IRISH CONSTITUTION
fi )PEFfJL JIEPORT, A REEMENT REASHED. ! :X POINTS REVISED. F EE STATE ELECTION. , GO D OMENS FOR PEACE. ! i JJy ;,e_T»ph—Pre«a Association—Copyright. . (PeeoiTed 7.3 pjnO i £ , 1 N.Z. LONDON. Juno 12. ' XI Irish Conference will continue to- :. mor r, when Mr. Michael Collins willj, am in London, j. Winslon Churchill, Secretary of |, Stai for the Colonies, announced that he was ot likely to make a statement on ', the ish situation until to-morrow, pos- ■ sihV Thursday. ■ j. T ParlMment-ary correspondent of the ] Dai Chronicle confirms the report that i, an I creement has been reached over the ' • Iris; Constitution which, he declares, conJi ms to the treaty in every respect. T • Star states that all the six points t rais by the British sfgnatories, in- j, vob g allegiance to the Crown, appeal j to $ Privy Council, the status of tho J Crc i's representative, and restrictions in ard to foreign policy have been ad- i jus; .. Mr. Griffith is returning to Dublin 9 it h the revised draft. ißolin experts are of opinion that the! "Sovf Irish election on Friday will give at > to one majority in favour of the tm • ■ TIED TO A NAME." — i R ;rORT TO REPUBLICANS, j Dl VALERA KEEPS SILENT. Ui d Service. LONDON, June 12. . )dressing a meeting of €he coaKtion pa : in favour of fcV Presidency of Mi de Valera at- tit Dublin Mansion He .©, Mr. Collins was interrupted by an nterjeotor mentioning the republic. Mi Collins burst out, "Don't tie yourse] io a name like that. In a hundred years ■ ax m people may be saying a republic j is le worst form of fyraimy. Don't \ pc i bar to the progress of the nation." j re statement created considerable | as ,'dshmenfe. bat Mr. de Valera and et u republicans listened without comes, ui. Speculation is rife as to whether _ •■ intend to abandon the republican . pc >ibn. [f. de Valera. supporting the panel ea ijdates for Queenstown, defined his pi ->nt attitude, stating that while if rement was impossible upon the fundi -.ental question of separating Irishis • , yet they could work now on exis :g realities. ffUBDER IN BELFAST. F PRISALS ON PROTESTANTS. 1 tnd ™Z. LONDON. June 12. rmed robbers entered the office of Mr. I nne, managing director of Bernard £ ,rhes and Company, a big banking con-: c ii in Belfast, and ordered him to put 1 i hands up. Mr. Devine grappled with i ii thieves and wrested a revolver from < it when the second shot him dead. A i :nber of clerks were mute spectators of 1 .) murder. The thieves escaped in a : o tor-car. 1 number of Protestant country houses i Westmeath were 'burnt during the i ipk-end in reprisal for the recent happenj ip in Belfast. A number of Protestant l u>ps in Mullingar wene also —recked. AVOIDING A CLASH. MR. COLLINS' EFFORTS. . and N-Z. ' LONDON. June 12. nterviewed in Dublin, Mr. Michael jilina said that while he would strain < »ry nerve to avoid a clash with British ijops on the north-eastern border, it did i)t follow that his Government had not very definite policy to enforce as a last iwurce against the demoniacal barbarism I- -lien aimed at the extermination of ■ ople in the six counties.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18116, 14 June 1922, Page 7
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543IRISH CONSTITUTION New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18116, 14 June 1922, Page 7
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