IRISH FREE STATE.

Grey River Argus, 2 June 1922, Page 6

IRISH FREE STATE.

CHURCHILL UP AGAINST DE VALERA. WANTS. To MOULD CONSTITUTION. STATEMENT IN commons. LONDON, May ,31. j I,: ’’ ' B-I'l. ,■ el Cniiiiineis, ;,s v,1 mnisur ~,f W;u; y'' 1!:| scl Zlatoueut t>a the t r iO l t . KU '. s ' !l ‘ l tllat one disputed ! 1 ' ,lic ' "ish of the j "Sts for a recone.liation " 111 yit .' her I l eeilieii a iH l II" s.-ud tins I'' 1 .’' j da - v8 ‘he loaders of the 'j 11 ‘ ’"'ssmoiil Geverine.eit i, l? e; r . Cd lii .na.ch Sl.o..ike ' h! a iliOinn. anil lk ’ th ‘- bl "■" W dean, ; ; e,.,..., yw by fiin-e. all ; , ri11 ,..i . tried to prevent this.

He went on to refer to the re,...], beosei.n the 11,1 Valeram and the Collins-Griffiths Party. Thi wmeinont. l u . declared struck directs :i: ih f 111 h ’l'iw -".wikwuie. 011110 Collins-de Valera agreenren "i.ie tei r s, rimis. i ~ h,, i,, ll! " ti,ul people v.-oiild me bC ' ,b!c tu Gve free expresses to thm, VW'.IS. If .Mr de Valera, or anv othei Alinister refused t (l sinii the declaration prescribed in the treaty, it ivould break the treaty. Mr Churchill said that the Imperial 11VlJ1 -mert preserved its liberty to i lake ai, y uctioa regarding Irrisml—whether in regard to a resumption ot b "" 11 " I"' 1 1 illid. or O'oecuj.atioii uj teri-itoiy.-.Mmy may tliinik f .j.j ; ;. ate am! proportioimt,. to the gravity of b.iaeri The 1m,,, ment would allow no deviatiim from t!i " b '"''r '""I spirit uf the treaty. SIDING WITH Ul.sTEi;. The de Vah ra-UolliUK - • ‘ ,L -'Dins agrevment rendered tiny hope of co-operation bet"'' 1 '" Xorih em| ,s uu t] l M.nibh ,|if. 111 - u ih It had driven the parties further apart than ever before. Thev stood to-day, ho SO.M g, rtic pl - csi . : ,,j ot. a very grave incident. Two townthe frorra.-r had hmm c ,i ri"' ! b;. the It. [mbli.-an ir.mps. 1;,,t1i bls-is Ci.llins ami Gntlilhs .vpudia ml 1111 1 11 in ‘i-e st rang, st minima-. He asked the House not to press him ns to the measures to deal with this viola--1" 15 " I Aa rf hern 1 erri t u i'v. AFRAID CF the ■ COXSTITCTICX

UIiAhTED? Mr Churchill said that I lie British to the Irish Treaty Im.l I ’ :I ‘>’ "i i'" ; ...inly >‘f . na.n.im i ittg the newly drafted constitution o t . the Irish Free State. Their examine- ■ :i ’ s .'.a.mleal nil bur after Whitsun, the House would be is. a pasiti.m t>. take a mure seen.-I ..p View of the situation than was pos- ; •'■'bl" ar lhe present time. If the t rea y wi-r.- bruk, n I,y any a l, if | i,, election were not a reasonable one, nor '' ! ’ ■ .:. ve valiility : if ; I,i 'misti tu t;i "i : it emerged fram t h-, 1 I n.vi i "'i-b ra-liami-iii w. : .- 0 ammm.b-,1 as not to fulfil the treaty, then the imjierial < level iiim-n tw, m |<! I,• p,.j r. . free to withold its consent.

i Air Churchill said he did not believe that members of the Provisional Goveriiment were acting in bad faith, or ■working hand in glove with their Republican opponents, with intent by an act oi‘ treachery to betray British confidence, or Ireland’s good name. PRO TRLATY VIEWS. Mr Asquith said he had listened with unqualified admiration to Mr Churchill’s statement. The s“nation was very disqui'-ling, and only by forbearance and faith could they arrive at an Irish solution. Ntr Collins and Mr Griffiths, who listened to the statement in the House, of Commons, when interviewed afterwards, said that Air Churchill gave a fair statement of the position.

