IRELAND'S FUTURE

Evening Star, Issue 18156, 22 December 1922, Page 4

IRELAND'S FUTURE

AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT. TO RESTORE PEACE AND PROSPERITY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 20. Mr Cosgrave, in an article in the ‘ Daily Express,’ says that a small armed faction with a moral backing of less than 2 per cent, of the population denies the right of the Irish people to accept equal status with the other members in the commonwealth of free nations, and are now trying to produce ohaoc by pillage, arson, and assassination. De Valera and his supporters had eaid that the people had no right to do wrong, abrogating to themselves the right of deciding what was wrong. “ For months,” eaid Mr Cosgrave, ” wo have striven for peace, but our opponents were only emboldened by our restraint.” After giving in detail the Irregulars’ crimes in recent months. Mr Coe grave concluded : “It is vital to the existence of the nation that the Government should show in a plain and drastic way that it is determined to safeguard the people’s parliamentary representatives. The Irregular leaders had 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. clouda are breaking. The Free State is firmly established.”—A. and N.Z. Gable. ASSASSINATION CAMPAIGN. DA.IL EX-MEMBER MURDERED. LONDON, December 20. Mr James Dwyer, an ex-member of the Dail Lireann, was shot dead while serving a. customer in his provision chop in Dublin. Two men entered the shop and asked if he was Air Dwyer. Directly an answer was given one of the men drew a, revolver and shot Dwyer through, the heart. The assassins escaped, though the streets were crowded with Christmas shoppers.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ‘FREEMAN’S JOURNAL ’ RAID. COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES. LONDON, December 20. Mr Justice Samuels, in deciding the ‘ Freeman’s Journal ’ appeal 1 from the Dublin Recorders’ decision awarding it' £44,600 damages as the result of an armed' raid in March, increased the compensation to £47,600, pointing out that the raid was intended to silence the journal’s support of the treaty.—A. and N.Z. Cable.