THE DUBLIN TRAGEDY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 149, 30 July 1914, Page 8

THE DUBLIN TRAGEDY.

A VIOLENT MANIFESTO. # .. V GOVERNMENT RETURNS RIFLES. TRAWLER LANDS MACHINE GUNS. RESERVISTS JOIN DEMONSTRATORS. By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright, LONDON, July 29. A demonstration of Nationalist Vol-. - unteer*, held at Athlone, to protest agains. the so-called Dublin murders, included squads of the Dublin Royal Artillery Reserve, which has just com- ? pleted training. It is stated that a trawler landed twelve machine guns at Kingston, and i. motor cars conveyed them to Londonderry and Belfast. - The Government has returned to the -V Nationalist Volunteers 27 rifles captured at Clontarf. The Irish Volunteers have issued a v .manifesto headed "The Right to Murder, "'' iSngland's Claim.'' The manit festo states that the English Government, through the executive, has reasserted its old claim to murder the Irish people without trial. The shooting in Dublin on Sunday -would sLame the maddened soldiers of a rebel army >,-• thirsting for The manifesto . • concludes with the words:—-"The rifle is the parent of liberty," and an *' exhortation to the people to arm. The bodies of the Dublin victims \j were taken from the morgue to the ij Marlborough Street Cathedral. Not a / ; single policeman or soldier was present y while the procession passfed through the Streets. Thousands of people watched f the procession in absolute- silence. »." The public funeral will take place tomprrow. THE ARMS PROCLAMATION. * E TO PROVOKE CONFLICT. 1 THE GOVERNMENT AND ULSTER. The '' Daily Chronicle'' demands the withdrawal of the arms proclamation, so as to give a sort of recognition to ' the Volunteer forces. The proclamas" tion will inevitably provoke conflicts ./ •with the Nationalists in Ireland. The -- "Chronicle" adds that it is rumoured that the Government is willing to offer i .to leave out Antrim, Down, Londonderry, and Armagh, and to* abolish the ;' time limit. The "Daily Telegraph" says there is an impression on both sides* that the ' Government, owing to the European .situation, will go far to satisfy the covenanters, and severe pressure is likely to be put both on Nationalists and Ulstermen. NO EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, ; , VOLUNTEERS AND CO-OPERATION. "Times" and "Sydney Sun" ■Services. r (Received July 30, 8 a.m.) LONDON; July 29. The "Irish Times" declares that no effective government exists in Ireland, r ' afflh suggests that the Nationalist and Ulster Volunteers should co-operate to ■- preserve the public peace.