TURMOIL IN IRELAND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16903, 30 November 1922, Page 5

TURMOIL IN IRELAND.

V ♦" COMPENSATION QUESTION. » By Telegraph— Pr?«s Aasooiatien—Copyright Australian and X.Z Cable Association. LOXDOX. November 2S. , Lord Lanscioivne, in the House of j Lords, asked what was. being done with regard to compensation for British residents in Southern Ireland. Unionists there wanted to know where they stood an 1 whether Mr C'rosgravo could deliver the Lord Lansdowne said he did not desire to imi pute a. want good faitli m Mr ; Cosgrave. but he might find it out of his power to do what the British Government expected him to do. He warned the Government not to r . be too sanguine. * Lord Birkenhead said it was impose ■ sible to judge the result of what all 1 admitted to be a bold, even a danger- > ous experiment, in the comparatively - | short time which had elapsed since the ; | treaty was signed; but there were many signs of hope. It was not most Tielp- < iiv publicly to express a doubt as to ] whether Mr Cosgraye would be able | to carry out what he had undertaken. I Lord Birkenhead paid a tribute of : high admiration to Mr Cosgrave and his ■ colleagues for the risks the}' were runT | ning. There would, he said, be no peace in Ireland until the rebels were | suppressed with a strong hand. If. by ! reason of depleted finances, the Free 1 ! State was unable to meet .its compensa--1 j tion obligations. Britain must act as b | guarantor. - | The Dtike of Devonshire replied that I : it was Britain’s bounden duty to sec - j full justice done to those who had j suffered in the terrible struggle of the ! last few years. The Commission’s work in compensation would be carried i on without interruj:>tion.

FOOLISH REBEL THREATS.

LOXDOX. November 28. The Cork- CKy Council ignored a foolish robe! letter forbidding; the council to nominate members to the Drill Senate, and threaten mg that the offenders would be dealt with. and sports fixtures abandoned last week, owing to rebel throats. ALDERMAN ARRESTED. LONDON November 29. Alderman Charles Murphy. one of the prominent de Yalerites. has been arrested in Dublin. THE CHILDERS CASE. LONDON. November 29. Mr Cosgruvc, in the Provisional Parliament. replying to Mr Gnvan Duffy's attack regarding Krskine Childers's ex. ecution, said the Military Courts were secret, lor the purpose of saving tho public pain. The Government made no defence in this case, because defence was unnecessary. Every Irregular tempera rily-mari gang was now plotting to arre-r members of that House The effect of tho recent executions was that stolen property was being restored, debtors were paying their debts and-contraband arms were being flung into the Fifty. Mr Cosgrave's declaration that persons convicted of robbery were going to lx* executed, was loudly cheered. Free Statcr« seized land mines, loaded shells, and other arms. in Count Plunket's Dublin house.