IRISH CRISIS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18573, 27 November 1920, Page 9

IRISH CRISIS.

MURDERS OF SOLDIERS. OCTOBER LIST. By Telegraph—Preen Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 25, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, November 25. Thirty-two soldiers were killed and eighty-eight wounded in Ireland during October. A soldier and a policeman were shot dead in Phoenix Park. (Received November 26, 8 p.m.) LONDON, November 26. Mystery surrounds the death of the soldier and policeman. It is reported that a woman denounced the policeman, who was in plain clothes, to a patrol of troops. They fired in error. A second patrol heard tho shots and also fired, killing the soldier. HOME RULE BILL. (Received November 25, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, November 25. Tho House of Lords read the Home Rule Bill a second time. Lord Midlefon’s motion that there should be a postponement for a fortnight to enable the Government to suggest amendments in the light of the debate was rejected by 177 to 91. Lord Dunrnven’s motion to reject the Bill was defeated by 164 to 75. DE VALERA’S APPEAL. AMERICAN RECOGNITION ASKED. (Received November 20, 10.25 p.m.) WASHINGTON, November 25. A formal plea for American recognition of Irish independence, signed by Mr de Valera, has been sent to Mr Wilson, who forwarded it to the State Department to-day. The document is very loDgthy, but will not be made public. Official circles do not consider it probable that, the Government will reply favourably, as Britain might consider any pronouncement therefrom as gratuitous verbal invasion of British domestic affairs. COALITION ASSAILED. (Received Novembor 20, 8 p.m.) LONDON, November 25. Mr 'J. M. Robertson, presiding at the annual meeting of the National Liberals at Bradford, s'aid that the Coalition had failed to settle tho Irish question. The result of the Coalition policy was lynch law and reprisals. The Premier practically condoned reprisals and bracketed murderers with martyrs. Never before had the King’s Government sunk ao low. SINN FEIN DEMONSTRATION IN NEW YORK. (Received November 26, 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 25. Sinn Fein sympathisers attacked the Union Club in Fifth Avenue, where the British flag was flying. Windows were shattered % stones. A number of demonstrators were injured in a fight with the polico. No arrests were made.