IRELAND'S UNREST.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 195, 16 August 1920, Page 5

IRELAND'S UNREST.

MORE RIOTING IN DERRY. QUELLED WITH THE BAYONET. OUTRAGES AT TRALEE. (By ('able—Press Association— Copyright.) (Received 1.80 p.m.t LONDON. August 15. Republicans attacked for three hours soldiers guarding a military aeroplane carrying dispatches which descended at Clonbanin owing to engine trouble. The attackers were beaten off after one soldier had been killed and two wounded. Disturbances in Londonderry on Saturday nignt were quelled by » military bayonet charge. Outrages at TraJec, Kerry, include an attack on four police, in which two were wounded, the setting on lire of wagons at lite railway station containing military stores, and the setting on lire of the newspaper offices. The damage is estimated at £40.000.—(A. and N.Z.) A party of soldiers in Dublin last night, when subjected to petty annoyances by a crowd, tired volleys along (lapel Street. Several persons were wounded, a soldier being included. Reinforcements restored order. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) DOMINION HOME RULE. APPLICATION TO IRELAND. BONAR LAW'S NEW OFFER. LONDON, August 15. "Freeman's Journal" states that Mr. lionar Law will make an important statement in the House of Commons on Monday with reference to the application of Dominion Hume Rule to Ireland. He believes that the Government contemplates the abandonment of both coercion and the partition of Ireland. The lister i'nionist Council denies the i report that there has been a split in its ranks nnd tint n section of llstermen ure advocating Dominion Home Rule j for Ireland. j A message from Dublin, published in the • Times," states that the Irish I I'nionist Al'.iance repudiates Home Rule, on the ground that il will mean the creation d an Independent Renublic or I civil, war. I Armed raiders captured mails for tinViceroy and ibe military authorities in Dublin. | Fifty armed men in rowing bootstopped a ilotilla ol petrol-laden boats ■at Garrick->!i-Sbannon. and eantured the entire cargo of MOO gallons. The Lord Mayor of Cork and other Sinn Fciners, arrested ut a Sinn Fein Court, will !..• court-martialled. aud possibly deputed.

A number of prisoners, who have been hunger-striking at Cork, have been removed 10 Britain.—(A. and N.Z.)

SINN FEIN AND POTHEEN. LICENSE TO MOONLIGHTERS. LONDON, August 15. illei-civerl 1 p.nil Recent raids made on illicit stills iv Ireland w re preliminary to Sinn I .in control of I lie trade, following upon general ees.suiion of the (tovernment's attempts lo suppress illicit manufacture. It is now reported that the "-""em is issuing licenses for the manufacture of notheen. tints providing a new source of revenue.— f Times.") DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON. illecelvcd _"H pin.i LONDON. August 15. The Irish Self-Detcrminiition League heltl a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, at which a resolution was passed demanding the removal of the ban on Dr. j .Mannix's liberty. Dr. Mannix was not present.- (A. and N.Z. Cable.)

It is aim ninced that the Vatican has not made any statement regarding Dr. Mannix, but the absence of any declaration must not be taken in the least t.' imply that the recent report that the Vatican considers Dr. Mannix's action blamewortbv. was incorrect.- (A. and X.Z. Cable.)

AUSTRALIAN PROTESTS. i Received 0 i.ni.l ' SYDNEY, this day. f A big and enthusiastic demonstration in the Domain yesterday carried resolutions protesting against the British Government's treatment of Dr. Mannix. The protest was cabled to Mr. Lloyd ticorge. and the President of the "Irish Republic." Demonstrations on the snmc > lines in Melbourne. Adelaide, and Hobart acted similarly.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)