IN IRELAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1921, Page 3

IN IRELAND.

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. DE VALERA’S VIEWS. LONDON, August 8. I)e Valera in a statement regarding the refusal to release McKcown, says lie does not believe it is th 0 considered action of the Government, but of supordinates. FESTER M.P.’S SUDDEN DEATH. LONDON. August 8. Mr Wintringham (member for Louth) died suddenly while sitting in the House of Commons reading s room. The House immediately adjourned. Mr Winteringham complained that lie felt unwell when he arrived at the House, but lie attended a meeting end put a couple of questions in the chamber. At eight o’clock fie ordered a meal, which he awaited, when he collapsed. Medical members of the Commons tried heart massages unavailingly. Deceased was a timber merchant and an agriculturist. MR McKEOW.Y RELEASED. I ONDON, August S. Mr McKcown, the Sinn Fein M.P. who was charged with murder, and whose release was refused along with that of the other Sinn Feiners. has now been released. Lt- is understood that the decision to detain 51 r MeKeown wa,s originally taken pending a reference of his case to higher authorities, pertain legal t eliniealities requiring consideration. In deciding to release Mr McKcown it is believed that the authorities v ere influenced by his chivalrous conduct towards two of the British cadets v.ho fell wounded into his hands, wh »n in charge of an ambush.

WHAT McKEON’S RELEASE MEANS LONDON, Aug. 9 Mr .McKean, the Sinn Fein, M.P.. says: “It is now clear that my release by the English Government is an admission that I not only am a representative of the Irish people, Inn an officer of the Irish Republican Army. My release is an acceptance of the fact that niv act was an act of war. Therefore, it is clear that nvy release is a final abandonment of any claim by the enemy that the Trisli war is murder. It is clear that all my fellow soldiers in the gaols and the internment camps must now he similarly recognised.’ DE VALERA’S WARNING. LONDON. Aug. 8 Mr l)e Valca to-night, before he knew of the decision to release Mr McKoou, said: “if his detention is persisted in, 1 cannot accept the res.pon.si-. hifitv for proceeding any further with the negotiations. .Mr MeKcon typifies evriyfliing for which we have fought. The whole Irish people are proud of kin). We regard him as a soldier and a patriot.”