REBEL MURDERERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 83, 10 April 1922, Page 5

REBEL MURDERERS.

ATTEMPT ON COLLINS' LIFE. TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN. EX-POLICEMAN KILLED. (Bt Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.' (Received 11 a.m.* I.OXDOX. April 0. The Republicans are unrelenting in carrying on tiieir murderous campaign against the Free State. Their latest exploit is a conspiracy to kill Mr. Michael Collins, who was travelling towards Wexford. The rebels removed all the rails where the railway line crosses the Avoca River bridge, but the driver's timely discovery of the outrage averted a disaster. Kailwaymen who attempted to repair the line were driven off. Other gangs of armed men seized the driver of a car at Enniscorthy -and got away with the car. A train was held up at Churchill, and an armed party seized a consignment of bread, saying, "The troops roust he fed." Four trains were also held up in other parts of Ireland, merchandise and newspapers heing seized and burned. An ex-policeman was murdered at Tcmplcmorc. and others were fired at and warned to leave the country, otherwise they would l>c assassinated. — i A. and X.Z. Cable.) DRIFTING TO WAR. FORSAKING PEN AND PLOUGH. A PITIFUL PICTURE. I Received 1:1.30 p.m.l , LONDON, April n. The Belfast correspondent of the "Daily Express" paints a startling pie-' ture of the conditions south of the Ulster border. He says he has examined specimens of the Bolshevik propaganda j with which the Republicans are busy, j The most popular text book of these men is the Communist '''Internationale." Communications across the border have ceased except in the case of rebel refugoes, who state that the Government has ceased to function, and justice is non-existent. They say that life is not valued in the slightest and the whole energy of the countrywide is being absorbed in the making of armies and war material. Workers have deserted and are stilll deserting offices, shops and farms, and are joining the rebels. It is stated that less than half the land will be cropped in 192*2. De Valera's influence is daily growing in strength.— (A. and X— Cable.) BISHOPS PROTEST. (Received 11 a.m.l LONDON, April 9. The Archbishop and Bishops of the Church of Ireland (Anglican), have! issued a manifesto expressing horror' and apprehension at the fact that crimes j in Ireland have been attributed to religious antagonisms. They urge all the | Irish people to practice forebearance.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) RAID ON ULSTER WHISKY. 6000 CASKS STOVE-IN. LONDON, April 9. During the night 300 men entered the bonded stores at the Dublin Custom House and knocked in the heads of casks of whisky and wine belonging to the Belfast firms. At the. beginning of the raid armed men seized the police on duty in the neighbourhood of the Custom House. Carrying heavy sledge hammers, they broke into the building and destroyed 8000 castes containing half a million gallons of whisky, most of it belonging j to the Dunville Company of which Sir j James Craig, Premier of Northern Ire- j land, is chairman. The loss in revenue ] represents several millions sterling. The ] raid was part of the rebel boycott of Belfast goods.

The vaults are lighted with gas, but : owing to the danger of an explosion the; raiders worked by flashlights. They i continued the work of destruction for j five hours, when the spirit had formed j great pools in which the raiders stood j knee deep. They tore up the floor at j many points in order that the liquor j would sink into the ground. Neverthe-j less in the morning the whisky still! formed miniature lakes in places, i Workmen were employed throughout l the day carrying it in buckets and pour- s ing it down sewers. —-(A. and X.Z.) RAIDERS ON THE WARPATH. LOXDOX, April 9. Armed men raided the Xorthern Bank at Lanesborough, County Longford, and | escaped in motor cars after stealing £700 j and shooting dead Captain Coi of the | Free State guard which was protecting; the bank. Other men raided the Ulster Bank at Castlereagh and stole £20 i. j The rebel headquarters of the li i army lias notified Irish newspapers fo, - bidding the publication of items regarding the Irish army unless sanctioned by the army's publicity department. This means that the Republican section of the Irish army forbid-i the publication of notice* issued from the Free State army's headquarters. . Three members ofgthe rebel section of the Irish army forced the registrar at the revolver point to telegraph to the County .Court Judge, Mr. Fleming, "Do not ccomc to the Mullingar Sessions tomorrow. You will do so at your peril. The Republicans will arrest you." Judge Fleming adjourned the Moatc Sessions the previous day as a result of the intervention of three men whom Irish Free State troops have since ".rrested.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) TXGSriSG IT OUT. S LOXDOX. April 9. Speaking at Dundee, Mr. Winston Churchill said that the situation in Ireland was very grave, and possibly it would become worse before improving. Possibly some elasaes of Irishmen would kill each other over the treaty. "If Irishmen choose to cut off their own noses to spit* their faces." said Mr. Churchill, "we cannot prevent them, and will not try to do so. " They are responsible, not \vc. Nothing in the nature of a republic in Ireland would, iv auj* ctrcimistaji.-.'r.. Jic accepted by Britain. T believe the Irish nation now is in a position where it ought lo look forward md not brood over the past,*' —(A. and XX Cable.)