BRIGHTER OUTLOOK

Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9690, 11 May 1923, Page 5

BRIGHTER OUTLOOK

IRISH FREE STATE TERMS

SUBMITTED TO DE VALERA

NEGOTIATIONS STILL PROCEED-

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(Received May 10, 5.5 p.in.) LONDON, May 9. The President, Mr. Cosgrave, announced in the Dail Eireann the breakdown of negotiations between the Free State and De Valera. According to statement, De Valera requested Senators Tennyson and Douglas to meet him to discuss peace, but the President refused to allow a personal conference and a document embodying the Government’s terms was submitted to De Valera. The conditions were:— (1.) All political issues to be de- j tided by a majority of the vote of the elected representatives of the people. (2) All lethal weapons in the country to he under the control of the executive. (3) The surrender of arms to be the preliminary for the release of prisoners, who must subscribe to the first two conditions. -In his reply De Valera reiterated his declaration of April 27, and submitted an amendment that a general election be held not later than September 15, pending which all arms in the hands of Free State troops should be under strict supervision • and control, while the Republican j forces should have a suitable building 5 in each province for the storage of their arms. ' Mr. Cosgrave said the Government yesterday considered this document, and would send a reply that the question of oath could not be considered, and tlie effective control of arms would bo insisted upon. The Government was prepared to invite bishops to act through local clergy as intermediaries for the collection of arms. —A. and N.Z.C.A. (Received May 10, 10.55 p.m.) LONDON. May 10. Mr. Cosgrave added that once the j arms were handed in the prisoners who accepted the terms would be released. De Valera replied, expressing his disappointment at the Government’s reply, saying, “I have been met by a rigid insistence upon a. condition which is impracticable and unfair.” De Valera lias been given until Wednesday to accept the terms and tuis not done so.—A. and N.Z.C.A. J O’BRIEN’S DEPORTATION. j APPEAL COURT GRANTS WRIT I OF HABEAS CORPUS. ! HOME SECRETARY CANNOT IN- j TERN PERSON IN FREE STATE, j LONDON, May 9. j Art O’Brien’s appeal for a writ of habeas corpus lias been granted. s The Appeal Court held that the j internment order was bad. Delivering j judgment Mr. Justice Bankes- ex- | pressed the opinion that since the establishment of the Irish Free State the Home Secretary could not properly make an order for the internment of a person in the free State. The order deprived the Execu- j live in England of the right to direct j the release of an interned person, while the interned person was deprived of the particular form of control provided by the regulations. No order could he made for internment in the Free State which would comply with the regulations. It would seem from the Home Secretary’s answers in Parliament that he was under tlie impression lie had not lost control of internees, but according to O’Brien’s affidavit he now was under tlie control of an official of the Free State'; therefore the question could not he properly disposed of unless the rule nisi was made absolute. He would give the Home Secretary an oportunity of making the position clear. He added: “It would not be out of place to observe that the practice of legislating by Order-in-Council was one which led to difficulties and dangers, whereof the present case was an illustration.” Justices Scrutton and Atkin concurred. The Attorney-General said the decision, which was a reversal of that given by the Divisional Court, raised questions of grave import. It was therefore the intention of those instructing him to carry the appeal to the House of Lords. Justice Bankes said the Court anticipated that would he done. An application would he made to the House of Lords to'expedite the hearing.— A. and N.Z.C.A PAPAL DELEGATE’S MISSION. TO DISCOVER WAY OF PEACE. TURNED DOWN BY GOVERNMENT LONDON, May 9. The Australian and New Zealand Press Association’s Dublin correspondent, dealing with Luzio’s mission, states he came to Ireland obtensibly on an ecclesiastical mission, but the real object was to discover tlie way to peace. The Government, from the first, suspected Luzio of working in Republican interests, nevertheless he undoubtedly tried his best to secure a cessation of hostilities to enable the Republicans to save their faces. He kept out of the limelight, but the Government were informed of his work, and knew he was trying to bring the strongest ecclesiastical influence to bear on Cabinet to force its band to accept something less than complete surrender of the Republicans. It was largely Luzio’s representations which led De Valera to issue his peace terms. Luzio almost succeeded in getting the Republicans to surrender. From tlie first to the last the Government refused to have anything to do with him. The correspondent adds that his mission was a hard one. An important result is the proving that ecclesiastical power in Ireland is nearly broken.—A. and N.Z.C.A.

FEEE STATE ARMY,

QUESTION OF DEMOBILISATION WILL EX-SOLDI EES BE I'TEST TO GO? LONDON, May 0.

The Australian and New Zealand Press Assoeiation's correspondent in Dublin says the question of demobilisation of the Free State army is causing grave concern among British ex-service men in Ireland. Sixty per cent, of the national army fought for the Empiie during the great war, and it is reported the Free State Government proposes to demobilise exactly that proportion at the earliest moment. It is rnmoied exsoldiera will bo the first to go Ihe appointment of General Murphy to the Chief Commissionsliip of Dublin police gives color to the rumor. Murphy is a young man of 31. He was a Colonel ill the British army, winning the D.S.U. and M.C. in the field. He was the only real soldier in the higher command of the Free State Army. M hde the Aim) Council could not afford to do without him during the fighting, lie was a constant thorn in its side.—A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, May 9. Major-General Murphy’s appointment to the ornamental post or chief of the Dublin police is generaUy regarded as a clever movo to get rid ot him The Gaelic League Party is now in supremo command of the army. Its ideals, expressed repeatedly by Mr Mule ally, are hardly the ideals of the British army and cx-British soldiers are "hardly the men to carry them out. —A .and' N.Z.C. A.