IRISH FREE STATE

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 October 1932, Page 2

IRISH FREE STATE

DISSENSIONS IN DAIL' K — — [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] DUBLIN, October 26. ‘‘God knows, I don’t want to revive hatred or bitterness,” said General Mulcahy in the Dail Eireann, when tabling amendments to the Pensions Bill. The amendments were for the withholding of pensions from persons who shot members of the Provisional Government or other officials. Mr. Aiken retorted that if General Mulcahy Wanted trouble, he would get all he wanted. Mr. Aiken, recalling his service Under General Mulcahy, said: “I burned sixteen trains at General Mulcahy’s orders, using whisky, not petrol, and I was praised for it. General Mulcahy showed himself a bully, and he behaved brutally when he was a victor. We want pensions for the dependents of the men that he executed.” ANNUITIES FUND. LONDON, Ocoiber 27 The ‘‘Daily Telegraph’s” special Dublin, correspondent says he under..lands that Mr. Do Valera is convinced t!iat there is not the slightest chance of ins viewpoint on the annuities being accepted by Britain, and that he has decided to devote the accumulated annuities payments, now totalling over two millions, to the purposes of the Irish Free State, including the strengthening of the position of his own political party.