IRELAND

Grey River Argus, 22 November 1920, Page 3

IRELAND

' SPEECH BT( ASQUxTH. [A, ft N.Z. Cable Association.) t LONDON, November 19. Mr Asquith was entertained at a luncheon at the National Liberal 21ub, He said that during the last ix month Ireland had been in a stato >f civil war. The blind truth was hat since the establishment of reprisals, British, justice had. b*een placed in the background an*d violence enthroned. . Tbfc cxecuticc had allowed tself and its servants to become Minsters of a policy of blind, pitile.ss, inIscriminato revenge. The Governnent's system ow administration "was not only contrary to tho fundamental principles of liberty, but to tho best traditions of civilisation, which was Christianity. I ASQUITH'S IRISH SOLUTION. ADOPTED BY LIBERALS. LONDON Nov 20An address was given by Mr Asquith b otho Independent Liberal members jbf the House of Commons on the Irish question. Following tliis the pairty passed a resolution endorsing Mr Asquiths policy of dominion home rule for Ireland. The resolution added : — •'lncluding as this proposal does adequate safeguard for the strategic security of the United Kingdom and for the prtoection of minorities." A -PRIEST 23DNAPPED. GREENWOOD'S FAR FETCHED. EXPLANATION. LONDON, November 20. In the House of Commons, Mr Joseph Devlin (Nationalist M.P.) asked^ for information regarding! the alloged kidnapping of Rev. Father Griffin in Galivay. The Chief Secretary for Ireland, Bir H. Greendood said he would refuse to believe that the military or the police were responsible ■ for the kidnapping. He said it appeared to be a case of local recengc. .He stated Father Griffin -was an extreme Sinn Feinlsm. He had raised enemies among local Nationalists. MORE RESPRISALS IN CORK. FOUR MURDERS BY "BLACK AND TANS." DUBLIN CASTLE'S TALE. (Received Nov 19 at 11 35 p.m.) LONDON, 19. Four murders in Cork city yesterday night. They followed the shooting of a policeman named Odonoghue. The murders, the Sinn Feiners assert, is the work of the "Black and Tans" (soldiers and police) Some dqubt is expressed of this. The Dublin CaMle authorities say the murder is the work of men who are only masquerading in British -uniforms. t They assert some of the four men shot dead had been friendly with their police. PROPAGANDA AGAINST SINN FEIN GREENWOOD'S ALLEGATIONS. ilfc *" * LONDON. Nov 19. ,The. Chief Secretary for Ireland, Sir Bjamar Greenwood, informed the House of Commoas he had evidence of a Sinn Fein plan to cause deaths among the British Army of occupation in Ireland. Ie read what he said was a secret d cument from the commander-in-chief 0 the Irish Repulicnn Army. It was d rected to the Chief of Staff. It had a suggestion for the infection with typ id germs of milk supplied to the militry and for infecting horses with ginders. He declared the document v is found by the English military offiurs. They got it among papers ot t © Chief of Staff in a raid. HOLD UP-'S IN DUBLIN. LONDOiN, November 20. A number of holdups havo o<»ruired 4 Dublin, one including a theft of a t iusand pounds from tho Armiens 1 rcet- railway station. This money in- < ided old ago ptnsions .for Ireland 1 rich tho Government had held up and i «nftd. 1 ,ALLEGED PLOT. LONDON, November 20. It is reported by the military that ci» has been a seizure of papers rerdfog an alleged microbe murder ot in Ireland. It is stated to have en made during the search of the use of Professor Hayes at the tJnisrsity College, Dublin. The soldiers ddenly heard an unknown man movg, whose presence in tho house had ren concealed. The man, hearing 0 raiders, escaped in his nightshirt. 0 dropped from a window, and climbg a wall ten feet high. An attache so was found in his room. This, it claimed showed that he was chief of aff of the Republican Army. _A mitary cordon was immediately thrown ound the quarter, but without any ssult. Professor Hayes has been arsted. • , t ■ . IRISH LAND BILL. FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES ONLY. t . .' LONDON, November 29. > 111 the House of Commons the [oyernment have introduced an Irish ,ancl ' Bill which they stato is comlementary of the Bom© Rule Bill, ad will practically abolish landlordmin Irelaaid. The Bill's provision ollj not touch. Tand purchased und«T he previous Irish Land Acts, or buildig land, or other land, not exceeding