GUN-RUNNING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2213, 28 July 1914, Page 5

GUN-RUNNING.

ATHOWTH. SEVERAL VOLLEYS FIRED. BAYONET CHARGES. , ■ FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OP DUBLIN. . ■ . ' '■;'■. : '• ' ' ••'. '. ' ' ' ' ■ . -MANY WOUNDED. ! By Afljooiation-Cdpyriirhl '■, .' (Rec.■ July 27,10.35 p.in.)', ; .'' -■[■;> " .London; July 27. The Dublin Nationalists planned a gun-ninning .scheme 'three weeks ago, but a hitch postponed the affair until 10 o'clock on Sunday. ■' "- _A thousand volunteers marched- out or Dublin accompanied .by signalling corps, ambulance, and four food wagons and reached Uowth at noon. Simultaneously -a..fifty-ton-yacht,'- painted white and, nameless, 'apparently - an American, steered by a woman, or more probably by a man in woman's attire,' approached the quay. A company of volunteers armed with long oak batons,.seized the harbour and covered the coastguardsmen with revolvers and .within half an hour 2600 rifles were landed on'the quays/ each, in; two. pieces,' and were hastily put together, until a thousand' volunteers secured a rifle.apiece. The r,eet '.were loaded into motor-cars and conveyed north to the country abovo Dublin. ; : : .... ■ "■ : ■ The ammunition was placed in the food wagons. ,- ;. ; ',: . ■ ~ DireotJy the .coastguards regained' their freedom they telephoned to Dublin and-three hundred police went out and 'met the volunteers marching back, atrClontarf. 'The police took i:p positions on either side of the'road,' and "simultaneously; a irajn-load of the. Scottish Borderers arrived. : They wore ordered .to. fix bayonets and were dou--bled, up to meet 'the volunteers. The . latter sought to K take another road, hoping to reach. Dublin without inter'ruptiou, but tho police momentarily presented', their;- escape/ when , a conflict ensued; : t)ie volunteers firing revolvers and slightly wounding two soldiers, .'",■■■ Severat •■ constables received scalp wounds i'roin the ;butt-ehd of rifles. Twenty, ; constables refused to obey tho order to charge, crying out: "We are Irishmen.".;' -.■•''.' : . -■? ' .The volunteers meanwhile loudly demanded •' ammunition, • • but the wagons had already escaped. "' ' ;■'..',- ..■';■ .--..,.. ■ Only twenty'rifles' were captured. The bulk of-the. volunteers scattered : and escaped -'.through the fields. : ' Twenty volunteers were wounded arid .six, inoluding,Mr. M. J. Judge, a wellknown citizen and an officer of the Nationalist. : volunteers; ,-.'i\ Lro ,-■ seriously j wounded -by ■■ bayonet .thrusts in the stomach. .''■ .'.■.:■■!■'"■ - : ■■';■■' ■..'■■' As the .Scottish. Borderers reached Dublin from-'Clontarf a hostile crowd met them, at Bachelors' Walk, and , made a . fierce ' and determined attack. .The soldiers: made several efiorts to per.suade the 'crowd. to desist' stoning, and eventually, .twenty .were detailed to check the onward,rush by Bring a volley, :whjch; i .thp:;soldiers'foll6jved',.up,by l oharging'':.wi&''nxed''oay'onets'and'scat-' teriug the crowd: , ... .-■ . Eyorwitneeses' .state that a,' few soldiers rushed 'to: «top ' al stabbed man with bayonets; '■'■-.•■' .: /■ ■ : ;-- •' ; The troops; fired 'another volley -in' Ship Street , whore they wounded three men." , . ;'•'.'■ '.'.'■;. ; ' ■ : ■ . '' ' : Another .'hostile''crowd' met the soldiers at O'Connel Bridge, whore another volley was fired, several being wounded. . ; ' •'-.-, .'.■ . . . Two volleys were fired at the, motal bridge, where ; fifteen. were shot and three volleys at the Wellington Bridge/ where ,a number- were shot. • . : . There, are-'thirty cases of bullet wounds in theyjervais Street Hospital alone,, including a child ten years of age. Some estimate that a hundred were, woundetl,' of. wh6m thirty are . serious. Four deaths have occurred already.- ,- .- !'•.,'_.-■ ■. ■ '■■■■ ' : . ■The excitement in Dublin inoreased in ■ the evening. The mob tried t-r enter the barracks where the, Scottish Borderers were confined. Thfey fired revolvers and hooted the other troops. ' A crowd wrecked - a tr&mcar in which a ;soldier : wa9>\ seatedj and savagely kicked and; beat him.' . ; Other isolated soldiers, including two Scottish Borderers, ' who' were ■" pulled from their cycles were beaton, the cycles of/ tho Liffey. m's ■ .■. \ ■ .".-.-' ' SIGNIFICANCE OP THE AFFRAY. EFFECT ON THE AMENDING'BILL. V- (Rec. 1L55 p.in;) \ : , :'■ . ■ London, July 27. : j"; The. significance of-'tho'-'Dublin affray is increased by the fact tlia/t the Na-.. tionalists meet to-day - to decide their attitude' oii : . the • Amending Bill, witli respect to which the .Government desire to incorporate the netoest proposals for settlement .and .remit to the Houso of Lords'. ■; ■: . :•„•'■.'. ; -.y, Mr. Redmond ; hitherto refused to agree, to .the Amending Bill unless : tho Unionists, accept it as a settlement. : IS IT DISCRIMINATION? NATIONALISTS ARE DOING WHAT ■ ORANGEMEN'HAVE DONE. • (Rec. July 27, 10. p.m.)i ''- :-.-•"■ ' London, July 27. The "Daily Chronicle's" Dublin correspondent, says the tragedy will react on the political ejtuation. The Nationalists are only doing what the Orangemen havo done with impunity; and it is obvious; that this discrimination must cffond every right-thinking man. "Wo want .to know why the authorities, are passive, when .Ulster'is active." The Dublin Irish" have cut a sorry figure during the last eighteen months. NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS. REVIEW IN- MID-TIPPERARY. (Rec. July 27, 10 p.m.) , London, July 27. I A 'Nationalists' review wa-s held at I the summit of. Devil's. Bit Mountain, in Mid-Tipperary, a largo number of .corps attended equipped, and some wero armed. '.'-.'. ■A momber of the Provisional Committee of Dublin, in an impassioned speech, declared that if civil war came Die Irish regiments in the British Army would support the Nationalist volunteers. . ■' : ■ ■ CARE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ELABORATE ARRANGEMENTS MADE. : ("Times" and Sydnoy "Sun" Services.) (Rec. .July 27, 5.40 p.m.) London, July 2G. The Ulster Provincial Government has made elaborate arrangements for the accommodation of the women and children of Belfast, prior to removal across the Channel to partake of tlio hospitality of supporters in Glasgow and Liverpool. ..-■•■ AUDIENCE WITH THE KING. ; London, July 2(3. ' Lieutenant-Geneval Sir Arthu" Pacet.

