IRISH AFFAIRS

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14829, 17 December 1921, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS

GRETTON'S AMENDMENT. DECISIVELY DEFEATED. || 401 VOTES TO 58. Received December 17, 8.55 a.m. LONDON, December 16. In the House of Commons Colonel Gretton's amendment, regretting th« settlement, on the ground that it mvolves the surrender oP the Crown rights in Ireland, gives power to estaDlisli an independent army and navy, requires further sacrifices from Ulster, and does not safeguard the rights'ol Southern loyalists, was negatived &S 401 to 58.-

BACK TO 1914. DISTURBANCES IN BELFAST.';! SNIPERS AND BOMBERS BUSY... Received December 17, 8.45 a.m.| LONDON, December 16. \ Sir James Craig has arrived to se Mr Chamberlain on the bouudane question. "The present position,": fc asserts, "seems to throw us back ,t where we were in 1914." Shooting and bombing were resume in Belfast vesterday. A man was sh<j when seated at the flreside in bi house. Another was shot in the streei Two houses were bombed, but n casualties were caused. Sergeant .Ee right, when leaving an hotel in Kilmal lock, County Limerick, was shot dea by five men, who also wounded a con stable seriously. The disturbances in Belfast wei continued this morning. Two men wei shot while going to the shipyard—oi fatally—and three others were' wo urn ed. Two bombs were thrown in tt Marrowbone' district; no one was,Ji jured. The potice and military bjj taken up strategic corners, fro which they are firing at conceal* snipers. THE STUMBLING BLOCK. | RAISING THE BOUNDARY QUESTIO; SPECTRE NOT YET AT HAND.; : Received December 17,10.20 a.m. j LONDON, December .1.6. Sir James Craig, in an interview, sj that but for the raising of the bou daries question, he thought they mig have been able to secure approyai; the treaty, but now the outlook | entirely altered. ■ Lord Birkenhead, who was a gU' at the American Luncheon Club, sa referring to the Irish quarrel, that ey at this moment they did not know tr the spectre had been laid. The ro was still obscure, but- we had a< more to banish the last trench of m understanding than our predecess' had done during two centuries." > AWAITING RAIL EIREANN DECISI BRITISH PARLIAMENT ADJOURNI LORDS DEFEAT AMENDMENTS. Received December 17, 10.10 a.m LONDON, December 16 The House ol" Lords negativedtS Northumberland's amendment, wll was on the same lines as that [nh by Colonel Gretton in the House Commons, by 166 to 47, In the House of Commons Mr Chi berlain, replying to a question; J the matter of amnesty to the , I,i political prisoners would be conside if the agreement were ratified byja sides. Both, the Ho.use of Lords ands House of Commons have adjourned Monday, awaiting news from the;;.; JUreanjj. .