THE IRISH TURMOIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1737, 12 February 1921, Page 5

THE IRISH TURMOIL.

DASTARDLY CONDUCT OP CROWN. [By Electric Cable-—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Friday, 10 p.m.) LONDON, February 10. Following on the wounding of a constable at Abtaeydorney the Crown forces burnt eleven houses, bringing the occupants, including women, out of the houses in their night attire. The inhabitants, who were panicstricken, took refuge in neighbouring country houses. The damage amounts to many thousands. A blockhouse system has been established over a wide area in Webern Kerry. A round-up in the mountains is proceeding. STRIKE THREAT FUTILE. LONDON, February 10. The “Daily Express” says there is no need to take the threat of a strike over seriously. The affair is an unhappy illustration of what an, impulsive man backed by a short-sighted little group can do. The situation is not regarded with apprehension in official Labour circles, where there is strong criticism of Bromley’s union. The Labour movement supports the demand for an enquiry, but it is satisfied it will be granted if asked for without threats.

Mr Lloyd George in a letter to Mr Bromley, states the threat of a national strike cannot be permitted to influence the Government’s action on the matter of the administration of the law. The Government will consider the question purely on its merits, without reference t» these improper threats. RELIEF FROM AMERICA. NEW YORK, February 9. ' The American committee for relief in Ireland has announced that it will raise a fund of 10,242,000 dollars to relieve acute distress. Scoies of thousands are destitute and laomeless in Ireland. HE’S AGIN ITI NEW YORK, February 10. O’Callaghan, Mayor of Cork, declares that he has no intention of leaving the United States on the 11th February as the State Department has directed.