Commanding the Forces in Ireland, has visited tho King. . ' AMMUNITION SEIZED. London, July 16. Tho ■ police at Birmingham seized forty thousand rounds of ammunition destined for Ireland. NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS. QUESTIONS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. ..'J-'he following interesting reference to the Nationalist Voluntcors took place in ■tho-House of Commons on June 11 — Lord It. Cecil (Unionist, Hitcliiu) asked the-Chief Secretary to the lord . Lieutenant whether- lie had any information as to the -numbers of the Nationalist Volunteer Force; whether any of the Volunteers were armed with j-illes; if so, to what extent; what was the object for which-the force had been brought into existence;, aud whether, in view of the statement by the lord Chancellor that loth.this force and that of tho Ulster volunteers were' illegalities and, unconstitutional, he would say what steps the (.loverniricht. proposed to take in the matter. ...'■' Mr. Birrell: It is 1 almost impossible to give-at any particular moment an accurate estimate of the numbers of the force, as it alters from day to day. The last figures supplied'to me show a force of about 80,000. As regards the number of rifles at present in their possession, I can give no precise figures. The coming into existence of this, force and its object appear to me to be sufficiently explained by'the existence of the Ulster Volunteer Force. The action of both these forces is engaging the attention of the .Government. Lord R. Cecil: Are the Government in agreement with- the Lord. Chancellor that both these forces are illegal and- unconstitutional, and, if so; do they propose to take any steps'with regard to cither of them? (Opposition cheers.) Mr. Birrell: I should like to confer with' the Lord Chancellor as to this matter'. (Laughter.) . Mr. Cassel! (Unionist, West St. Pancras): Does the right hon. gentleman donbt that the Lord Chancellor is right on the point .of law.?:',■.■ ■ :.:■- .Mr. Birrell: No, sir. (Laughteri) .; Mj. Fred Ball: If the Loitf Chancellor is right, can the right hon. gentleman 6ay why_ any action is not being taken? (Opposition ■: cheers.) ■ ■, • Mr. Birrell: That question is not ou the'.paper " ■ Mr. Hunt (Unionist, Ludlow, Shropshire): Is; the Government going to take any action "to prevent the explosion of civil war between these two • Volunteer Forces? . ■ ' >■■: ■ ■. . The. Deputy-Speaker: That does not arise out of the question. . ;. Lord K. Cecil: I will repeat this question on'-Monday. (Derisive Nationalist, cheers.), ■ • -;. ■'r 1