IRISH CRISIS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19999, 15 July 1920, Page 4

IRISH CRISIS.

DISCUSSED BY TRADES UNION - CONGRESS. A TRUCE SUGGESTED. STRIKE BALLOT IN EVENT OF REFUSAL.. Bt Telegraph—Pises ABtcdaticm—Copyright. Australian and Js'.Z. Ca-blft Afsociliioa. LONDON, July 13. Eight hundred delegates, represent* iug ure million member!-, attended u. special i-rades union congress to discuss L eland. me Ineliest debate resulted in a proposal immediately to down tools to enforce the withdrawal of troops being decisively defeated- Various unions then ofiered panaceas, the debate finally ranging round the National Onion of Railwayin'j resolution proposing a truce in Ireland, Sinn Fein stopping murder and outrages and the Government withdrawing the army of occupation when the truce is secured, f Irish Parliament to he created with tun dominion powers. ?l r , Acunas, supporting the proposal, vw . tiier ' Trere Powerful influences o • estmmster, whose only desire was to encourage a fight to a finish. -Ur Bromley, on behalf of the locomo tiro engineers, said that the most humane thing would be to say to Ink . and; if you won't listen to reason ye wash our hands of the country.” • if r * l ”!‘Umen’s resolution was carr,ed I>9o 1 > 9o3 > (| OO to 1,759,000 no‘ h l in! ra i lLll ;r COmpl ; lnlod tha fc was fi he , rai! wsymen’s resolution ILTj' r le I sltUafjoU if the Governd rppt de f lu?d t '' l don t recommend S orV *l°" for fun ’” he Esid ' “but landV t0 S:iVe °' JV brot ' liei 's in IreA delegate from the Cotton Opera. nolfcr L ni ° n ° pposed the down-tools Srrm ?mi aU£e 11 escee( Rugly dan. and no one knew where it would sAfuiw , resolu . tion la favour of a tekV b i f t j° euforce demands relatby\?6ofcVvA S o* "» "« &W 4 tfc ““«• tJ D vS° D?? f° fluestions as to what Lman '7 i ¥ r ; h “ S.I -Si miner, would come into operation. SMUGGLED LETTERS Barrr , fi- LONr)C>N - July 13. -Barry, a fireman on a .n Atlantic hner ; sentenced to two srFnS Ut tl f ° r n *? n S eight ’letters mst g rf d ° thems P than through the pot- The prosecution said that, Bamf s *? dpse touch with Irish rerolii. tionanes in America, The correspond* euce included a letter from Do fuJJ’ Bg improper] J ending Sinn Fein William Parry, a. member of the crew of an Atlantic liner, has been sentenced to six months’ imprison' nient on a charge of smuggling arms and munitions for Ireland. “ CONSTABLES SHOT DEAD LONDON, July 13. An armed party ambushed a potico r bet r e r- C1 °S han? a nd Tingle, m County Kerry, and shot, dead teo constables and seriously wounded a police inspector and chauffeur. The raiders stole arms and ammunition