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Show i m m m m , m , m m m m m m ci I f General Sir Edwafd " Strickland's Investigi-tion Investigi-tion Results Presented to Irish Office, Cabin :t . ' ' I ONDON. Jan. 1. General if - Li Kdward Strickland's rept rt 1 relative to the destructive fii at Cork was received at the Iri & office here yesterday and presented to the cabinet, says the Dj Mail, which adds It will be made pi r f lie early next week. Well-lnformjsl " people In Dublin are declared to Bert that the cabinet has known tkt tenor of the report for some days. k' Report that Kamonn de Valets. . "president of the Irish republic.- las " '" landed In Ireland, have greatly plqled i puhllc curiosity, and confirmation of .' these rumors ia eagerly awaited. News- v: papers fea'ure the statement of Harry Bfland. secretary to de Valera, to the effofi that "the president'' has arrived , if.-iv .-in Ireland, but nonebas sue-, k' oedeif is ascertaining do Valera's . .! Whereabout.". ' j In some quarter "here Is much skep- I . Uclam-rcgarding the whole story, and I Tublin castle's profession of ignorsncv ! relative to de Valera's landing encov'- t ages doubt in the accuricy of the s- . Iiurt, (.in inn nthrr hiiriil. Ihfr- Mi- manv who see no unurobabilily thw story, and who are Inclined to l lleve i the government did not oppese Ma coming, holding that de Valera as an . elected memlier of parliament, was P -titled to avail himself of the invltati . . recently extended to Irli-h mrrubcri i parliament to confer with th gnx- rn--. ment as to means of reaililn an . agreement on the Irish problem. ATTITUDE OF PRESS. : Many newspapers emphasised the ' i tret that the newa was based on the unsupported word of Harry Poland, a Hlnn Felner who styles himself "aee-retsry "aee-retsry to the president." The Chronicle declai ed It had lea ned authoritatively that De Valera had not landed In Ireland. "The newe of his arrive " mould cause no surprise." said the L '? Kx-p.-esa. "The question is Wh is he there for?" ' The Dally News called atteii en tu Bir lfamar Greenwood's speech . u the dinner to athletes of Cornell tfniver-aity, tfniver-aity, at which he said: - "I honestly and aincerely My that . the Irish question is now rapidly coming com-ing to an amicable settlement. I believe be-lieve that in alx months there will be two parliamenta functioning in Ireland Ire-land opening the happiest chapter In . the history of Ireland and the English) epcaklng world." I Irefand Scoured by 1 British for De Valera I DUBLIN, Jan. 1. Government averts , I today were engaged In a nation )e . f search for Kamonn de Valera, "pf v-I v-I ldent of the Irish republic," who III b f posed to have landed secretly In i .s country after voyage from Amerra. The Irish office staled de Valera was "i liable to arrest as a Jail breaker, as he haa been a fugitive since he escaped , from prlaow In Kngland. However, the government's policy with regard to him ; has not been officially formulated yet. There was much speculation here aa to hoar tie Valera had- managed to land undetected In Ireland. There was widespread belief that he must have had some secret agreement with the British whereby he waa permitted to enter this country to use his influence toward bringing about peace. Military garrisons were on the alert today, their commanders evidently believing be-lieving that De Valera's arrival might excite the Blnn Felners to fresh ot- breaks. Queenstown. the principal Irish port, has been strongly guarded for weeks, so It is aseumed that De Valera did not arrive there. The surmise is that he was dropped off a steamer In Oal-way Oal-way bay. or on the west coast and landed land-ed in a email boat. In this connection, it was remembered thst the military recently raided the desolate Aran i islands, is-lands, a Sinn Fein hiding place InOal-way InOal-way bay, and arrested all persona found there, BELFAST. Jan. 1 (By the Aseoclsted Press.) Twenty-five persons were killed or died from wounds tn Ireland i between December IX and Decembertl. covering the Christmaa hv .J" fatalities included nineteen civiliana. arnoyg them two women, five polloe- ' t xoenland on soldier. |