IRISH AFFAIRS

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14601, 28 February 1921, Page 7

IRISH AFFAIRS

APPEAL FOR DIBCIPLINE. PLAYING INTO ENEMY'S HANDS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, February 25. Sir Nevll Macready tins issued orders to the troops. Alluding to the murders of soldiers at Bandon he says that quite apart, from the savagery which always characterised the rehels' tactics, no doubt, these crimes a/c a deliberate attempt, to exasperate the troops and tempt them to break the bounds of discipline, thereby providing copy for the scurrilous campaign of propaganda on which the rebel leaders so much rely for sympathy against England abroad. lie expects the troops, even in the face of provocation which would not be indulged in by the wildest, savages of Central Africa, to maintain the discipline for which the army is renowned. Only thus will poace in Ireland lie restored.

CONDONATION OF REPRIBALS. GENERAL CROZIER'S ASSERTIONS. ADMISSION BY GENERAL TUDOR. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, February 25. Sir llaniar Greenwood, in the House r f Commons, denied thai there had been any condonation of the Trim looting, but General Crozier, in reply to a.i inquiry by Mr Redmond, a member o' the House of Commons, telegraphed that Major-General Tudor admitted condonation in the presence of himself and many officers, and ordered the reinstatement of the nun in their origin,..! c -mpany. The subject will be debated in the House of Commons on Monday.

BRITAIN'S ALTERNATIVES. HOME RULE OB INDEPENDENCE. WHAT THE LATTEH WOULD MEAN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, February 25. Mr Bonar Law, speaking at Leeds, paid there had certainly been excesses by the police and military in lroland, but the Government was determined tu restore order and maintain discipline. There were two ways of dealing with Ireland. One was to give a measure of self-government, compatible with the interests of Ireland and the whole kingdom. The other was to tell the Irish 1.0 go their own way, and do what they liked. If they adopted the latter method it might free Britain from groat (rouble, but it would not stop at Ireland. Such yielding to what could not be conceded to reason will spread to oilier parts of the Empire, and would end the Empire. IN POSSESSION OF ARMS. A GIRL SENTENCED. . (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, February 25. Mary Bowles has been sentenced to the years in a reformatory.

A cable message on January 2Gth stated that before a court-martial in Cork, Mary Bowles, a IG-year-old girl, was tried on a charge of being ill possession of a revolver, a pistol, and a machine-gun. The accused is a sturdy girl of the farming class. When captured she was wearing a steel bodyguard under her coat, and was carrying a wrapi ed in a waterproof covering. The girl throughout the proceedings maintained an altitude of indifference, and refused Jo plead. POLICE EXPENDITURE. £021,000 PER MONTH. (Australian and N.Z. table Assn.) LONDON, February 24. Sir Ifamar Greenwood, in the House of Commons, slated that the monthly expenditure on flic police force in Ireland was £(521.000.