PEASE FOR IRELAND

Evening Star, Issue 18288, 30 May 1923, Page 6

PEASE FOR IRELAND

DE VALERA'S PBOCLARATIOK. YIELDING TO THE INEVITABLE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 28. De Valera’s proclamation to the socalled Soldiers of Liberty signifies the end of tho civil war, and it adds : “ Military success must bo allowed to rest with those who destroyed tho Republic. Other means must be found to safeguard the nation’s interests. Do not allow this sorrow to overwhelm you. You have saved the nation’s honor and expedited tlie law of independence. Laying down your arms is an act of patriotism.—A. and N.Z. Cable. Another order stoned “Frank Aiken, Chief of Staff,” declares : —‘ We will keep our arms until we see an honorable way of reaching our objective without arms." —‘ The Times.' FREE STATE ARMY. RECRUITING STOPPED. LONDON, May 29. Mr Mulcahy announced in the Free ■State Parliament that recruiting for the army had stopped, —‘ The Times.’ THE LAND FOR THE PEOPLE. LANDLORDISM TO CEASE. LONDON, May 29. A Bill introduced in Daft Eireann, to complete land purchase and the establishment of peasant proprietorship in the Free State, deals with 70,000 peasants who have not yet purchased their holdings, the rent roll being about £1,000,000. The landlords will be given fifteen years’ purchase in per cent, bonds, tho Government contributing 10 per cent, to the purchase money. The scheme will cost. tho Free State Government £25,000,000 when completed. Agricultural tenants and landlords will bo abolished in Southern Ireland, and only the owners of tho fee simplo will remain.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ENVOYS IN AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, May 29. In tho High Court the Irish envoys applied for a motion restraining tho Board of Inquiry from acting further, counsel for the Commonwealth Government having announced that tho Government had no objection to such, application being now made. DE VALERA’S BELATED ORDER. LONDON, May 29. (Received May 30, at 9.30 a.m.) Speaking in Dublin, General Mulcahy said that De Valera’s cease-fighting order was a counsel of perfection. It might have been adopted before, when the Republicans saw that they wore beaten. Mr K. O'Higgins (Minister of Home Affairs) said it was open to the opponents of the Government to form a political party in order to press their claims. If they did so the country would soon forgot the past year's events. —A. and N.Z. Cable. AN INTERNAL LOAN. COUNTRY MUST BE SELFSUPPORTING. LONDON, May 29. (Received May 30, at 9.30 a.m.) General Mulcahy, speaking in Dublin, announce! that the Government had decided to raise a loan of £25,000,000 internally. Ho added that they must not give outsiders an opportunity of lending the money and drawing interest. An internal loan would make Ireland a creditor instead of a debtor nation.—A. and N.Z. Cable.