200 ARMED MEN
CAPTURE CORK
POLICE STATION
Cork, Ireland, Feb. 10. After an
attack lasting some time with an ex
change of rifle shots two hundred
armed men last night captured the
Castle Martyr police station. They
temporally made prisoner the five
policemen who defended and station.
The raiders seized arms and ammuni
tion and tdecamped.
, SEEK TOBACCO MONOPOLY.
Paris, Feb. 10 America has sound
ed France on the subject of the to
bacco monopoly for this country be
ing farmed out to the United States
for a period of 25 years, according to
a report current on the Bourse yes
terday, saya the Journal.
In exchange, the United States
would guarantee, in one way or an
other, a sum totalling about Sixty
billion francs, it is added by the
newspaper, which prints the news
with reserve.
perity be restored to the world.
"The condition of Ireland causes
me grave concern, but a bill will be
immediately laid before you to give
effect to proposals for a better govern
ment of that country, which was out
lined at the end of the last session
of Parliament. A bill to make fur
ther provision for education in Ire
land will also be submitted. Absence
of facilities for education for a con
slderable part of the child population
of certain districts makes the ques
tion one of urgency, but care will be
taken to make the measure compati
ble with the home rule bill.
