1 JULY 1922, page 9

Li His Statement In The Howe Of Commons On Monday,

Mr. Churchill pointed out- how patient the Government had been while the Provisional Government had been " forced or led into a series of weak and unsatisfactory compromises "......

On Wednesday Also Mr. De Valera Issued A Character- Istic

statement that the agreement between the Republicans and the Provisional Government had been broken " at the bidding of the English." He described the irregular rebels as " the......

News Of The Week.

T HE Irish Provisional Government, if they had any intention of remaining in existence, could not possibly have refused any longer the numerous challenges to their authority.......

It May Be That They Are Now Acting Too Late,

but at all events they are acting. it is devoutly to be hoped that they mean business and that they will succeed in suppressing the fanatics who would keep Ireland in a welter......

There Are Reports That Sympathetic Republican Movements...

various parts of Ireland, and as the attention of the Provisional Government is fastened on events in Dublin, the other movements may give Mr. Collins much trouble. We shall......

The Accounts Up To The Time When We Go To

press on Thursday are exceedingly confused, but it is evident that the irregulars are still holding out in the Four Courts, though they have been driven to the back of the......

The Events Which Immediately Led Up To The Attack By

the forces of the Free State against the Four Courts on Wednesday were as follow. On Monday some of Mr. Rory O'Connor's men from the Four Courts commandeered several motor-cars......

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