEMASONS (Rec. May 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 12. Owing to attacks on Masonic halls and Freemasons, the Earl of Donouglimora has ordered the suspension of all lodge meetings throughout the Irish Free States.—Aps.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INCENDIARISM AND .ROBBERY

(Rec. May 14, £.5 p.m.)

London, May 13I.R.A. irregulars, after evicting the coastguards from the British naval wireless station at Bunbeg, and auctioning the furniture and fixtures, set fire to the building. The damage is estimated at £20,000. Five armed men held up a light engine and forced a pay clerk, who was riding on the footplate, to hand over £lOOO, wages for the locomotive staff. The men escaped.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.