IRISH TURMOIL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume 49, Issue 7624, 18 February 1921, Page 2

IRISH TURMOIL

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By Teletfranh —Cress \ " f ’Tstralian and Z. Cabla A eioctv * Rec Feb 18, 0 35 a.m Lo-d.m. Felfi; fr AI! bridges wfil.h an cisfej mile radius of Skibbtr.en completely destroyed during night by powerful feSimilar outrages occurred at Bantry and elsewhere i < CoV; I’ " The military have r 7 n p : men in the district compdlimr them to repair the bodges ’ De Valera has a-.Mresse-Ja'•*. r ' ter to all British m : übers of the ' House of Common?. i~c ui r; 1(1* N* troops in Ireland of torturing , ■ of prisoners, the asr.ssinatiortof ! men and boys, murdering of r-7 women and children, outraging of women and girls, flogging of ?' civilians, enforchc ::riwlto: other degrading orcL-*, nnd forcing men to work in slave gangs, An official arcnrt of fit Mourne Abbey aff dr si ties that a patrol surprised 1 vo men digging in the roaff and jrocrrW to arrest them, discovering forty : civilian!* in ambus’). The latter : were intercepted. Eight were ;; killed and others were seen to L fall. Rec Feb 17. 11 50 pm. 7 London, Feb. 16 *j Sir Hamar Greenwood, reply- ' ing to a question in floe Hmse « }\ Commons, said General Strict land’s report was co- fidentialan<l it was unusual to publish sad reports. There was no otherrea- ■ son for its non-publication. ■ LARCENY BY CONbTABU- f LARY Rec Feb 18,9 33 a.m.. London, Feb 16 |r O’Hara and Myers, of t6e jV Royal Irish Constabulary, pleaded guilty at a court-martiaht |.j Waterford to eight charge rf p larceny. The police gave evidence jV that the accused admitted robber- f; : ies of money and jewellery dm- '' ing raids on various houses. INQUIRY INTO MALLOW AFFAIR Answering questions in the House of Commons, Sir Hatntf Greenwood informed Mr ]• »t; Thomas that an incjtiiry into th p shootings at Malbw was pro- h ceeding. Interested parties, in- v_j eluding the Raihvaymeu’s Union could be legally represented., n- |U would not give 1 p' 'd;a thit the fe finding would be published. ||