IRISH AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 June 1921, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS

REPRISALS POLICY.

DEBATE IN COMMONS

, Australian and N.Z. Cajle Association.

LONDON, June 2

In the House of Commons, General Seeley moved the adjournment in order to propose a motion of protest against.the Government’s policy of destroying people's houses in Ireland as reprisals.

Several other members said the Crown reprisals were driving the Go vernment s friends into the arms of Sinn Fein and were causing intense bitterness.

Mr. dynes appealed to the Government to reverse the policy. It was fatal and wicked, he said, to inflict punishment on innocent people. Sir Hamar Greenwood replied foi the Government. He said the repris als were only carried out on strictly military grounds. He declared hi was prepared to discuss with the British Commander in Chief whether tin reprisals were successful. The adjournment was negatived without a division.

During his speech Sir H. Greenwood stated that six women had been murdered, seven wounded and three kid napped by Sinn Feiners in Ireland since last January, but these figures did not include killed or injured through bomb attacks on lorries or railway trains./ Replying to a question, he said that during the fortnight ended the eighth May, twenty police, eight military, and forty civilians’ deaths were reported. Nine deaths of ex-servicemen were attributed to Sinn I ein during the same period.

WARSHIP DAMAGED.

LONDON, June 2.

A bomb explosion occurred aboard the destroyer Trenchant at Haulbowline Island, in Cork harbour last night. Her plates and boilers were seriously damaged. The employment of a time fuse of long duration is suspected. The dockyard has been closed down for an indefinite period and the personnel discharged.

MORE BOAIB THROWING.

LONDON, June 3.

A bomb thrown by rebels in Bles sington Street, Dublin, killed one sol dier and wounded three others.

CONSTABLES AMBUSHED.

LONDON, June 2

Inspector O’Caughey and three constables were shot dead in an ambush at Killorglin. The charred remains of two unknown persons were found in the ruins of Croom Courthouse, burned down on Tuesday.

AUSTR ALI A N DEB ATE.

AIELBOURNE. June 3

In the House of Representatives Sir Considine moved the adjournment of the House to consider the growing estrangement between America, and Great Britain, due in part to the treatment of Ireland. Later.

The adjournment .motion regarding Ancdo American relationship was negatived \by 36 votes to 9.