ANOTHER I.R.A. BOMB OUTRAGE IN ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 30, 6 February 1939, Page 9

ANOTHER I.R.A. BOMB OUTRAGE IN ENGLAND.

CONSERVATIVE CLUB.

Plans for Further Wrecking Reported Found.

DESIGNS ON ROYAL PALACES. United I'ress Association. —Copyright. LOXDOX, February 5. Following the bomb explosions which caused heavy damage at the Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square tube stations on Friday morning, another explosion yesterday wrecked the interior of the Torre Conservative Club at Torquay. Nobody was injured. An attempt was made to-day to blow up the walls of the gaol at Liverpool in which men recently arrested are held 011 remand. In the course of a raid on Irish Repubj lican Army adherents' houses in Belfast, tlw police are reported to have found plans to blow up Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, the House of Commons and the Bank of Kngland. '/'lie documents were regarded as of sufficient seriousness to justify their being flown to London, leading to a conference of Home Office and Scotland Yard officials.

The police maintained an all-night' patrol at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, where Their Majesties and tlie Princesses are spending the weekend. Four detectives guard Mr. Malcolm MaclJoiwld's home near Chelmsford. Revolvers Issued to Police. Revolvers were issued to the Bristol police following the receipt of anonymous notes threatening the destruction of the local petrol tanks. Meanwhile, in spite of the presence of police at unexpected points, life in London is perfectly normal and there is no sign of apprehension. At Liverpool the [Kilice are protecting the Mersey tunnel and railway bridge.

There are special guards at Government buildings, and the guard of police |>ensioners has been re-established at Westminster Abbey. As a precautionary measure, the Houses of Parliament were dosed to the public yesterday.

Official circles in Whitehall yesterday admitted that the Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, had received a letter purporting to come from ihe Irish Republican Army, but refused to make a statement. The Foreign Office later disclosed the "ultimatum," which was dated .January 12. and passed the letter to various Departments, including the Dominions Office. It is now in the possession of the Home Office, which ,s dealing with it. Stocks of Explosives Missing. The "Daliy Mail" states that larg" stocks of explosives are missing from British factories. Scotland Yard has reason to believe an explosion might be a signal for a national demonstration by wreckers. A threat to blow up the Bow Street police station was accompanied bv an allegation that certain defendant* had not received justice.

Members of the House of Commons, who raised the question of Irish connections with the previous explosions, have been anonymously warned to be careful what they are doing.

It is learned that Irish Republican Army documents seized by the Ulster police show terrorist plot* traceable to the Dublin CTOilp, says the "Daily Telegraph." The Irish Republican Army membership throughout Britain is estimated at 3000. Definite Campaign Planned. The authorities are convinced that a. campaign is planned similar to Ireland a revolt in 1920. The paper adds that the Ulster police informed Scotland Yard that they had discovered a widespread plot, including a plan for the assassination of police officers in London and elsewhere. A message from Dublin says the Eire Cabinet considered the tube bombings and decided that no action wa-s possible while Eire"was politically calm, but that they would co-operate with the London police if requested. After Friday's bombings a member of the House of Commons, Sir Thomas Moore (Conservative, Ayr Burghs), tabled a motion adding to the Criminal Justice Bill a provision to enable corporal punishment to be given for the manufacture, distribution or placing ot explosives for the purpose of destroying life or property. ROYALTY PROTECTED. KING AND QUEEN AT CHURCH. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON", February 5. The police took elaborate precautions against possible bombings when the

Kin" and Queen attended the dedication service at the new St. Andrew's Garrison Church at Aldershot this afternoon. Military police guarded the church all night, while two hours before the arrival of Their Majesties police officers and military searched the building.

Shortly before midnight an attempt was made to blow up a wall of Walton gaol at Liverpool, where the men remanded in connection with the recent explosives charges were being held. A small hole was blown in the base of the wall.

During a raid on a house in a London suburb, the police found a list of the names of all police officers attached to the Scotland Yard Special Branch. It is believed it was compiled from a list supplied from a police source.