IRELAND’S FATE.

Mataura Ensign, 12 January 1920, Page 5

IRELAND’S FATE.

HOME RULE REJECTED.

A REPUBLIC FEARED IF PROPOSA-LS' TARE"'ACCEPTEO,

(Published in f The Times/) Received January 12, 5). a a.in, LONDON, Jan. S

The Dublin correspondent ol’ ‘The Times’ states that the Unionist antipartition party, headed by Lord Midleton, rejected the Government's Homo Rule proposals, hemp; convinced that if the control of three-fourths of the country was entrusted to revolutionists the secession of the South pro-vinces-and the declaration of a republic would immediately follow.

ATTEMPT ON EX-OFFICIAL'S LIFE. LONDON, January S. Received January 11, 5.5 p.m. An unknown person fired a revolver at Sir Alfred Doblin, ex-High Sheriff, Cork, who is remembered for the famous fight ho put up against the Larkin Irish transporters in Dublin. Doblin had a very narrow escape, as the bullet penetrated his clothing but was stopped by a button. His assailant escaped. ROBBERY AND VIOLENCE. i OUTRAGES CONTINUE. Received. January 12, 5).30 a.in. LONDON. Jan. 0. Outrages continue m Ireland. A man wearing a. disguise held! up a railway porter at a small station near Limer.ci, and while covering him with a revO'.ve" ransacked a mailbag and decamped with all the valuables from the bag. Two masked cyclists robbed a nir.imotor near Mullingar. Several men attacked a mail car bn a roadway in Galway, knocked the driver senseless anl searched the mailbags. Thieves again entered the North, tai;<] Rost Office at Dublin and .secured J/A'U. COMPENSATION °A!O. TO PARENTS OF VfCTAL Received January 12. 0.15 a m. LONDON, Jan. 0. Dublin cables that _LSSO has been awarded as compensation to the parents of Constable Dowlint.

not specially anxious to have tills emissary. The Kaiser sent the Czar a copy of a contract signed in the previous October for the supply of anna to China by a Japanese lirm. Tic'significantly adds: “The raw material for the contract is being produced ut Creusot, France, your ally.” f The Kaiser in March, 1904, was anxious to secure the benefits of the war 'which be did so much to engineer. He regales the Czar with a flamboyant description of his cruise in the Mediterranean. lie finds Gibraltar- simply overwhelming. “It is the grandest thing T have ever seen in nature and I am impressed by its military power.” In the midst of his chatter about bewitching Naples he lemarks; “1 sec by the papers that our treaty of commerce is deadlocked. The negotiators arc evidently slumbering: What a lark if you thump your Imperial fist on the table and-give the lazy ones a jump.” lie continues-. “After all one cannot wait for ever, considering the mouths v\e have already waited. A nice picnic to Siberia would do wonders. Perhaps affairs might be quickened if you sent a person of importance to Berlin straight to 13ulow to finish the game off.” In June’(he Kaiser wrote: “Your remark about Kurupatkiu wits a perfect revelation. , I am astonished at his short-sightedness in not implicitly .obeying your commands. You have bum to' Japan and arc therefore much more, competent) to judge of the Japs than he is. 1 1 hope to goodness that the general will not jeopardise his final success Oy rashly exposing his forces to a check before his reserves join him. I still bold that Napoleon's proverb is good: ‘Victory is frith the large battalions.’ One can never be too -I rong for battle, specially respecting artillery. I . had an interesting conversation with a French military attache, who on my. remarking that it was most astonishing that France as .your ally, did not. send a licet to keep ..Port Arthur open fill your Bailie Fleet arrived, answered; ‘We had to reckon with other Powers.’’’ The Raiser continues :‘T found out wind 1 always feared, that the Anglo-French agreement had the main effect in stopping (he French helping you. It goes without saying that if Franec*had been under an obligation to help you with a licet, or army, I would not. have budged a, linger lo harm her, for that would have been illogical on the part of the author of the picture, •The Yellow Peril.’ 1 nm sure that 'England will renew her efforts to propose mediation to you. It is a fuel and I know (hkt is •Hard luge's special mis-omi. (hough you strongly repudiate it, ami it is presuming in the extreme on her part, seeing that the war has; only begun. She is afraid for her money and wants to get Tibet cheaply. I will certainly try to dissuade Uncle Bertie as soon as I meet him from harassing you with any mtuv proposals'. Should mediation in the course of events seem desirable, it is clear that the first wish must come from you and you id ay bo sure that I am always at your disposal. I talked over the matter about the commercial treaty with my Chan- ■ cellor. You suggest sending de Witte. We would welcome him. The sooner you invest him with powers.do negotiate, the better for our two countries. I wonder what I am going to hear from Uncle Bertie at Kiel.”