NO HALF MEASURES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11249, 29 June 1922, Page 5

NO HALF MEASURES

GOVERNMENT WILL DO ITB DUTY. APPEAL TO CITIZENS. (Received June 28, 7.50 p.m.) DUBLIN, June 27. The Provisional Government has issued the following statement: “At the dose of the general election the will of the people of Ireland was ascertained. Further grave acts against the security of persons and property have been committed in Dublin and other parts of Ireland by persons pretending to act with authority. It is the duty of the Government to which the people have entrusted their defence and the conduct of their affairs to protect and secure all 1 aw-nespecting citizens without distinction. That duty the Government will resolutely perform. “Outrages against the nation and the Government must cease at once, and for ever. For months all classes df business have suffered _ severely through a feeling of insecurity engendered by reckless and wicked acts, which have tarnished the reputation of Ireland abroad. The Government is determined that the country shall no longer be held up from the pursuit of its normal life and the re-establish-ment of its free national institutions. 'Plio Government, therefore, calls upon citizens to co-operate actively with it in the measures which the Government are taking to ensure public safety, and to secure Ireland for the Irish 6 Michael Collins announces that he is reserving his remarks on Mr Winston Churchill’s speech until the assembly of the new Dail.