IRISH CRISIS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16366, 3 March 1921, Page 5

IRISH CRISIS.

THE TRIM LOOTING. DISCUSSION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, March 2. Mr Redmond, in the House of Commons. moved the adjournment to draw attention to General Crozier’s resignation. He asserted that General Tudor, for political reasons, intended to reinstate the cadets. Sir Ha mar Greenwood replied that he admitted there w as looting at Trim. When General Tudor heard of it ho sent General Crozier to Trim. The latter reported that he had arrested certain persons who w ould be court-martialled. He proposed to dismiss twenty-six others. General Tudor replied approving of the arrests, but expressed disquietude at dismissals without a- full investigation. Sir Hamar Greenwood added that lie endorsed General Tudor’s action. All persons implicated would he j court-martialled, and General Crozier would be asked to give evidence. He believed that General Crozier’s resignation was not duo to receiving General Tudor’s letter. Mr Asquith supported Mr Redmond’s demand for an impartial inquiry. The motion for adjournment was negatived by 253 to 69. CORK EXECUTIONS. AN ARCHBISHOP’S PROTEST. LONDON, March 1. The Archbishop of Dublin has issued a statement characterising the Cork executions as barbarous. The victims were shot two by two, four having' to stand aside within hearing of the shots while the first pair were none to death. Similarly the next pair were kept m agonising suspense while two more were disposed of- With a refinement of cruelty a quarter of an hour was allowed to elapse in the intervals. Could any more scandalous form of reprisal be devised. RAILWAY CLERK MURDERED. LONDON, March 1. Three armed masked men entered a railway parcels office at Cork at mid- i night forcibly removed a clerk and shot him dead in a tunnel near the I station. CARDINAL BOURNE’S PASTORAL. I LONDON, March 2. The Rome correspondent of the I “ Daily News” states that the Vatican will take advantage of Cardinal Bourne’s presence in Rome t-o express disapproval of his recent Irish utter- I ances, on the ground that the Vatican j had steadily resisted pressure both j from the British Government and Sinn j Fein to take sides.-