ORDER IN IRELAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 115, 14 May 1920, Page 5

ORDER IN IRELAND.

! ATTEMPTS TO RE-ESTABLISH.' jrtSW SECRETARY S EFFORTS. I PROTECTION OF _ OEICE. jfij Cable— rress Association.—_opyMjtM.l ■ ' ■ (Itecelfed 10.30 a.m.) I LONDON, M_y 13. Sir Ramar Greenwood,' Chief Secre--1 iiry of Ireland, interviewed in Dublin, | «ia: "Since my appointment I have | _ofle_ no deportation I have II itlMsed many persons arrested On sug--1 piiien after personally examining the 1 ' founds on which the Huspioiori Wall iSied. I personally ordered Alderman | ..Hen's release. These things show 1 that lam carrying out the intention to ¥ try to establish normal life in Ireland, B including normal ; proceedings in the 1 ..urts of justice. I '_ am expressing the Views of titf I tonntrymen and the world whett I s_y i tnat the gallant Irish police deserve the I gtoiration of all. The Government will I _et fail in its duty to them/'—(A. And ,}i.Z. Cable.) A Meath farmer was shot dead today and his ploughing horses Were also (Sot. five men dragged ft County Council candidate from his house at rJtokent6#n, Roscommon, measured him for a coffin, dug a grave oppo.lt« his door, pointed revolvers at him, dud forced him ; to Sign a Withdrawal of hi. candidature (Renter.) SHOT IN COLD RtOOD. - HIRDER OF IRISIt _ OLIO-. LONDON, M_y 13. ..The shooting of tfiree policemen in the, Lower Road, Cork, yesterday, was _ecnted with great daring. . The tnen who were proceeding on night duty, Wilted k While cm the edge of the pfev.ttttent at about eleven o'clock for a trainear. . The instant the car stopped a aSMIy volley wis fifed. Sergeant Gftrvey find Constable Harrington, wfip •_re boarding the fc_r, dropped deiid. T-c third constable, who was wounded, nitnaged to reach th. barracks after fie . £icl again been wounded.'The volley caused, a. panic among the Misengers' and, smashed the car *in- .__#_. The conductor arid one p**9engef had very narrow escapes from bullets. The assailants fired at the police from ; ■:» few feet distant.- Some of the__ w_re *_e_f_ly waiting for the cttr.—(A. afld V__.' Cable.)