IRISH WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18750, 2 January 1923, Page 7

IRISH WAR

A BITTER CAMPAIGN. FAMILIES DIVIDED. FOOD SUPPLIES THREATENED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 28. The Daily Mail’s Dublin correspondent states that, in pursuance of the policy to make the Government impossible, the Republicans organised attacks on bread delivery vans, which cover large areas of the country. If the vans do not arrive many villages will be without bread. This morning numerous vans were held up by aimed men, and the contents destroyed on the roadside. The latest nows from the country is that while there is a widespread desire for peace, the rebels are determined to fight until they I'cccive an acknowledgment of the Republic. The strife is undermining the whole fabric of tho national life, sundering fathers from sons, wives from their husbands, and'is blasting friendships between "the tenants and the proprietors. In County Clare, during the last fortnight county families have been expelled, the local people seizing their land, which they do with impunity owing to it being impossible for the Government to make the law run in the far parts of the provinces.—A. and N.Z. Cable, TWO REBELS EXECUTED. LONDON, December 29. Two Irish rebels were executed in Kilkenny.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE RAILWAY DISPUTE. NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING. LONDON, December 29. The Dublin Government, interviewed in regard to the railway dispute, said that further meetings would he held to-day.— The Times. THE SITUATION REVIEWED. WASTE OF VALUABLE LIVES DEMORALISATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. LONDON, Decern ter 31. (Rceived Jan. 1, at 7.5 p.m.) The Free State Government, reviewing the situation in Ireland at the end of the year, refers to the present waste cf valuable lives which is due to a war which cannot now be dignified by tho word “guerrilla.” The Irregulars are now reduced to the assassination of unarmed persons and incendiarism. The Government declares that neurotic girls are among the most active adherents to the Irregulars, and the -worst feature of the situation is the increasing demoralisation of some young people of both sexes, for which their_ ciders, who deliberately created the position, will have to bear full responsibility.—Reuetr. TRAFFIC IN ARMS. AMERICAN VESSEL SEIZED. LONDON, December 31. (Received Jan. 1, at 5.5 p.m.) The destroyer Venomous captured an American vessel within the three-mile limit off the Irish coast, near Castletown, laden with arms and ammunition.—A. and N.Z. Cable.