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Show Sinn Fein Parliament Is Dominant Domi-nant Authority in Minds of -eopie DUBLIN, Ffeb. The fail Biraarin tlie Hinn Fetn parliament In the minds of an overwhf Iniing majority of the Irlah poople, continues as the dominant the only legitimate authority in Ire-land. Ire-land. it is treated as an uuthoritative body. None of the municipal or county coun-ty bodies which pledged allegiance to I; huve withdrawn from that position. The Dall Elreann'a instructions arc obeyed by these subsidiary bodies and all dealings with the Irish local government gov-ernment board which represents the. Itrltlah government, are barred, l-'or I ni reason, thv board is unable to make its customary audit of county and city accounts. The result Is increasing in-creasing difficulty In every district. II 1 I W ( II s I I RS. "Hutaae" or tax collectors are faced with two sets of instructions one from British government representative., representa-tive., or the local government board, the other from local Sinn Fein author-It). author-It). A king's bench decree, designed to compel tnese collectors to obey the hnv h l.iun in... m II I HP- I (t.erl I ATI I of crown itistructlons, In many casei would, doubtb-v.s brir.g Ki-er- pimlsh-m pimlsh-m nt. If not death, to the collector Tax collecting, needless in say, Is not brisk. The balances In local treasuries treas-uries are proving insufficient to en-ahle en-ahle authorities to maintain public ln-stlttitlona. ln-stlttitlona. In Sllgu. banks have refused to permit overdrafts, and there Is no money to pay the contractors who are, therefore, withdrawing their services. Patients m hospitals are without sufficient suf-ficient food and tho inmates of the poorhouse are In a similar pllphl. Tho chalrmjui of thr board of SldCr-men, SldCr-men, approved the suggestion of Iall Klreanu that leading men of the city be asked to advance fifty pounds each to relieve the situation, but thero was no response. In Queen s county, tho greater part of the taxes, of tho county, amounting to about 50,000 pounds, remains uncollected, un-collected, and the resources of the county are exhausted. Involving serious seri-ous consequences to the lunatic asylum and several hospitals. The county council at its meeting resolved to a-k the advice of Hall Elreann. They have no ilonbi of P ability lo meet, and ni' billing to ad upon Us instructions. At Bray, an Important seaside suburb, sub-urb, within twelve miles of Dublin, ail attempt was made by a member of tho town council to get out of financial finan-cial troubles by rescinding a resolution resolu-tion acknowledging allegiance to l;all Elreann, but he did not find a second-I second-I cr. |