THE REBEL HAND IN IRELAND
FURTHER, SINN FEIN OUTRAGES. London, February 22. In the House of Commons, Mr. li. ]?. Dulce, Chief Secretary for Ireland, admitted that a procession of several hundred Irish Republicans, headed by bands, had seized eight farms in Sligo and handed them over to their adherents at a nominal rental. Six hundred men raided farms in East Clare, drove off the cattle, and overpowered a small party of police. They assaulted three other constables. The crowd scattered when a constable fired his rifle. The military were called out and the cattle recovered.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 135, 25 February 1918, Page 4
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97THE REBEL HAND IN IRELAND Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 135, 25 February 1918, Page 4
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