Irish Pot Pourri

P: Monsignor Luzin of the Sacred Congregation of Rome, investigating Conditions in Ireland for the Vatican, offered to mediate for peace, providing that his intervention is backed by the Irish people.

P: A conference is now sitting in Dublin to discuss land legislation. It is hoped by some members to provide a clause for compulsory sale of land to end landlordism.

P: The customs barrier is now working. The price of imported cigarettes advanced one shilling on each packet of 20, tobacco three pence an ounce. A great deal of inconvenience is reported by customs officials in dealing with the Ulster boundary customs, owing to the fact that one railway alone crosses the frontier at no less than ten different points.

P: At Dromahair, County Leitrim, a band of republicans burnt the court house and looted the stores, carrying away quantities of foodstuffs and clothes. A fight at Headford, Galway, resulted in four rebels dead and four Free State troops wounded. At Glencar, South Kerry, another clash was reported, resulting in five rebels being killed and two being taken prisoners.