THE FREE STATE

Southland Times, Issue 18972, 20 June 1923, Page 5

THE FREE STATE

REPUBLICANISM DYING. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 18. The Times Dublin correspondent says that the republican leaders have abandoned all hope of capturing more than a negligible minority of the seats during the coming general elections. It is a confession which emerges from De Valera’s lofty, and in the circumstances, rather ridiculous manifesto. The correspondent adds that the resurrection of republicanism is not visible to the naked eye. On the contrary the Free State appears to have consolidated its authority more firmly than ever in every part of the twenty-six Counties. Within the last three weeks President Cosgrove was heartily welcomed in Kilkenny, Cork and Limerick. IRISH CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED. AFTERMATH OF LIVERPOOL RAID. LONDON, June 18. (Received June 19, 8.45 p.m.) William Horan was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, and John Finn to three years. The men were arrested during a raid in Liverpool last month, when the police secured large quantities of machinegun parts and revolver ammunition. Horan who is 20, bore documents showing that he was commander of the Irish Republican Army in Liverpool. SYDNEY, June 19. No announcement has yet. been made respecting the deportation of the Irish envoys. O’Kelly is still in gaol and O’Flanagan is staying with friends, on bail.