IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1919, Page 5

IRELAND.

H SAVAGE CRIME." BISHOP CLOYNE ON RECENT OUTBAQBS. " \{ t ByTeleptph.—Pieu Aaan.-Copyr'ght Bewived Sept. 14, 11.5 p.m. , , London, Sept. 12. BiuM, doyne, a Catholic, writing to the Administrator of Fermoy, charactefiaei the ihooting o! the soldiers as a ffeaHur tragedy add a savage crime, calling for the vengeance of God. Doubtleee we immediate purpose was to secure rifles, but the criminals were prepared to carry out their object even if it involved taking innocent life. The Bishop enjoins the Administrator to condemn the crime at mass, but deplores the military's subsequent outrageous conduct. «—Aiu.-N.Z; Cable Assn.

A DANGSSOUB ASSOCIATION, ' SUPPRESSION OF SINN FEIN ; PARLIAMENT. Received Sept. 14, 11.5 p.m. ** i Ltfidon, Sept. 12. Lord* French has ordered the sup> ptttsion of the Sinn Fein parliament at « dangefous association.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Ann. TO PREVENT ANARCHY. NEW MEASURES NECESSARY. Received Sept. 13, 5.8 p.m. London, Sept. 12. Alblin reports stftte that new measures are necessary to prevent anarchy, or practically restore the Criminal Law Prtjtedure Act of 1887, recalling the wont day* tif the Irish agitation.— limes Service.

' SEARCH FOR ARMS. CONFLICTS WITH THE CROWD. Received Sept. 14, 5.S p.m. London, -Sept-12. Arising frote the proclamation of the Sinn Fein's. illegabiltiy, the police and fully armed troopß have made a widespread search for arms in Ireland. Many arrests were made, including two Sinn Fein members of the House of Commons. There were many conflicts with the SB9wd.-Aus.-NZ Cable Assn.

RESUtT OF RAIDS. A STREAM OF. PRISONERS. Received Sept. 14, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 13. The police and military raids in many parts of Ireland resulted in a stream of prisoners being sent in to Dublin in military lorries. y OTveefe and Blythe, Sinn Fein members of $e Bouse of Commons, were arrested on the premises at the Sinn Fein headquarter* in Dublin. —Aua.-N.Z, Cable Asm. LORD ISENCH PRAISES CONSTABULARY. London, Sept. 12. |nrd Flench, in a speech at Belfast, expressed boundless admiration for the w£rk of the Royal Irish Constabulary, wifch every day was becoming more arduous vd hazardous. He felt towards those Who had fallen vf he-did- towards those dead comrades on the fitjld, but his feelings were ac- ; centtiated became they had not died in ' fair open combat, but Were stricken . doton by cowardly and dastardly murderers. Those bloody hands had not hesitated to commit unspeakable villainy on Sunday as men were approaching the altar of their God. It was hard ' to believe in the virtue of a cause which .did not spare even a sanctuary. No country in the world to-day Wis more prosperous than Ireland. The Government at present had only one policy, namely,' to secure to law-abiding subject s.that freedom and protection froifl outrage to which as citizens of the Empire they were entitled. They would exert all their efforts to the fulfilment 6f that policy and would not shirk'the most'-dfMtie'-measures necessary to secure it.--Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.