THE PROBLEM OF IRELAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3106, 27 December 1921, Page 6

THE PROBLEM OF IRELAND.

_j» • FREEMASON SHOT DEAD. il MAIL TRAIN HELD UP. LONDON, Dec. 26. „ Men concealed by a garden hedge shol () dead Mi- Armstrong, n well known Iteltasi , K.-eeniasoi. and Orangeinaii, who l.ao been liu-ealeiied and lind al earlier in llie week. \ pai-iy of armed men held up a man ' Irani al llie Waterfall sialiou, on the Cork- « liandon railway, and exlrac.led al regis- ' ici-ec! letters and packets Iron, the mail | bags. ' \ -imhlil i-ou.-l al I 'ha.-lestown, t.oui.l.V \li, V o eommilled for I rial Herbert Oraig fiiui Hugh Leonard, belli hulehers, on « .•l,n-<e of ll.e allempled murder ol l-ailier (Jallagi.er, a local Catholic priesl, belli}ihu lirsl case of an attack on a priest, re corded in Western Ireland. According to l] 1( , ~v i ,|,.„C Ui ( Vaig had been nursing a ~,.,1,1,,,. for eiglii years, owing to father Oallagher's public reference to (Van-s con dud with a girl. Cra.gaud laiouard, while inloxiealed, waylaid Kalber (.;. higher iln.r ;„„■ ||u, „i M bl, the former slabbing bun u. ,|„. ribs. Ills cries brought assistance ami Ihe iihsiiilanls decamped. '('l,,. I,'lsler Oovernmelil has dissolved llir Fermanagh (oiu.ly Council, .and has ap pointed Mr Bobe.l McNeill larnsn-r. adminislialor of ihe coui.Ly.- A. and •■•/- I cable.

DAIL EIREANN CRITICISED. BICKERINGS AND INDKCISION. LONDON. Dee. 26. The Dailv Chronicle say:- : "Despite a few Ul ,|. lMLr . s| ;,,cehes in Dad Kneann .1 has bee, a m,g: -ly prolix, ra.nsha.-kle, urn pracli.'al and midiimilicd dehale. We inusl l-en.en.ber ll.ai nmsl of ihe members have ~0l had previous experience ol public wo, I, I',. i,■ body Manv people in Kng'/aud have been deeply '-hocked at the things said in Ihe debate, nly b> oopouenls of ihe irei.lv, hill by supported, •ihev have spoken as iMh'-.v and no desire 10 abide bv il loyally.' The Mornui, Post Mao- llial all Ihe fuionist papers in BeH'asL coinmen n,g_ on Dail Kirea.u.'s leekermgs and indecision, adopt Ihe view lhal such proceedings have ~„„,|v iie'iFa-d llie Plsler.uen s iMiiplianc 'refusal io me, ihe Iri.sh free Slate Dail Kireann's ' in.ernal illuslrate S.mil.ern Ireland'- iucapac.y lo inanagi its own alfairs. A. and NV, cable.

SINN FEINERS IN SCOTLAND. PAID .\IADF, I'.V TIIK I'MLK.-K. f.OXnOX, Dec 26. The police made a dramatic raid on a pa lochia I hall in Tolleros., a coal mining [own i.i-a. (J'asgow, and arrested lo mem Iri-s'of a Sinn IT in organisation and ca)e lured larvc (|..anliti. s ol arms am am.n.mi- ,,„„ Tim police, who uere fully armed surrounded .!,- nuddrng and fiv.-r.-i •■ the two outer guard. The inner guards turned ll„. liuhis mil. but surrei deled when Itie,-. v.cre laced will, a row ol revolvers am ~|,.( . ,ri.- torches. The inner room w:.s haiml ~, | )t . a veritable arsenal, eoiitanuiig idle: havonets. bomhs. detnualors, ll.ses ; slicks of gelignite. Xine armed men in the ro<an wen cnnuilel.-lv surpris,-d. Some were packing ,-.,. ami could no' oiler milch res.sliince. ,;, v,-re quickly overrule. A. and N./. cable. SUPPORT FOR THL- TREATY. API'KAI, P.Y A PISIIOP. \!-W YORK, Dee. 26. The Ciiicago Trdmni-s Dublin corresponif ~,, ;,.,- ihal un.-Ileal causa-,',-: rhou that % South ol Ireland ciinlies are unanimous !„, il,, ri,t,r,eal.on of il..- irlsh'l .va.y, and |l j. pclicved a ua.ion wid- relerendiim v.ould show ihal ill) per cent, ol llu- people favour mlilici!ion. -1i,,. \,. w Yo,-i. World's Dublin com--pn,„|,-n, stales It.al there uere i-W ,l,nrrhi" ill Ireland v-M-nlay v.here the ,i,.,, v laiic.i io .-t their r ""; , " 1 :;;\';; !|!|;i'.,|-"'-.\i-. 1 ' we -'Oing lank to lie- hideous conditions, of Ihe pa I Iwo or three year, i„ Hi.- Ivn v, I dage and slavery w1...-li become 11 free Slate, With ■ own lillll. „„..„ invi-sied will. Full powers in rule irelan-Pr" II- added thai 95 pm <-,,., rl.t- pe-a,!,- l-avoured ihe rat.hcaiio.i ol H»' ~,,,. v. A- and N./, eiihle.