IRISH PROBLEM.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1979, 22 November 1921, Page 5

IRISH PROBLEM.

PARADE IN DUBLIN. THE REPUBLICAN ARMY, LOYALISTS IX EVIDENCE. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, November 21. The Irish Republican Army paraded 25,000 strong in Dublin yesterday, the anniversary of the day upon which many of their associates were killed. Tbe force mustered in Rutland Square in battalions, and marched to the Glasnevin Cemetery, where wreaths were placed on the graves of dead Sinn Feiners. The march and ceremony occupied two hours. While this was occurring, Loyalists remembered that the day was also the anniversary of Red Sunday, upon which fourteen British officers were massacred in hotels and lodginghouses in Dublin. The Spikeland internment camp at Queenstown was evacuated yesterday, and 500 Sinn Feiners were transferred, under an armed escort, to Maryborough. The crowd cheered the prisoners, who sang the "Soldiers' Song." AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION. LONDON, November 20. Mr Lloyd George and Sir James Craig are to meet early this week for an informal discussion on the Ulster position. It is believed that a possible solution of the difficulty has been found. The position appears to be more potential for peace than formerly. Sir Robert Home, speaking to the Cambridge University Conservative Association, said that Ireland would never be so well governed as under the Union. It would be far better if they could keep her under the united system. That was now past praying for. They could find a solution of the difficulty, though he could not conceal that the position was one of great difficulty. If we do not get peace in Ireland now, we will have to embark on a struggle which will appal the imagination.