i BRITISH RETAIN CONTROL OF DUBLIN. Clll' KCI 11LL ’S A D MISS! ON. (L’ccei ved June 1. 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. Mr Churchill, in the House of Com moms, replied to a questioner, who ask ed why troops are being Root still m j Dublin’. ' Mr Churchill said that they were kepi tin rc in c- M of an alien:; i being made to set up an Irish repuioir. L" such :: it was the iliii ; lion of the Dr; , I si, C<>\ ui nm.mt to I old Dub'iti Ci!> , a- • bi ng (tic of tin- essential i-.n’is-h. ' lhe lit. lion. J. L. ij.-s (Labour.-'.-.-id that he was satisfied that (Li- I? 1 i-h no-i; t, .•tl; a republic, it ; meant t’:e i■< g \ >•. n i ; of a state of civil ' w.u, the end of which none con'd fore- : (’apt-in Craig (Ulster Unionist) said l that he never had listened to a statement more pathetic or hopeless than Mr ('iiur.-iiil! *s. The Collims-De X'alvru pacl, 1 e assert cd, was a gross violation of lite lui-.ii Treaty. The Government's r.ttit u-i.i” towa.;ds it was ag* in one uf surEIRKENIIEAD ANSWERS A CECIL. WHO WANTS BLOODSHED. (liCceived June 1, 8.15 pern.) LONDON, May 31. Lord Salisbury raised the Irish question in the House of Lords. He said: “We need not now think any more about Lhe opinion of lhe civilised world, because in dealing with Ireland, England had shown the last word in conciliation. ’ ’ Lord Birkenhead, in reply, said that Lord Salisbury “was a confident critic, who told the Government of mistakes they made, and yet in the 1; st seven anxious years, he had never made one single, constructive suggestion!” If the Irish Government did not cany out its obligations, ho added, and a crisis irrivedj tjjs r.QSOUjces of

] -.'itioii would be found not to ]>'• exhausted. and the British Government would closely explore ever)’ contingency. ULSTER MINISTERS IN LONDON. RLFI’SE TO MBI-tT SOUTHERN MINISTERS. ( Beccived June 1, 5.5 pan.) LONDON. May 31. Sir .Limes Craig (Elster Premier), ac-comp-nird by Lord Loiidomlorry (Ulser Miiiister) arrives in London to-mor-row. on a n invitation from the Imperial Jovi'iiinicnt, to confer in regard to the situation in Ireland. The Elster Premier, in accepting' the invitation, did -,o only on the condition that he should not be asked to meet the Southern Ireland repi cseiiL'i t i\e. FREE STATE’S OFFER TO PROTESTANTS.

WILL ULSTER RECIPROCATE? LONDON. June 1. The Irish Provisional Government has writ ten Ju the British Cabinet, expressing regret that a number of law-abid ing citizens had been obliged to fine from their homes in Southern Ireland \ isioiial Government states pl: inly it is willing to accept any liability for all expenditure in providing relief in Britain fur such cases. ULSTER TUBMOIL. BORDER TOWN FIGHTING. LONDON, May 31. The lighting in Strabn.ne was desperate all day. ( 'The snipers occupy the house tops. The steels ure deserted, the residents fleeing iu hundreds. BELFAST POGROMS. MOLE PEOPLE BURNED OUT. (Received Juste 1, 9.55 p.m.) LONDON, May'3l. Fighting in Belfast City has been incessant between Crown forces and gunmen. Following an attempted assassination of two constables named Roulston and Campbel], who were dangerously wounded, a riot developed, in this four p-'ople wer.? shot de-d, and at least < :ght were seriously wounded. A nuib broke into Boyd Street and Peters Place, and tired the houses which were burned down. ALL VICTIMS ARE CATHOLICS. I (Received June 1, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 1. 'lhe firing was continued in Belfast I last night unlil a lute hour. There j were nine people killed and 17 wounded. Il is stated that nearly all the victims ure Roman C: tliolius. lhe lister “special’’ constables, in ■ vyhippet ears, used machine guns, and they swept several crowded streets. I Alter the first stampede they crcat- I ed, a large area became a “no man's land.” Ihe residents rushed indoors from the specials, rnd took refuge in their buck rooms. IRISH ELECTIONS. LONDON, May 31. For the Irish elections, Dublin professional men have- formed an election committee for the purpose of nominat- j ing candidates in commercial and professional interests. Labour, Farmers' an I Ratepayers 7 canili:utcs are aho m the field..