DERRY CONFLICT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 234, 28 June 1920, Page 5

DERRY CONFLICT

SNIPING CONTINUED EFFORT TO RESTORE PEACE BY CONCILIATION By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, June 25. Throughout tho night there was considerate sniping in Londonderry. An ex-soldier was shot dead. Destroyers assisted tho military by playing their searchlights over the city.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. Juno 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 25. The Under-Secretaries from Dublin Castle, together with the military chiefs, conferred with the Magistrates at ix>ndonderry, with a view to arriving at peace by conciliation, being of opinion that it would leave less bitterness than a forcible settlement. A Conciliation Committee, representing all classes, wiil '• meet forthwith—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COMPLETE MILITARY CONTROL BUSINESS BEING RESUMED. (Rec. June 27, 11.50 p.m.) London, June 2G. Derry iB reported quiet, under complete military control, and business is resum-ing—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. governmenFdetermined DESIRES COUNTRY TO ENJOY UTMOST FREEDOM. (Rec. June 27, 11.30 p.m.) London, June 26. Lord French, speaking at Belfast, 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 ait its disposal to this end. It desired th© country to enjoy the utmost freedom, and would never listen to proposals for a republic or the coercion of Ulster—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. railwaylfficulties DEVELOPING "WITH ALARMING RAPIDITY. (Rec. June 27, 5.5 p.m.) .. London, June 2G. Railway difficulties in Ireland ore-.de-veloping with alarming rapidity. Wide areas in. tho south are without trains. Dublin is threatened with tho cutting off of. food supplies. The dismissal of lailwaymen for refusing to carry police and soldiers contimes—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . (Rec. June 27, 11.50 p.m.) London, June 28. Trouble has arisen on the Irish railways owing to guards and drivers refusing to carry soldiers. The strike is extending, and traffic on the two main lines is practically suspended—Aus.'N.Z. Cable Assn. . OpTRAGESITMASKED MEN ROBBERIES OF MAILS. (Rec. June 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 26. Twenty masked men barricaded the road and stepped tho Cavan motor mail. They chloroformed the drivers, stole tho mails, and left the drivers unconscious on the roadside. Another party stopped tho Cavan mail train and abstracted let-ters.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

RAILWAY PAY OFFICE ROBBED. (Rec. June 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 25. Two masked men hei'.d an the psy office of tho Great Northern Railway at Belfast with revolvers during the'afternoon and stole JClooo.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SLIGO GAOL RAIDED. (Rec. June 27, 11.50 p.m.) London,' June 26. Armed men raided Sligo gaol at midnight, and roleased a prisoner awaiting trial for stealing arms. Another armed gang seized eighty gallons of petrol at Limerick station.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A6sn.

CONSTERNATION AT BANTRV SEVERE RETALIATION -VGAINST SINN FEINERS. London, Juno 25. Severe rofcai'.iation was taken against the Sinn Feinors at Biintry. A disguised party at two o'clock in the morning shot dcn<l a. prominent Sinn Feiner, aged twenty, who was asleep in his father's house. Simultaneously the party set fivo to another Sinn Feiner's shop and Louse, using bombs and petrol, and convpi'.efcly destroyed them. In four other similar mids two bouses, were gutted. The district is in a state of consternation,—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.