McSWINEY NOT TO BE RELEASED

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2048, 7 September 1920, Page 7

McSWINEY NOT TO BE RELEASED

GOVERNMENT ADOPTS A FIRM POLICY WILL TAKE NO ACTION TO BREAK DOWN LAW REBEL LORD MAYOR LIABLE TO HAVE BEEN SHOT s 7 " By Cable. — Press Atioeiatxon. — Copyright. l ' T (Reuter.) (Bee. September 7, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, September 5. The Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law, replying to the Labour Party's ; appeal to release Mr MeSwiney, says he was arrested while actively conducting the affairs of a rebel organisation, under cover of his Mayoral office. s Had he been taken at his word, and dealt with, as an avowed rebel, according to the universal practice of civilised nations, he would, in view of the circumstances, have been liable to have been immediately sflaot. After referring to details of his trial and the efforts to secure his release, and to the murders and outrages in Ireland during his imprisonment, Mr Bonar Law added: — The Government fully realises how large a part sentiment plays in all human affairs. Greatly as the Government sympathises with those who desire to see peace and order restored in Ireland, it cannot take a course which, as the Prime Minister said, would inevitably lead to a complete breakdown of the whole machinery of the law and the Government. The policy of the Government has been made clear from the outset, and, if the Lord Mayor dies in prison, the responsibility will rest, in some degree, upon those who, by repeated appeals, encouraged a belief that the Government would prove insincere in its determination, and encouraged the hope that, notwithstanding all the declarations to the contrary, McSwiney's misguided action would lead eventually to his release.

Mr Bonav Law added that the condition of- McSwiney was unchanged.

LABOUR OPPOSITION TO POLICY OF GOVERNMENT. £A. & N.Z.) (Re.?. September 7, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON. September 6. The Trade Union Congress at Portsmouth, at which nearly 1000 delegates are present, adopted a resolution, by acclamation, that the members view with horror and indignation the Government's decision regarding McSwiney. EFFORT TO PURCHASE RECOGNITION IN AMERICA. {A. & X.Z.) (Ree. September 7, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 6. 1 The Loyal Coalition of Irishmen in Boston has telegraphed to the Congressional Committee at Chicago, asking it to investigate a report that the Dail Eireann appropriated $1,500,000 to influence the American Presidential elections and obtain recognition for Ireland as a Republic. WHY MR DUFFY WAS ASKED TO LEAVE FRANCE. {A. & N.Z.) (Ree. September 7, 9 a.m.) LONDON, September 6. The French Government asked Mr Gavan Duffy (the Sinn Fein "ambassador :: ) to leave France because he communicated i to the French newspapers a letter he wrote to M. Millerand, urging him to intercede with the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George in favour of Mr McSwiney. and also because of his refusal to discontinue his anti-British policy. WHO FIRST CROSSED THE FRONTIER? POLES AND LITHUANIANS PUT BLAME ON EACH OTHER. . jA. & N.Z.) (Bee. September 7 ; 9.1-3 a.m.) LONDON, September 6. It is reported that negotiations for a frontier rearrangement and for regulating the future relations between Poland and Lithuania have been broken off, owing to the outbreak of hostilities. Each side accuses the other of crossing the frontier. Polish circles in London assert that the Poles occupied only those territories that were recognised as Polish by the Supreme Council, and they complain that Lithuania is being used as a rallying ground by the Red armies. * EARLY RISING EXPECTED AGAINST WARSAW GOVERNMENT ;(A. & N.Z.) (Bee. September 7, 9.20 a.nr.) COPENHAGEN, September 5. According to the Posen correspondent of the Berlin *'Voseisehe Zeitung," reserve troops occupied the railway station and other buildings at Graudenz (East Prussia), with the object of driving out, the Poles, but the Polish cavalry took 400 of them prisoner. These will be charged with treason. An early rising is expected from 8000 troops in Posen, where the Polish leader, Dmowsky, is stated to have been ; plotting a coup d'etat against the Warsaw Government. OALIFORNIAN LAW MAY LEAD TO TROUBLE. __ _ _~ JAPAN WILL DEMAND FEDERAL INTERVENTION. (A. & N.Z.) (Be.?. September 7,10.35 a.m.) WASHINGTON, September 6. Japanese circles declare that the Japanese Ambassador, \ Mr K. Shidehara, intends to demand that the United States Federal Government shall prevent the passage of the proposed Californian law prohibiting Japanese from holding land, otherwise Japan will refuse ta, negotiate about the Chinese open-door policy, which Mr Bainbridge Colby (Secretary of State) desires to discuss. Mr Shidehara is prepared to accept the prohibition of further Japanese immigration to America if the Japanese now here are given normal rights. An earlier message from San Franciseo stated:—Senator Phelan declared that war to the death would bo waged against any attempt to J compromise California's attitude regarding Japanese immigration, and ■ expressed the belief that the State Department would not accept any I Japanese compromise offers. AMERICA AWAITING REFORMS IN CHINA. RECOGNITION OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT TEMPORARY. • )A. & N.Z.) (Bee. September 7, 9.20 a.m.) PEKING, September 5. It is understood that Mr Paul Reinsch, former United States Minister in China, has presented a memorandum to the Chinese Government, implying that American recognition of the Military Government in China is only temporary, and may be withdrawn unless democratic reforms, and, notably, the formation of a popular, constitutional Convention, arc carried out.

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