IRISH AFFAIRS

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18414, 21 May 1920, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS

GOVERNMENT’S NEW POLICY. RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF CRIMINALS. By Telegraph—Pres# Aeaocintioa—Copyright"The Times” Servioo. LONDON. May 19. The Cabinet, after further consultation with Sir H. Greenwood, Lord Fiench and General Macready, came to n final determination on the new dual Irish policy It was decided to use every weapon in the State’s armoury in fighting terrorism, and on the other band to remove many restrictions imposed on the general community, to ndopt a more liberal attitude towards sedition, unaccompanied by violence, and to abandon indefinite imprisonments without trial. _ It Is estimated that the active terrorists do not exceed £9OO, though sympathisers doubtless number thousands. * lb is intended to establish military flying columns for maintaining, a continuous relentless pursuit of criminals, to secure independent evidence, and to execute proved murderers.

POLICE KILLED. LONDON, May 19

\n armed party killed a sergeant in * the street of Limerick and mortally irounded a constable.