IRISH MUTINEERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18657, 13 March 1924, Page 7

IRISH MUTINEERS.

REPUBLICAN AIMS. ULTIMATUM TO GOVERNMENT ACCUSATION OF TREACHERY DANGER IN COUNTY CORK. By Telegraph Press Association—Copyright. (Received €.5 p.m.) Router. LONDON, Mar. 11. None of the officers •who decamped with amis and ammunition in connection with the mutiny in the Free State Army has been apprehended, and no rifles or munitions have been discovered, despite exhaustive searches in Dublin and elsewhere. The President of the Bail, Mr. W. P. Cosgrave, read an ultimatum that the Government had received from General Tobin and Colonel Dalton on behalf of the Executive Council of the Irish Republican Army. After suggesting that, the Government was not aiming at securing and maintaining the Republican form of Government, the signatories demanded a conference with the Government to discuss the interpretation of the treaty, on condition that thfl Army Council be removed and demobilisation and reorganisation of the army be immediately suspended. The ultimatum concluded: " Our organisation fully realises the seriousness of the action we may be compelled to take, but we can no longer be party to treachery that threatens •to destroy the aspirations of the nation." Mr. Cosgrave said that it was impossible for the Government to ignore this challenge. Nothing would be left undone to maintain the discipline of the army. He said that approximately 20 resignations had occurred throughout the country. General Mulcahy, Minister for Defence, said that there was a threat that a large number of officers throughout the army would resign or take arms against the Government. The only place where there was any possibility of danger was County Cork, where the second-in-command had resigned. He was absolutely confident of control of the forces in the rest of the country. Mr. Joseph McGraith, Minister for Industry and Commerce, announced that he had resigned on account of the muddling in connection with the army trouble. GREECE AND RUSSIA.

RECOGNITION OF SOVIET. RENEWAL OF RELATIONS. (Received 8.5 pan.) Beater. LONDON. Mar. 11. It is learned from a>n official Russian source that the Greek Minister in Berlin informed the Russian Ambassador there that the Greek Government wished to resume diplomatic relations with the' Soviet Government and ; formally recognised the Soviet Government de jure. The Soviet Government, in reply, notified the Greek Government that it agreed to immediate renewal of diplomatic relations and friendly settlement of all outstanding questions on .a • basis of reciprocity. ' . ■