ELECTIONS IN IRELAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 431, 23 June 1922, Page 5

ELECTIONS IN IRELAND.

SUPPORT FOR TREATY. BIG MAJORITY ASSURED, J.ON DON, June 21. Thus far 118 members have boon elected for tlie. .Southern Ireland Parliament us follows ; Pro-Treaty 70 Pro-Treaty Labourites 15 Anti-Treaty 33 —A. and N.Z. cable. WHAT DE VALERA SAYS. IiONDON, June 21, Mr Do Valera, in a statement made at Dublin, referring to the elections, suy.s: “By (hi threat of an immediate renewal of the It.famous war, our people, harassed and weary of the fearful chaos, have by a majority voted, as England wanted, but their hearts and aspirations are not changed. It Ireland is not tree, she will never be at rest or genuinely reconciled to England.” —A. and N.Z. cable.

MANY INDEPENDENTS. MR COLLINS’S ELECTION. Received June 23. 12.50 p.m. LONDON, June 22, Independents, including funnel's and labourites, constitute 25 per cent, ol the new Irish Parliament, Of 16 labour candidates only one was defeated. Mr Collins’s election for Mid Cork may be declared void owing to alleged tampering with the ballot papers. —A. and N.Z. ca hie.

MANY SURPRISES

ERSKINK cTI Iid)ERS I!EATEN. LONDON, June 121. The Irish elections continue to furnish surprises unci to inculcate lessons, Lite most important of which is that it Mr Collins had not half snrreiulmd to Mr J)e Valera, he would have carried the entire country tor the treaty. Of the Republicans elected 19 were unopposed under the panel pact. In more than one case the panel Republican candidate was defeated. Wherever Irish opinion was loft unfettered tin' trealy-iles were preferred against the Republicans in the overwhelming; proportion of live to one. It is even agreed that I)e Valera only saved his seat through the panel. Great surprise was expressed at the heavy Labour vote, which certainly would have been greater if more candidates had offered. Liam Mol I owes, the principal wire-puller for the rebels, was at the bottom of the poll at Galway. Mr Er,skine Childers was defeated for Kildare, in the 'Wicklow Division. Mr Desmond Fitzgerald, director of publicity for the flail Eireami, and a tuaty-ito, was elected lor Dublin County. Three Republicans wore returned for East Mayo and Sligo, polling two-thirds of the voles cast. Count o ! Byrne, the Sinn Coin envoy to the Vatican, out a ridiculous figure against a troaty-itc at Tipperary, securing only a few hundred votes. James Robinson, Republican, was defeated for Waterford, where Brngha was elected. Gavin Dully was elected for South Dublin. A blacksmith named MeKcown was elected for Longford.— A. and N.Z. cable. LABOUR GOVERNMENT SUGGESTED, LONDON. June 21. In view of Labour's election successes, Irish student s’ political movements are already discussing the prospects of the eventual formation of a Labour Government on the Australian model.—Reuter. SATISFACTION WITH RESULT, FAILURE OF PANEL SCHEME. Received June 23. 9.5 a.rn. LONDON, June 22. Irish opinion generally indicates much satisfaction at die result of die polls. The Irish Times states that the lailure of the panel scheme is the first really encouraging sign of moral and political progress in the new Ireland. The Irish Independent says; “De V alera s recent policy has been emphatically repudiated by the country's verdict ’‘—A. and N.Z, cable.

HOPES' FOR FUTURE PEACE. NEW YORK, Juno 21. The American newspapers generally express satisfaction at the result of the Irish elections as presaging future pence in Ireland. The keynote is set hy the New York Herald, which says: — “Stripped of all side issues, the Irish elections were to determine whether Ireland was as sane as the outer world believed her to be, or as determined as the /most irreconcilable hoped she was. From such returns as have come in, the old island seems to be in a sound mental condition.”—A. and N.Z. cable.

ATTACK ON A CASTLE. SINN FEINERS DRIVEN OFF. LONDON, June 20. Sinn Feiners made a sensational attack on Stormont Castle, the oflicial residence of Sir James Craig, a few hours after ho moved in. Groups of Sinn Feiners fired upon the castle from woods, and the sentries replied. Reinforcements came from Belfast, but the raiders escaped in the darkness.—A. and N.Z, cable. THREE MEN SHOT DEAD, LONDON, Juno 21. Two' .special constables cycling near Ready. Antrim, and a farmer who got in the line of firing were shot dead by gunmen who were concealed behind a hedge.—A. and N’.Z. cable. LAWLESSNESS CONDEMNED. LONDON, Juno 21. The Catholic Hierarchy Ims issued a manifesto denouncing the anti-Cailiolic and anti-Protestant outrages in Ulster and South lit land respectively, and calls upon the people to aid the Government in bringing the criminals to justice. It says that the primary duty of the Government is to crush the lawless elements,—Reuter.