THE IRISH ARMY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16122, 10 May 1923, Page 6

THE IRISH ARMY.

GENERAL MURPHY'S TRANS LATION.

Elec Tel. Copyright-United Press assii.) .Australian and N-Z Canle Association.*

(Received Mav 10, 1.34 p.m.) LONDON, -May 9

Major General Murphy's appointment to the ornamental post of chief of the Dublin police is generally regarded as a clevei move to get rid; of him. The Gaelic League Party is now in supreme command of the army. Its ideals, expressed! repeatedly by Muleahy, are hardly the ideals of the British army and ex-British soldiers are hardly the men to carry them out.

LUZIO'S MISSION

ECCLESIASTICAL POWER. NEARLY

BROKEN

lAustralian and N-Z cable Assodixtiou.i

(Received May 10, 2 p.m.) LONDON, May 9

The Australian and New Zealand Press Association's Dublin correspondent, dealing with Luzio'a mission, states lie came to Ireland 1 ostensibly on an ecclesiastical mission, but the ival object wag to discover the way to peace. The Government, from the first, suspected) Luzio of working in Republican interests, nevertheless he undoubtedly tried his best to secure a cessation of hostilities to enable the Republicans to save their faces. He kept out of the limelight, but the Government were informed of his work, find knew lie was trying to bring the strongest ecclesiastical influence to bear on Cabinet to force its hand! to accept something less than complete surrender of the Republicans. It was largely Luzio's representations which led jJo Valera to issue his peace terms. Uizio almcf.it'succeeded l in getting the Republicans to surrender. From the first to the last the Government refused to have anything to do, with him. The corrcspondemt adds that his mission was a hard one. An important result is tho proving that ecclesiastical power in Ireland' is nearly broken.