“iintrigues ‘of' theé '“Die ‘Hards’ and the - »jpdependent literals. Thegeneral welfare . . ofIhe nati¢n and the 'Empire must ccme - pefore metre partisapship, he declares. Tne' Ponar ‘law Government,. be add- s.ands on far too narrow a basis f... t-i(*al'istabi‘ii_l;‘.' ‘lt is ‘besed fer more ¢n the H®wsegs Lords tham on the House of : :.(‘r}t,.-'mqns:‘?s'ch‘ak—acter-and ccmpaosition ripeingreimiscent of the George the Third “iperiod and with: an' alwost mediaeval ~lipoliey, -émirhasiz ng that it ‘is-‘pure s+ fcllyto supposethat soeialist, communism «'and revelutionary dectrines.can ke coun- ‘teracted agd arrested by.volicies of mere oipegatiEnAR SRL 50 Sty R Dos = Dublin,Jove. 61h.= A long. statement jssued 2§ ¥ laily comniunigue andsigned by Mr, De v*?ra. as President, - announ- ‘ces definjtely Wat therelis no:truthin the ‘rumours‘of ‘peace iegotiations ‘between i hi§' pa¥tyand.the Free State Govern- ~ ment.’ ‘'The princimes; which the - repub- ‘licang ave'defending, he'says are by na- “ture irreducible ard not ‘oped to compro- mise, victory for the republic or utter de- feat and extémination being now the only gitergiativen; & Lor citiosre e D i - Dubkn, Now 6th.—A bulletin issusd by the'republicans states that Mary Mac Sweeney, who was arrested by.-the Free State ‘Miristryoni Saturday, has ‘beea on “hunger strike!” sinee taken:into cnstody. ‘Aletter, said 'tohave been found after heraffest; reads:. ‘‘lfimprisoned; I will hunget strike. =1 do - ot know whether they ‘willlet medie, butif they do, pray for meithat I'may be -as brave as those who have gone before me. - " Drumright, Okla., Nov. 6th. —Six per- sohs were kfled, more than thirty injur- ‘ed, 125 reguered homeless and more than half a million'dollars worth of- property 'destroyedin a tornado, which struck an " ilfield near here on Saturday- evening. " Pparis, Novr. 6th.—The French war- " ghip ‘“Jean Bart’’ will leave Toulon to "Joim the Allied fleet at' Constantinople. France has nominated her delegates.to tne pedce conferenceat Lausane, among ‘them- being M. Bompard, a member of the Senate and formerly French Ambas- ‘sador to Turkey. Three new classes of ‘of "Turkish' troops have been called to ‘the colours, itis believed; however, that Kemal will come down from. his high horse. - The Allies have adopted a very firm attitude with regard to the Angora Government’s ‘demands that the Allied ‘troops evacuate Coustantinople and that but a single warship atonz time should ‘pass through the “Straits and then .only after having obtained: the permission of the Angera Government. ="~ " Consiantinopte, Nov. 6th.—~According to news circulated by the Turkish Nd- tignalists, the British troops'are prepar- ipg 'to evacdate Mo.sul-,v.on the: river “Ligris, to the’north of Mesopotamia, ani that the Kemalists willoccupy the evaca- “ited zone.- Ameeting between the Al- -ließ Qererfals and Ratet Pasha took place ‘a3the result of the announcementof the e ST CROUO LX A VIS five points to be obtained ‘py the TFurkish Nationalists at’the Lausanne conference. Thé language' used-at this meeting was shert and sharp, contrasting ‘