IRISH TROUBLE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12010, 12 March 1920, Page 5

IRISH TROUBLE.

hostile to home rule. United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. London, March '9 Mr Dooknell, a member of the Bouse of Commons, the only Unionist onteide Ulster, and a popular business magnate in Dublin, moved the rejection of a motion in favour of Home ihe ground that the partition of Ireland into factions invalidates the co-operation of the best elements, and divorces the Protestants in the South and North, ■while the Catholics suffer similarly. A BANKER HELD UP. Four masked armed men held up the manager of the Ulster Bank at Atlibay, on the road to Olonallo. They took his motor-car and £IOOO. ULSTER ACCEPTS SIX COUNTY PROPOSAL London, March 10 The Ulster Unionist Council, it is understood, agrees to accept the six County proposal. There4s much excitement. Freeman’s Journal says a large force, of troops entrained for the BDttth-west. The Ulster Unionist Council at Belfast rejected a proposal that Donegal, Monaghan, and Cavan should be included in the Bill, favouring the exclusion of six counties. While it was considered that union with Britain was the best system of government, it could not assume responsibility for attempting to defeat the Bill.

A record gathering of the Ulster Unionist' Council at Belfast considered the Home Rule Bill and adjourned after Sir B. Carson had explained the measure. His speech was not published, but, speaking later, Sir B. Carson showed that Ulster was not irreconcilable. He said that if their opponents were going to work the Parliament in the West and South of Ireland for the benefit of all classes and creeds, the Ulster Unionists would be the first fjO shake hands and say : ‘ ‘As brother jrishmen we wish you luck.” NEW LAND BILL. . The Scotsman forecasts a new Irish Land Bill, generously planned and completing the long delayed purchase scheme. ANOTHER MURDEROUS ATTACK. A large force of armed masked men attacked and captured the police barracks at Higginatown after cutting communications. Five police occupied the barracks, as did a constable’s wife and five small children. The attackers, beginning at 11.30 at night, maintained a rapid fire with rifles and revolvers and many grenades for 90 minutes. Constable Ryan was wounded by a grenade and died from loss of blood. Another grenade wounded the woman and three of the children. The assailants escaped after seizing the police weapons. A MOMENTOUS MEETING. Received March 12, 11 a.m. London, March 11 Yesterday’s meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council is generally regarded as the most momentous over held. The speeches were marked by intense seriousness and earnestness. A strong contingent of delegates from Cavan, • Donegal and Monaghan Counties put up a strenuous fight for inciuisou in the north ern area.

The Daily Telegraph says the Counties pleaded that the Ulster Covenant should not be departed from, but the inexorable facts of the situation prevailed, and they were defeated by a large majority. It was with sorrowful feelings that the majority voted the outpost Counties out of the Ulster Parliament, but mind had to prevail over heart. It was felt that if they were included the Unionist majority would be so small that Parliamentary buisness would be impossible.,^