IRISH DEVELOPMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17651, 11 December 1920, Page 9

IRISH DEVELOPMENTS.

RUMOUR OF MARTIAL LAW. ARCHBISHOP'S MEDIATION. A REPUBLICAN MESSAGE. 111 Trlograph-Press A«oci*tion-Copyriglit. 'Recived 8.30 p.m.) A '" d XZ LONDON. Dec. 9. II is reported that the Prime Minister v.il! a nnnun.-e martial law in Ireland. Another report states that Dr. Clune -man Catholic Archbishop of Perth ';"' « further meeting with the Prime J '"'""■ It „ ,s understood that the Prime M.mstcr w,l] make an important statemom, on Ireland in the House of ComJ'ion.s to day. Ml' had Collin., head of the Irish RefuMi.nn Army, whom the authorities are h,,, ' k,n to arre»t, is reported to have i~ ,x ' n "'• Uuno a message for the Prim© .Minister He «ay that the position is <<'•■'' Ireland always wanted peace. If a tr.i.-e were offered it would not be rented, but the Republicans had not asked '" : "_ 'he hrat essential was the cessation of English aggression. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS. GENERAL DESIRE FOR PEACE. MR. HENDERSON'S VIEWS. Times LONDON. Dec. 9.

Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., leader of the Labour delegation to Ireland in a speech today, declared that it was certain that it the Government failed to give immediate consideration to the widespread desire for the cessation of hostilities in Ireland a position of utter chaos would result more dreadful than in Cromwell's day. Fire and sword would be necessary to keep Ireland enslaved. * I he polity of the Government was producing in the minds of the Irish people the same effect as would a mad -dog loose in the streets. Coercion had been applied with such indiscriminate violence that the people were terror-stricken. He added that there was a great light in the darkness. His consultations with the leaders of all classes disclosed an earnest desire for peace and willingness to join reciprocal arrangements to abandon acts of violence and every form of provocation. hit was wanted wag a new spirit of conciliation, a period of truce, and a conference with trie real leaders of the Irish people. RAILWAYS RESUMING. BOYCOTT RAISED IN DONEGAL A. and N.Z. LONDON, Dec. 9. Railwaymen in Donegal have agreed to carry troops and ammunition, and a similar decision is expected to become general in Ireland in. the next few days. SINN FEINERS IN GLASGOW. ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE ARMS Reut«r. , LONDON Dec. 9. Nine more Sinn Feiners have been arrested in Glasgow on a charge of attempting to purchase rifles and machineguns from a corporal in the Army Service Corps. They offered £550 .for 500 rifles and £15 each for machine-guns. THE AMERICAN INQUIRY, i i PASSPORTS REFUSED. A. and N.Z WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The British Embassy has informed the Committee of One Hundred, formed in New York to investigate Irish affairs, that it cannot vise the passports of the subcommittee which wished to visit Ireland to gather first-hand information regarding the situation. The Ambassador pointed out that investigation would be futile until quiet was restored in Ireland, and then only by a body highly experienced in the laws of evidence and able to compel the production of books and papers and records.