RAILWAY DIFFICULTIES IN IRELAND DEVELOPING WITH RAPIDITY.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7439, 28 June 1920, Page 3

RAILWAY DIFFICULTIES IN IRELAND DEVELOPING WITH RAPIDITY.

City of Deny Under Complete Military Control.

By Teiegrr.i)h—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Rec June 28, morning. London, June 26. Railway difficulties in Ireland are_ developing with alarming rapidity. Wide areas in the south are without trains and Dublin is threatened with the interruption of_ supplies. The dismissal of railwaymen for refusing to carry police and soldieis continues. Twenty masked men barricaded a road and stopped the Cavan motor mail. They chloroformed the drivers, stole the mails, and leit the drivers unconscious on the roadside. Another party stopped the Cavan mail train, and abstracted the letters. The Undcr-Secretaries from Dublin Castle, together with the military chiefs, conferred with the Magistrates at Londonderry with a view to arriving at peace by conciliation, bc:ng of opinion it would leave less bitterness than a forcible settlement. The Conciliation Committee, representing all classes, will meet forthwith. Lord French, speaking at Bel fast, said the Government was determined that the Irish should enjoy, the same protection and privileges as people elsewhere, and would not hesitate to employ all the forces at its disposal to this end. It desired the country to enjoy the utmost freedom and would never listen to proposals for a republic or the coercion of Ulster. Armed men raided Sligo gaol at midnight, and released a prisoner await trial for stealing arms. Another armed gang seized eighty gallons of petrol at the Limerick station. Derry is reported to be quiet. The city is now under complete military control. Business is being resumed. Australian and N Z. Cable Association. Rec June 28, 9.15 a m London, June 27 Londonderry was undisturbed throughout Saturday. There were no further arrivals of troops during the week-end, it is reported that twenty Sinn Fein victims of the shooting were secretly buried.